Plate M-31 · 585 stores · 451–585 of 585 · curated ORBIS register
What makes great leather & bag makers?
This plate lists 585 shops in 103 countries. Paris has the most with 41, followed by Nairobi with 17. Among these shops, 43 describe made-to-order work, 9 offer repairs and 29 sell online, going by their own descriptions.
Ask where the leather comes from: ask which tannery supplied the hide and how it was tanned, then compare the answers between shops.
Ask how the seams are made: hand stitching and machine stitching wear differently, so ask which one this piece uses.
Ask about export paperwork: exotic skins can need permits to cross borders, so ask before buying anything you will carry home.
Explore leather & bag makers
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Founded in 1936 by Martin Magnusson in the Swedish village of Hestra, the family firm began making leather and wool gloves for local lumberjacks before turning to ski gloves. Now run by the fourth generation of Magnussons, it produces more than two million pairs a year.
Best for Swedish-made ski and everyday gloves from a fourth-generation family maker
Hestra takes its name from the Swedish village in Småland where Martin Magnusson began making leather and wool gloves in 1936, originally to protect the hands of local lumberjacks. As the nearby Isaberg resort — one of Sweden's earliest ski destinations — grew, Martin's sons Lars-Olof and Göte, both keen skiers, joined the family business as teenagers and steered it toward ski gloves.
Ownership has stayed with the Magnusson family for roughly 80 years and four generations: a third generation of Svante and Claes was followed by a fourth generation of Niklas, Jacob, Anton and Jonas, who run the company today. That continuity is unusual among glovemakers of comparable scale, and Hestra has used it to grow well beyond a single village workshop — by 2021 the company was producing more than two million pairs of gloves a year.
The firm's public materials describe fingertip sensitivity and protection as the twin goals behind its glove construction, a framing consistent with its origins serving manual laborers before skiers, and its range still spans both technical ski gloves and everyday leather and wool styles.
Hide and Soul Leatherworks is a family shop on Highway 385 south of Deadwood where Rick and Jennifer have hand-cut vests, jackets, chaps, belts and holsters since 1983. Every piece is made in-house from deer, elk and bison hides.
Canvas bags sewn in one Kyōto workshop since 1905 — sold only here, opposite Chion-in’s gate; the family schism made headlines, the stitching never wavered.
iiwa wayuu sells Wayuu mochilas from La Guajira in unicolor, braided and contemporary designs, along with basket mochilas, tapestry pouches and jute pouches, some with gold and silver thread details. The site states the pieces are made by Wayuu hands from La Guajira.
Established in 1964, this Anacapri workshop hand-makes traditional Capri sandals to measure in genuine Italian leather. Pairs are built on the spot, with crystals added on request.
Ivković 1789, at Dunavska 10 in Novi Sad, makes luxury leather goods spanning bookbinding and business agendas to handbags, belts and wallets, and offers restoration and conservation services. The company says it has combined art and craft for more than 230 years.
Founded in 2015, Jack Foster hand-cuts made-to-order watch straps, bags, belts, and wallets from Horween and Hermann Oak hides. Customers specify leather, buckles, stitching, and finish, with monogramming and a bison-leather line available.
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Founded in 1954 in Besançon, the historic hub of French watchmaking near the Swiss border, Jean Rousseau began as a leather watch-strap workshop. It opened its first Paris atelier-boutique in 2001 and now makes bespoke straps for major watch manufactures and private clients from Paris, London, New York and Tokyo boutiques.
Best for Bespoke watchstraps made for the great watch manufactures since 1954
Kaktus opened as a small leather shop in Kuşadası in 1998 and has since grown into a dealer of genuine leather bags and accessories, each item sold with a warranty. The business is registered with the local Chamber of Commerce and deals directly with customers over WhatsApp for its catalog.
Founded in 2013, Kamaro’an is a Taiwanese design house working with Indigenous Pangcah craft traditions in woven rattan, leather and natural materials. Its Da’an house brings those techniques into contemporary bags, objects and accessories, with pieces handwoven by Pangcah craftspeople and the brand’s own fieldwork rooted in eastern Taiwan.
Best for Indigenous Pangcah craft in woven rattan, leather, and natural materials
Ingrida Jasinskė started Kartu Studio after making herself a handbag she couldn't find in stores, and now runs the natural-leather label from a workshop on K. Donelaičio Street. Her bags, backpacks, and wallets have drawn coverage from Vogue, The Times, and L'Officiel.
Designer Kat van Duinen runs an atelier producing structured leather handbags and tailored ready-to-wear in fine and exotic skins, including ostrich. Garments and bags are cut and sewn in Cape Town and sold from her boutique alongside seasonal collections.
Keith Nix hand makes chef's, hunting, belt, and outdoor knives in Black Mountain from steels including AEB-L, CPM MagnaCut, CPM M4, and D2, with locally sourced wood handles, in-house heat treating, and cryogenic quenching. Sheaths are vegetable-tanned leather made by Curtis Cooper, and Nix also offers professional knife and scissors sharpening.
