14 stores · curated ORBIS register
Woodstock, Cape Town
Cape Cobra makes exotic leather handbags from ostrich, ostrich leg and crocodile leather, including clutches, crossbody bags, top handles and totes, at its boutique at 43 Bree Street, 1st Floor, Cape Town City Centre. It also produces a men's collection of bags, accessories and wallets.
Best for Exotic ostrich and crocodile leather handbags
Cape Town
Clay Corner sells clay, glazes and tools at 194 Victoria Rd, Woodstock, stocking stoneware, earthenware and porcelain clay by the bag or pallet along with Cone 6 and Cone 10 glazes. It also runs the Clay Circle studio, a five-bay shared space with three kilns on site offering monthly session packages.
Best for Clay glazes tools and shared studio access
Cape Town
Moooshoes is a Cape Town brand making premium handcrafted leather goods including men's shoes, kids' hiking boots and bags, with product lines such as the Linnie, SNUGG Boot and Tekkie Vellie priced between R550 and R1,500. The page states all products are hand crafted from beginning to end.
Best for Handmade leather shoes and boots
V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
The store at Shop 2, the new Alfred Mall, Victoria & Alfred Hotel, Dock Road, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town is open 10am-7pm seven days a week and sells dresses, tops, bottoms, jumpsuits and jackets/knitwear along with bags, jewelry, hair accessories, sunglasses and footwear.
Best for Women's dresses and accessories
Cape Town / Franschhoek
Cape Town luxury leather house founded 2008 by Hanneli Rupert — ostrich and blesbok hides as by-products of existing free-range farming, springbok-horn hardware, fourth-generation craftsmen, every element made and traceable in South Africa.
Best for Fully traceable African exotic-leather bags.
Cape Town
Purr is an online boutique at Ground Floor, Lifestyle on Kloof, 50 Kloof Street, Gardens, Cape Town, described as showcasing a curated selection of local and international fashion brands including A Bird Named Frank, Beach Cult and Pichulik. It sells clothing, footwear and accessories such as scarves, jewelry and bags.
Best for Curated multi-brand womenswear boutique
De Waterkant, Cape Town
The company sells handmade, upcycled eco outdoor bags and accessories including backpacks, crossbody bags and duffel bags, crafted from waste and responsibly sourced materials; it states it has upcycled 116,685 kilograms of waste to date.
Best for Upcycled outdoor bags and accessories
Long Street, Cape Town
Originally a Long Street, Cape Town shop and now an online business, Second Time Around has operated for approximately 45 years selling vintage and vintage-inspired dresses, blouses, skirts, bags, shoes and scarves.
Best for Vintage dresses and accessories
Parkhurst, Johannesburg
Based in Cape Town, the brand sells dresses, tops, bottoms, knitwear, swimwear, bags and jewelry plus a menswear line, made from natural fibres in neutral tones, with current collections named "The Red Hour" and "The Compass Collection."
Best for Natural-fibre womenswear and accessories
Thesen Island, Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa
Aldo Kleyn hand-cuts and stitches exotic-skin handbags, belts and wallets, building on techniques he began developing as a teenager in a small Johannesburg shop before running a store in New York. His Thesen Island flagship, opened in 2010, is known for reworking crocodile leather into wearable designs rather than traditional accessories alone.
Best for Handmade crocodile-leather bags, belts and wallets
Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa
This label makes leather and canvas travel bags, backpacks, briefcases and duffels by hand in Knysna, aiming for pieces built to be used for decades rather than replaced. The range covers men's and women's carry goods, with construction and material choices geared toward long service life over trend-driven turnover.
Best for Handmade leather and canvas travel bags
Woodstock
Caleb Pedersen's label Chapel hand-makes leather and waxed-canvas backpacks, duffels and wallets built for hard wear and long life. Bags are cut and stitched in Cape Town and sold through the brand's own studio and online store.
Best for Leather and canvas bags
City Centre
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.
Best for Luxury leather and ready-to-wear
Woodstock
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.
Best for Handmade leather handbags
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