Workshops & Classes — Hoi An
7 stores · curated ORBIS register
Friendly Shoe Shop runs its own on-site workshop with more than 40 artisans cutting and stitching leather shoes and bags to measure, rather than sending orders out to third-party makers. The shop has worked in Hoi An for over fifteen years, building a line of named signature styles alongside its custom commissions.
Blue Lotus Leather hand-cuts and hand-sews wallets, bags, and card holders in its Hoi An studio, and opens that same workshop to visitors for classes ranging from two-hour introductions to two-day advanced courses. The shop keeps its material focus narrow: leather only, finished by hand rather than machine.
Hoi An Lanterns Online ships handmade silk lanterns directly from workshops in the city, offering jacquard and printed-silk versions in the crane, lotus, and koi motifs long associated with the town's lantern trade. The catalog spans plain color lanterns for everyday use to UV-reactive neon designs made for events.
Little Daisy Hoi An teaches hand embroidery, sewing, and crochet from a workshop in Tra Que Vegetable Village just outside the old town, and sells the linen clothing and embroidered pieces its staff and students make there. The setting away from the tourist core keeps it closer to a working studio than a souvenir counter.
Lotus Jewellery has worked silver and gold from its Le Loi Street address in the ancient town for more than fifteen years, offering bespoke design and repair alongside its ready stock of rings, necklaces, and bracelets. Its artisans handle both restoring older pieces and building new ones from a customer's sketch.
Reaching Out has trained and employed artisans with disabilities in Hoi An's old town since 2000, producing silver jewelry, ceramics, lacquerware, and textiles at its Arts & Crafts Shop rather than importing stock. The fair-trade workshop doubles as a teaching space, running lantern-folding sessions that put visitors in direct contact with the makers.
A bespoke tailoring workshop at 127 Tran Hung Dao Street in Hoi An, operating since 1999 and hand-cutting suits, dresses, shirts, trousers and overcoats shipped to over 50 countries. Suits range from $149 to $309 depending on fabric, including wool blends, merino and cashmere.
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