Best for Custom heat treated chef and hunting knives
King's Saddlery has outfitted cowboys along Sheridan's Main Street since the 1960s, stocking saddles, bits, bridles, and the hand-laid ropes that built the King Ropes brand. Next door, the family's Don King Western Museum displays decades of saddles and Western memorabilia, open free to browsers six days a week.
Best for Leather & Saddlery, Western Tack, Rope Making
Designer Dee Mangan opened Kinsale Leather on Main Street in 2015, making handbags in small monthly batches from a workshop-front shop. Pieces such as the Jamie Bag are designed to convert between styles, for instance folding from a cross-body bag into a clutch.
Best for Handmade leather bags in small production runs
Koh Phangan BB cuts and stitches leather bags, belts and wallets by hand from a small workshop in Moo 7, working high-grade hides with traditional tanning methods rather than mass-produced blanks. The shop also takes custom orders for key holders and accessories, finished on the island itself.
Kortsidakis handcrafts leather bags in Chania, cutting top-grade hides into backpacks, messenger and weekender bags, wallets and crossbody styles. Every piece is made in-house rather than bought in.
This canvas maker grew out of Kojima's Meiji-era sailcloth industry and still weaves grade-one cotton duck in the same district that supplies denim to the rest of Japan. Bags, aprons, and stationery are cut and sewn from the house canvas under its own factory-brand labels.
Trading since 1993 from the old bazaar quarter of Kuşadası, this shop cuts and sews jackets, skirts and trousers from nubuck, sheepskin and other Turkish leathers at its own workshop in İzmir. Ready-made pieces sit alongside made-to-order commissions for customers who want a specific fit or style.
Best for Made-to-order Turkish leather jackets and clothing
Kwara handweaves huaraches using a family tradition of more than 50 years, also producing mules, sandals, loafers and boots for men, women and children along with leather bags and pouches. Pieces use high-quality leather with memory-foam insoles and ergonomic soles, made in Michoacán.
Based in Goussainville, France, the shop sources Berber wool carpets from Ghardaïa and Kabylie, copper dishware from Constantine, carved wood from Kabylie and Oran, and leather goods from Tlemcen and Béjaïa. It works with more than 100 artisans across Algeria, from Timimoun to Tizi-Ouzou.
Best for Berber carpets copper dishware and leather goods
L'Atelier du Gantier opened in Millau in 1989, one of the last workshops built specifically to keep the town's leather-glove trade accessible rather than reserve it for couture houses alone.
Best for Hand-cut leather gloves made start to finish in a working
L'Atelier du Gantier opened in Millau in 1989, one of the last workshops built specifically to keep the town's leather-glove trade accessible rather than reserve it for couture houses alone. Millau's glove history runs to the Middle Ages, when tanners and furriers built the industry on sheepskins supplied by the Roquefort cheese trade next door; this atelier positions itself as a direct continuation of that local chain, working first-quality Millau skins rather than imported stock.
Production stays in-house at 20 Rue Droite: leather is prepared through a wet stage, then cut, placed, and sewn with what the workshop describes as an English machine stitch, with each pair checked at the sample stage before finishing. The site states gloves are made "from A to Z in our workshop," and the range covers men's, women's, and children's leather gloves alongside belts and small accessories, with made-to-measure options for customers who want a specific fit.
It is a working atelier rather than a boutique presenting an outside collection: the same building handles cutting, sewing, and sale. For a category built on Millau's four already-covered houses, L'Atelier du Gantier adds a smaller, single-site counterpoint — same regional craft, same materials, a different scale of operation.
La Huarachería makes huaraches using vaqueta leather sourced from across Mexico, a craft passed down through generations of artisans. The shop, based at Mercado Libertad in Guadalajara, offers more than 100 different models and ships nationwide and internationally.
Stephanie and Emmanuel cut and stitch handbags, wallets, belts and messenger bags in small seasonal runs, selling them from a boutique on the main street of Conques below the Hotel Sainte-Foy. The leather goods are made at their atelier in Saint-Cyprien-sur-Dourdou and the village shop opens from spring through the autumn holidays.
Lauburu makes leather handbags, including its Boadicea and Épona collections, and small accessories such as cardholders, handmade by craftsmen in southern Spain. The brand was established in 2022 and draws its design references from Celtic tradition.
LAURI Handicrafts has made crafts from wood, antler, silver and leather in Rovaniemi since 1924, including the Lauri pocket knife, from what it calls the only historical log house estate in the city centre. Its factory shop sells at factory prices alongside worldwide online shipping.
Makes leather goods, including bags, wallets, pouches, key cases, card cases and coasters, from vegetable-tanned and chrome-tanned leather, fully handmade to order, and also sells cut leather materials by the half-hide, A-series, postcard and scrap size, with name engraving and logo embossing available.
