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ul. Świętojańska 39, Śródmieście, Gdynia
Owner Ewa runs this women's boutique on Gdynia's main shopping street, mixing Italian labels and designer pieces with colourful dresses, blazers and skirts. Shoes, jewellery, bags and eyewear fill the racks beneath hand-painted interior art.
Best for Bold, colourful women's fashion
Kraków
Krakozja is a six-person leather workshop in Kraków whose bags and backpacks are designed by Anna Miko and sewn in Poland. Miko founded it to revive a family shoemaking trade that had run for two generations in the city. The brand refuses mass production, selling through small online shops and Kraków showrooms and taking made-to-order commissions and alterations.
Best for Handmade leather bags and backpacks
Krakozja is a small leather workshop in Kraków. Its bags and backpacks are designed by Anna Miko and sewn in the workshop. Miko writes that her family ran a shoemaking workshop in Kraków for two generations. Her grandparents' firm faded as it failed to keep pace with changes in the economy. With a few friends and craftspeople from the trade she set out to recreate the family tradition under a new name and direction. The Krakozja collection of leather bags and backpacks grew out of that decision. The brand states that it has no wish to build a mass collection of the kind sold in shopping galleries. It sells instead through selected small online shops and showrooms in Kraków. It takes made-to-order commissions and alterations alongside its own designs. The team numbers six people, each a specialist in one stage of the work. The workshop describes carrying every piece from cutting to finish with the end result in view. The first designs were sewn in a vintage style. The range has since widened to elegant and casual models, with formal pieces added. Current pieces include the KR101 and KR102 backpacks, the KR207 women's bag and the KR109 men's bag, with dimensions listed on the site. A customer review published there measures the hide at 1.9 millimetres and notes an oxford lining with antique-gold hardware. Orders and enquiries go by email, and the workshop asks for patience because replies do not always come within a day.
Poland
Polish leather-goods and luggage brand founded 1990 by Jedrzej Rafal Wittchen; opened its first shop in Krakow in 1993 and has grown into roughly 100 showrooms across Europe from its HQ near Warsaw, publicly traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Best for Polish leather bags, wallets and luggage
Wittchen was founded in 1990 by Jedrzej Rafal Wittchen, who launched the brand's first collection, called 'Italy,' in 1991 after bringing home a leather wallet from his travels. The company opened its first physical shop in Krakow in 1993 with a small founding team, then expanded steadily across Poland and, later, Europe. The current range spans leather bags, small leather goods such as wallets and document holders, and luggage including suitcases and travel accessories. Wittchen has grown into a network of roughly 100 sales showrooms across Europe plus an online store, and is headquartered in Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki near Warsaw. It remains family-run under Jedrzej and Monika Wittchen while being a publicly traded company on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Aleja Wyzwolenia 18, Warsaw
Charlotte runs eleven bread-and-wine bakery-bistros across Warsaw, Krakow, Wroclaw and Poznan under the tagline "chleb i wino." Its counters serve croissants and baguettes alongside an all-day breakfast menu and a dedicated bakery in Warsaw's Bielany district.
Best for Croissants, baguettes and wine across eleven Polish bakery-bistro locations
Śródmieście, Warsaw
A Warsaw label with a physical shop selling leather handbags, footwear, and small accessories. Zofia Chylak founded the brand in 2014.
Best for Leather handbags, footwear, and small accessories from Zofia Chylak's Warsaw label
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