Best for Handmade leather goods and cut leather materials
Saddlemaker Loncey Johnson hand-tools working ranch saddles, saddlebags, pads and hobbles from his Dillon shop in traditional Montana stockman styling. The online store lists finished pieces and takes custom orders built from bare tree to tooled leather.
Luque designs and makes handbags and accessories in Medellín, handcrafted by Colombian women, from mini backpacks to structured totes. Pieces are sold through its online store and a physical shop in the Laureles district.
Luxury Emporium sells a full range of handcrafted LAND Leather goods and Cariloha bamboo products in Roseau. It operates as a duty-free and local purchase shop.
Lynette Lucas is a bilum bag artist born and raised in the Morobe district of Papua New Guinea. The hand woven bilum bags are light weight, durable and colourful.
Made in Ubrique, run by Antonio Cabrera, makes handmade leather bags and wallets in Ubrique, Spain. Each wallet and bag is finished by hand at the workshop there.
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Mainoa Craft & Design has sold Finnish and Sami-made design in Rovaniemi's Rinteenkulma shopping centre since 2008, including Taiga jewelry, wall reliefs and bags in merino wool and reindeer leather. The shop also stocks Sami Design pieces by Indigenous designers and artisans.
Studio making full-grain leather bags, totes, and small goods by hand in North Carolina, finished with solid brass hardware and built to age with use. It sells its made-to-last line directly to customers.
MAROMA makes handmade sneakers in Venezuela. A team of artisans turns genuine leather into each pair, which passes through seventeen hands before leaving the workshop.
Mastak is a Ukrainian leather brand founded in 2015, hand-sewing bags, backpacks, wallets, belts and accessories in its Lviv craft studio from Italian and vintage leather. Customers can buy online or try pieces in its showroom on Armenian Street by Rynok Square.
Best for Leather goods, leather bags, handmade leather, belts
Established in 1987 inside a 1905 building at North Main and Exchange long known as The Maverick, the store pairs a Western apparel floor with a bar. Its racks carry boots, hats, jewelry, and leather and fur coats, and it has dressed customers from Loretta Lynn to Miranda Lambert.
MB Cork supplies cork fabrics in more than 300 designs from Portugal, alongside cork bags, wallets, jewelry, cord and jewelry findings for retail, DIY and wholesale use. The company markets its material as a vegan alternative it calls forest leather.
Hristo Voyvodov has spent 15 years hand-cutting genuine leather into wallets, bags and shoes at this small family atelier in Plovdiv, working in limited runs for customers who value technique over volume. Shoppers can browse the shop online or stop by the atelier itself, where custom engraving turns a purchase into a keepsake.
Best for Leather & Accessories, Atelier, Handmade Leather Goods
Making the original Coggshall saddles in Montana since 1909, Miles City Saddlery is a working western store, saddle shop and saddle museum. The Main Street store sells saddles, custom leather, boots, hats and western wear.
Maker Rocky Taniran cuts and saddle-stitches leather watch straps, wallets and small goods by hand in Brisbane. Orders are taken through the studio's online shop, with a focus on simple designs and made-to-last construction.
Chloe Townsend's leather label hand-cuts and stitches structured handbags, clutches and belts in bold colours with studded and tasselled detailing at its Woodstock workshop. The bags carry playful names and are made in small runs from full-grain hides.
Belgrade leather-goods house founded 1989 by Nada and Djordje Momirovic, now run by their sons; handmade bags and jackets from Italian leather, sold through roughly 50 regional stores.
Best for Serbian leather bags and accessories from this Belgrade house, running since 1989
Mona is a Serbian leather-goods company founded in 1989 in Belgrade, starting, per the company's own account, 'in a small workshop of a newly established fashion house.' It was founded by Nada and Djordje Momirovic; their sons Tomislav and Uros Momirovic later took over senior roles, with Uros named general director in 2015. The company makes handbags, and previously leather jackets, from Italian leather, reportedly producing on the order of 70,000 bags a year, and operates roughly 50 stores across Serbia and neighboring former-Yugoslav markets including Montenegro, North Macedonia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Belgrade's Museum of Applied Art has exhibited Mona bags as part of the city's fashion-design history.
Montana Gems of Philipsburg, founded by Anna and Gary Provost, is an online rockhounding and gem-mining supply shop selling sapphire gravel bags, gold paydirt, geodes, and mining kits for at-home and on-site treasure hunting. Orders ship with included shipping directly from its direct online store.
Best for Gems & minerals, Rockhounding Supplies, Mining Kits, Geodes
For more than fifty years this Helena maker has cut, branded and hand-sewn its Original Buffalo Wallet and other leather goods from full-grain hides. Each piece is finished by hand and backed by a reputation for wallets that last decades.
A Fes-based leather house working directly with local artisans to make jackets, bags, wallets, belts and poufs from natural leather. It sells online to tourists, designers and wholesale partners through dedicated buyer sections.
The main shop in Sidi Daoud is open Monday to Saturday, 9am to 7pm, selling bags and curated pieces. It also has a presence in Marsa and Hmmt through partner concept stores.
Whale and Christine design and hand-stitch wallets, bags and small leather goods at their Geebung studio, cutting and sewing each piece themselves. Alongside the leatherwork they carry curated stationery and handmade objects sourced from Japan, South Korea and Australia.
Napapijri’s range moves from anoraks and insulated jackets to fleeces, bags and everyday clothing. The Skidoo remains a reference point, but current collections cover urban layers as much as expedition-inspired outerwear.
Best for Outdoor expedition polos; Outerwear, anoraks, outdoor; Anorak, expedition
Nativos sells handmade goods including hammocks, Panama hats, shawls, mat bags, blankets, fedora hats, bottle bags, tassel bags, pants and ponchos. Its Panama hats are handwoven and originally made in Montecristi, Ecuador.
Nido Shop is a Panama clothing line of garments made in Panama, including mola pieces, ponchos, kaftans, dresses, hats and bags. It works with Guna and Ngabe artisans and with campesino makers.
Night Owl Iron Works, in downtown Rutherfordton, North Carolina, forges small-batch ironwork such as horseshoe hearts and forged roses, along with leatherwork. The shop teaches traditional blacksmithing classes, including knife-making and Damascus steel classes.
Best for Forged ironwork and blacksmithing classes
Non Confunditur designs vegan leather accessories from bio-based, cruelty-free materials the brand researches in-house. Every piece is handcrafted by local artisans in Florence, Italy, its home base.
Best for Non Confunditur designs vegan leather accessories from bio-based
Nuestra Tienda Artesanal sells Colombian crafts and jewelry across three Medellín locations, including leather carriel paisa bags, sombrero vueltiao and aguadeño hats, handmade jewelry, coffee, traditional sweets and home décor. The shop states that fair trade promotion and sustainability for rural and indigenous communities are among its founding principles.
Best for Carriel paisa bags and sombrero vueltiao hats
Tucked on Fremont Street, this family-run workshop builds cowboy boots to order from full-grain and exotic leathers such as ostrich, shark, and alligator, with no fillers in the construction. The same shop cuts custom handbags and wallets, keeping pattern-making and stitching under one Downtown roof.
Best for Made-to-order exotic-leather cowboy boots
Family-run leather goods house founded in Fano, Marche, in 1979 by Claudio Orciani, starting with artisanal belts. Known for the buckle-free Nobuckle line; now also makes bags and small leather goods, sold via flagships and Rinascente department stores.
Best for Sculpted belts.
Orciani was founded in 1979 in Fano, in Italy's Marche region, by Claudio Orciani, who began the company making artisanal belts distinguished by high-quality skins and carefully designed buckles. The family-run business has since expanded its range to bags and small leather goods, though belts - and in particular its buckle-free 'Nobuckle' line - remain central to the brand's identity, marketed under the tagline 'Softness Rocks.' Orciani operates flagship stores in Rimini and Desenzano and sells through Rinascente department store locations in Milan, Rome, and Turin, alongside an international e-commerce platform.
Centro / Caballero c/ Mcal. Estigarribia, Asunción
Fourth-generation Paraguayan craft business founded by Juan Bellassai in 1920, evolving from shoemaking into leather goods, saddlery and crafts from makers across the country. Its two branches carry work in leather, clay, wood, ao po'i and filigree while preserving traditional Paraguayan techniques.
Pajtakert has run hands-on Palóc craft sessions from the same barn courtyard in Hollókő's old village for more than thirty years, teaching visitors to work a standing or tablet loom, plait straw and rush, and decorate gingerbread. Every participant keeps what they make, and sessions can be paired with folklore presentations and blacksmith demonstrations arranged through the same family-run house.
Best for Hands-on Palóc weaving, straw plaiting and gingerbread workshops
Peter Horobin Saddlery is a family business since 1985, founded by Peter and Julie Horobin with children Rhys and Marlee now involved in saddle design, fitting, manufacturing and creative inspiration. The workshop makes dressage, jumping, trail, endurance and racing saddles, including an Australian-made Kangaroo Collection using kangaroo leather.
Best for Custom-made performance and endurance saddles
Urbino, Marche leather since 1970—Piero and Nadia Guidi's atelier produces colourful Magic Circus bags and accessories with hand-drawn whimsy and Italian craft.
Best for Magic Circus leather bags and colorful Italian accessories
Piero Guidi is an Italian leather goods manufacturer founded in 1970 near Urbino in the Marche region by Piero Guidi and his wife Nadia, operating as both atelier and retail storefront. The brand's signature Magic Circus collection originated from Piero Guidi's own artwork—hand-drawn designs depicting circus animals in vibrant colours against deep chocolate backgrounds, rendered on distinctive coated canvas and genuine leather. Each Magic Circus bag features zip closure, asteria charms, removable angel accents, double handles, optional shoulder strap, and metal feet on the base, combining playful design with technical construction. In 1991, the angel logo with spread wings became the company's formal mark. Today, Piero Guidi is run by Piero's two sons with the same creative energy and craftsmanship their parents established, maintaining Italian production and the hand-illustrated design identity that distinguishes the line. The Magic Circus collection represents Italian leather goods as a category where folk art and fashion intersect, appealing to customers seeking personality and craft in everyday accessories rather than unmarked luxury branding.
Leatherworker Pierre Beaulieu hand-cuts and stitches bags, belts, and small leather goods in his Oberleitenweg workshop, selling directly from the atelier rather than through a shop-front counter. The line is marketed simply as handmade in Austria, with each piece tied to the workbench where it was made.
Best for Handmade bags, belts, and small leather goods.
Pinkston's Turf Goods supplies the Thoroughbred racing and equestrian trade from West High Street in Lexington, carrying tack, health and grooming supplies, and breeding and foaling equipment for barns across the Bluegrass. The shop also produces leather goods such as belts with nameplates and dog collars for its horse-country customers.
Best for Thoroughbred racing tack and horse-country leather goods
Pliego de la Rosa makes leather handbags, silk scarves and jewelry in Ubrique, Spain, drawing on Andalusian design references. Its bags and scarves are produced in leather and silk respectively, and it offers free shipping within Europe on orders over 120 euros.
PLUP turns retired event flags and other discarded materials into laptop bags, backpacks and shoppers. The Düsseldorf space combines a shop, atelier, workshop room and event venue under one roof.
Best for Upcycled bags, accessories and one-of-a-kind textile objects
A Morcote workshop that upcycles retired boat sails and paragliders into one-of-a-kind bags, each carrying the story of the material it was made from. The handmade pieces are sold through its online shop and by phone from its lakeside address on Riva dal Garavell.
Best for Upcycled-bags, recycled-sailcloth, handmade-accessories
QisaBags hand-crafts leather backpacks, totes, and small goods, some named after figures from Georgian mythology like the Golden Fleece, from its workshop and store on Nikoloz Kipshidze Street in Tbilisi. The full collection is available through its online store with worldwide shipping, plus a bookable in-person appointment at the Tbilisi location.
Quercur Leathercraft is the Lugo workshop of artisan Jose Ramon Melchor, part of the Galician craft register since 2014 and specialising in hand-stitched knife sheaths, belts, bags and everyday-carry leather. Its online shop sells the pieces and takes bespoke commissions, shipping worldwide from the workshop.
Best for Leathercraft, leather goods, knife sheaths, belts
R.E. Fennell Co. has made leather tack on Red Mile Road in Lexington since 1909, and the Glenn family has run the shop across multiple generations since buying it in 1964. Craftspeople there hand-cut roughly 250 vegetable-tanned hides a year into show halters, English bridles, belts and dog collars.
Best for Hand-cut leather halters, bridles, and belts from a century-old Lexington saddlery
Rains makes minimalist waterproof jackets, bags and accessories for urban wet weather. Fabric weight, coating and bag capacity distinguish pieces that otherwise share a consistent Scandinavian visual language.
Best for Curve waterproof polos; Ultralight rain polos; minimalist Danish rainwear
Gen. Couto Magalhães 439, Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre
Re.sí Ateliê is an atelier in the Moinhos de Vento neighbourhood of Porto Alegre, Brazil. Its own page describes its work as reused leather made with design and purpose.
Real Leather Studio handmakes golf bags, golf accessories, and home, office and gift leather goods at its workshop in Ubrique, Spain, using European cowhide leather sourced as a byproduct of the meat industry and YKK zippers and sliders. The company holds patents on its designs and manufacturing process, and its workshop is at Avenida de los Viajantes 5, Ubrique.
At Renniina's reindeer farm in Saariselkä, part of Inari, a Sámi reindeer-herding family runs a hands-on workshop where visitors work genuine reindeer leather, bone and antler alongside wool yarn into their own keepsakes. The workshop is paired with reindeer encounters on the family's own pasture.
A master saddler's workshop in Gais making leather goods and handling repairs, including specialist restoration of designer handbags. The bench produces wallets, straps, phone cases and made-to-order pieces stamped with the workshop's mark.
Best for Hand-made leather goods and saddlery repairs
MaryAnn Murray hand-builds and hand-carves custom saddles, chaps, belts, and ranch gear from her home leather shop in Miles City, Montana, using skills learned from working saddlemakers in Montana and Oklahoma. Her online store carries ready-to-ship pieces and takes custom orders, and she brings her work to rodeos and Western gatherings across the region.
Best for Leather Goods, Saddles, Chaps, Belts, Bags
Rok Cork handcrafts backpacks, totes, crossbody bags, wallets and wristlets from vegan cork in Portugal, including a signature three-in-one piece called The Medlyn. The company states its production uses traditional methods passed down through generations.
Rose Mandarine is a Tunisian brand based in La Marsa whose ready-to-wear and family and children's wear are made in Tunisia by a team of artisans (Souad, Mouna, Khaoula and Rafika). Its range includes childcare items, bedding, bath linens and leather goods inspired by local craftsmanship.
Rossi began in 1910 when Arthur Rossiter left the Adelaide Boot Company to start his own operation in Kilburn, South Australia. Four generations followed, making work, station, and lifestyle boots from Australian leather and supplying the Australian Army during the Second World War.
Best for Australian heritage boots
Rossi began in 1910 when Arthur Rossiter, a former Adelaide Boot Company supervisor, resigned to start his own operation in a tin shed behind his house. By building a factory that same year, he established what would become an institution: four generations of family bootmaking in Kilburn, South Australia. During World War II, Rossi supplied hundreds of thousands of boots to the Australian Army, with production peaking at around 500 employees. The bootmaker's founding advantage was clear—Adelaide's thriving sheep and cattle industry meant access to high-grade yearling and kangaroo leather without the prohibitive costs of overseas supply. Today, Rossi continues making a diversified range including lifestyle boots (Colt, Booma, Endura, Spinifex models), work boots with slip-resistant and heat-rated soles, and certified safety boots under the IronLite range. Wide-fit and junior options extend the range.
Saddler & Co, founded in 2010 by Bede and Jemima Aldridge from a backyard workshop, now employs a team of local artisans making premium leather goods and saddlery in Dubbo, in the western plains of NSW. The workshop produces leather totes, travel bags, wallets, journals, clutches and belts, with monogram heat stamping available.
SAMSA, a fair-trade shop hidden in a courtyard at Panská 33 near St Martin's Cathedral in Bratislava, has operated for about 20 years selling silver jewellery from Nepal, hand-dyed woven textiles, scarves, bags and incense sourced from Nepal, India and Indonesia. Its silver is cast over open flames into clay molds and its textiles are woven on centuries-old wooden looms; since 2008 it has sponsored Nepali children's education and post-earthquake relief.
Best for Nepali silver jewellery and woven textiles
Sea Bags has handcrafted totes and accessories from recycled sailcloth at its Custom House Wharf workshop in Portland, Maine, sustainably manufacturing every piece in the USA. The nautically inspired designs are sold both in-store and through its online shop.
Seidel's Saddlery builds and repairs custom saddles, bridles, and tack from its longtime Cody shop, a working stop for ranchers across the Yellowstone country. Alongside the maker's bench it carries headstalls, cinches, and cowboy hardware.
Select Store, a Bratislava concept store, showcases independent designers and brands including DYAN SHOE, THEFOUR, PLIÉ, AGNESKOVACSBAGS, MRCARTERCO and VENGRU. It positions itself as a platform for emerging creative talent.
French sneaker brand from Angers, launched via a 2019 Ulule crowdfunding campaign (501 pairs sold, beating a 300-pair goal); made at La Manufacture 49, an Angers shoe workshop since 1927, led by Jean-Olivier Michaux. Repairable, part-recycled — about a third the carbon footprint of an imported leather sneaker.
Best for Repairable circular sneakers made in Angers
Sessile is made at La Manufacture 49, a shoe-manufacturing workshop in the Mauges area near Angers, in France's Pays de la Loire region, that has operated since 1927. Jean-Olivier Michaux, who has led the roughly 7,500-square-metre site, set out to develop the brand as a way of applying the workshop's existing shoemaking skills to a repairable, part-recycled sneaker rather than a disposable one. The name comes from the sessile oak, a species that regenerates readily, chosen to reflect the brand's environmental framing.
Sessile launched publicly through a 2019 crowdfunding campaign on the French platform Ulule, aiming to sell 300 pairs to fund the first production run; the campaign sold 501. The sneaker is built so that components — including the sole — can be removed and replaced rather than the whole shoe discarded: customers can send worn pairs back to be restored, or have them taken apart so materials can be recovered and reused.
Sessile's own published figures put the carbon footprint of a pair at about 3.8 kg CO2, compared with an estimated 12–13 kg CO2 for a comparable leather sneaker imported from Southeast Asia.
ShopOtavalo sells alpaca sweaters, earrings, necklaces, bracelets and bags handmade by the owners' family and friends in Ecuador, referencing the Plaza de los Ponchos and Centenario Market in Otavalo. The online store operates 24/7, with physical store hours of Monday to Saturday 10am-9pm and Sunday 11am-6pm.
This Oklahoma City maker crafts dependable everyday-carry leather goods, from made-to-order belts to wallets and bags, plus candles and apparel. The line is sold through the online store and at pop-up markets.
Solopiel sells leather jackets, vests and accessories made by artisans, using genuine lamb and cowhide leather selected to last a lifetime. The business has worked from León, Guanajuato since 2006, a city that accounts for 70% of Mexico's leather industry.
Sonoma County Leather makes handcrafted leather goods in Sonoma County, California, including wine carriers, travel totes, handbags and notebooks such as the Vintner Tote and Wine Tote, Pacific, offering custom engraving and embossing.
Souvenirs That Don't Suck, at 108 Manoel Dimech Street in Sliema with a second shop in Valletta, designs Malta-themed souvenirs including luzzu-inspired socks and baby-grows with local phrases. Its range also includes tote bags, mugs, tea towels and postcards.
Spiller's Lane Craft Shop & Art Gallery in Clonakilty sells jewellery from Newbridge and Knight & Day alongside sculptures and frames from Genesis and Wild Goose. The shop also stocks frames, bags and homewares from Tipperary Crystal, plus candles and diffusers from the Inchydoney range. Original art and prints round out the shop.
Best for Newbridge and Tipperary Crystal gifts, jewellery and art
An independent pelletteria in Alberobello, Stile Mediterraneo makes Mediterranean-style leather bags and accessories by hand. Alongside the leather work it carries other local craftwork from the region.
Puerto Varas textile shop for fabrics, paneras, valances, bags and cases, with an in-house workshop making custom curtains, cushions and bed linen in Chile.
StudioCork makes women's cork bags and wallets in Portugal, including crossbody bags, backpacks, bucket bags, clutches, totes and briefcases, plus a vegan jewelry line. The company positions cork as an alternative to leather.
Mendoza leather workshop founded in 2007, designing and making one-of-a-kind and custom leather pieces while offering restoration and repair rooted in traditional leathercraft.
Talabartería Porras sells saddles, horse equipment such as horseshoes, halters and brushes, and charro clothing and accessories including chaps, spurs and hats from its shop at Calle Justo Sierra 351, Centro, León. The business draws on more than 50 years of leatherworking tradition.
Tangerine Handmade is a small canvas goods studio in Oranjestad founded by Ash, who learned sewing from his grandmother and took a canvas sewing course at the Wooden Boat School in Maine. The two-person operation makes handcrafted bags and its signature Dopp Kit toiletry bag, influenced by traditional nautical styling and the colors of Aruba.
Tannare in San Antonio handmakes leather belts, guitar straps and hatbands from full-grain leather with heavy-duty stitching, including exotic Western Diamondback Rattlesnake and crocodile leather backed with vegetable-tanned cowhide. The company also offers monogramming, warranty repairs and private label production, all made in the USA.
A family-run leather workshop in Mar del Plata making jackets, bags and accessories from genuine cowhide since 1990. The brand sells through its online store and its shop on Av. Juan B. Justo 983, with international shipping options.
The Ballen is a Medellín workshop-gallery known for sculptural handmade leather bags. Its appeal is the material and form of the bags themselves rather than a broad accessories assortment.
Best for Sculptural Colombian leather bags and handmade accessories
The Leather House sells belts, wallets, purses and rugs crafted from genuine leather, tucked into a corner of Ta' Dbiegi crafts village in Għarb, Gozo. The shop also makes hand-stitched coasters and leather desk mats, and supplies bespoke leather accessories to companies.
The Leatherpreneur supports leather artisans with sewing patterns and tutorials, crafting tools and supplies, and design and production help, operating from Kajola, Agbowo, in Ibadan. It offers delivery, online booking and reservations, according to its Facebook page.
The Manual Co., based at Zmaj Jovina 18 in Novi Sad with a second location in Belgrade, has made leather bags, wallets, belts, jackets, gloves and suitcases by traditional methods since 1985.
The Overseer, based in Armidale NSW, has a 30 year history in high end custom made saddles and saddlery, handcrafted from leather personally selected by Master Saddler Jason Simmons. The workshop also makes saddle cloths, leather gear bags, swag straps and shooting mats for Australian horse sports and station work.
Three Forks Saddlery builds and sells custom saddles and tack from its shop at 221 South Main Street in Three Forks, Montana, sourcing or special-ordering anything not already on hand. Customers can reach the shop directly by phone or email to discuss orders and questions.
This family workshop has hand-cut and hand-stitched vegetable-tanned leather into handbags, satchels, and wallets since the 1970s, working some pieces into Celtic spiral and shamrock patterns. Its factory store in Graiguenamanagh is open daily for visitors to see the leatherwork alongside the finished goods.
Best for Vegetable-tanned leather handbags and wallets with Celtic spiral and shamrock patterns
Tongasoa Artisanal, headquartered in Montblanc, France since 2005, wholesales crocheted bags and hats made from 100% raffia along with traditional baskets, sourced from artisans in Madagascar, Morocco and Ghana. The site operates as a professional-only trade platform requiring business registration.
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Torras is a Spanish clothing label founded in 1951, known for leather garments and combinations of leather with knitwear. It sells designs for men and women through its online shop and other retailers. A 2024 report describes production suppliers in several countries following its 2020 insolvency, so manufacture should be checked garment by garment.
Best for Leather jackets and leather-knit clothing
Torras began in 1951 with knitwear made by Josefa Torras and her son Joan Serra in Caldes de Montbui. Leather later became central to the label, including garments combining leather with knitted sections. Its present range is aimed at men and women, with jackets providing a clear starting point for browsing. The brand’s history does not mean that every garment is still produced in its original town. A November 2024 report in The New Barcelona Post describes a changed business after the company’s 2020 insolvency. Sonia Caballero bought the brand and retained design while outsourcing production and licensing sales in other markets. The report names workshops in Spain as well as suppliers in several other countries. Country of manufacture therefore needs to be checked on the individual garment rather than inferred from the Spanish brand name. The same report describes sales through the online shop and independent retailers, not a return to a network of company-owned boutiques. For a purchase, compare the garment’s material and sizing information with its own origin label.
Toyooka Koubou is the retail brand of Oda Sei Co., a leather goods maker with over a hundred years of history in Japan's bag-making capital of Toyooka. The line focuses on simple, durable cowhide and Italian leather bags and wallets sold through its official online shop.
Best for Durable cowhide and Italian leather bags and wallets from a century-old maker
Social enterprise Trashy Bags was set up in 2008 as a means of recycling and reusing the endless plastic water and yoghurt wrappers deposited on the streets of Accra. It is best known for Recycled plastic accessories and eco-friendly bags made from discarded water sachets.
Best for Recycled plastic accessories and eco-friendly bags made from discarded water sachets
Trevinos Leathers has crafted and sold leather goods since 1974, moving from Sturgis to its longtime spot on Highway 385 south of Deadwood. The shop carries handmade American-made gloves, jackets, chaps, vests, hats and wallets alongside furs, knives and Western artwork.
Ecuadorian family brand producing genuine-leather clothing and accessories by hand in Cotacachi. Rooted in a family passion for saddlery and design, it works with Cotacachi artisans and combines tradition, innovation and craftsmanship.
Founded in 1898 in São Paulo by Italian immigrants Matheus and Cristina Trussardi as a passamanaria (trimmings) business, this Brazilian house later specialized in bed and bath linens; its Vila Nova Conceição address on Rua João Cachoeira is its first standalone retail store.
Best for Italian leather goods, fashion, and home fragrance collections
This São Paulo house is Trussardi Brasil, a bed-and-bath linens brand distinct from the Milan-founded Trussardi fashion house despite sharing its name. It was founded in 1898 in São Paulo by Italian immigrants Matheus and Cristina Trussardi, who started with a passamanaria — a workshop producing trimmings and passementerie for decoration and garments. The company later merged with another textile firm, and by the early 1990s had repositioned itself around cama e banho (bed and bath) goods: sheets, towels, blankets, pillows and related linens, along with loungewear and beachwear. Its products are noted for 'fatto a mano' hand-finishing details. After decades selling primarily through department stores and its own e-commerce site, Trussardi Brasil opened its Vila Nova Conceição address on Rua João Cachoeira as a standalone retail store, its first dedicated physical shop in São Paulo. The brand marked 125 years in business in 2023. It has no corporate relationship to the Bergamo-founded Trussardi fashion house known for leather goods and fragrance, which operates separately in Italy and internationally.
Tucson Leather Works hand-cuts and stitches custom leather cases for Irish flutes, tin whistles, and banjo and guitar straps in its small Arizona workshop, using vegetable-tanned hides tooled with Celtic and Southwestern patterns. Orders are taken directly by phone or email, with published pricing for cases, straps, belts, and wallets.
Set in the 1882 Grand Union Hotel's former Saddle Room, this shop carries hand-tooled leather trunks and pillows, western paintings, Pendleton blankets, and turquoise-and-silver jewelry. It sells work by named regional artists including Jackie Bread, Bob Coronato, and Charmaine Nicholson, alongside woven baskets and carved bowls.
Best for Western leather goods and regional artwork
Stephan Danner has hand-forged knives since 2018, working in 1.2842 and O2 high carbon steel with handles in G-10, Micarta, deer antler, reindeer antler, or exotic wood. The workshop also restores and resheaths old leather sheaths and teaches knife-making courses.
Czech accessories brand formally founded in 2015 in Chrudim by Martin Kus and Ondrej Hyrs, known for polka-dot wallets and bags. Kus designed the first collection while studying architecture at Brno University of Technology, before the company later opened stores across Central Europe.
Best for Colourful Czech bags and wallets
Vuch's own company history describes the concept only becoming a formal business in 2015, launching with polka-dot wallets, reaching 10,000 customers within its first year. The company was established in Chrudim, Czech Republic; a Brno University of Technology profile of the founder notes Martin Kus designed the brand's first collection while studying architecture at BUT in Brno. Vuch expanded into handbags, then jewelry, watches, sunglasses and underwear, opening physical stores in Chrudim (2018) and later Prague, before expanding into Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Romania and Germany.
Wayuulove was launched in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, in the year 2015. The brand began after a trip to the Venezuelan Guajira region, where the Wayuu weave their bags.
Wyoming Custom Leather handcrafts belts, holsters, wallets, and tooled goods in its Cody studio, cutting and stamping each piece to order. The maker works traditional western floral and basketweave patterns by hand.
New Zealand handbag label — South Island Deer Nappa leather, transforming by-products into luxurious, durable staples. Totes, clutches, and top-handle bags.
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