leather life cycle in the workshop
Handcrafted production uses fewer raw materials.
raw material
harmonize textures, colors, and designs.
Leather offers a very wide range of possibilities (colors, textures, finishes, durability) thanks to the expertise of tanneries. It is a reassuring material: warm, sensual, soft, pliable and robust all at once! A natural material, it is an inexhaustible source of inspiration.
For each leather, we select the most suitable designs from our 15 bag models. Priority is given to durability, followed by style, which we always aim to keep understated and original. We then harmonize our collection to meet your needs and desires.
Source of our leathers
tetris
collection of bags and lanyards
Every hide has surface irregularities and natural variations in thickness and suppleness: skin is, above all, a functional organ! The leather artisan uses all their experience and expertise to turn these constraints into assets and enhance the characteristics of the leathers.
We always start by cutting out all the large pieces for our collection: the bags and straps. Cutting all the large pieces by hand and having prepared our collection in advance allows us to considerably reduce leather offcuts.
small leather goods
make the most of all parts of the leather
At this stage, the remaining pieces of leather are considered “scraps.”
We perform the same selection process among our 20 small leather goods models and apply the same expertise to enhance the unique characteristics of each piece of leather.
The goal is to complete the bag collection and minimize scraps as much as possible. This is why there is often a delay between the release of the bags and the matching small leather goods.
Our small leather goods collection
second life corner
find a use for every scrap
We have developed several leather items that allow us to make the most of every small piece of leather: customizable keychains, bracelets, etc.
The price of these items is reduced, sometimes even free for our most loyal and committed customers.
These items are often made by interns training in the workshop. They allow the new generation to get hands-on experience and master the craft.
Customizable keychains
zero-waste goal achieved
children's workshop
Every year we organize a zero-waste workshop during the Africa Fête festival in Marseille. It is free and reserved for children (well, we try!).
In the center of a large table, we put the leather scraps, around the cutting and drilling tools. Several ideas for keychains and coin purses are suggested, but many let themselves be carried away by their imagination.
This workshop allows us to add value to our leather scraps, but also the leather stocks that are graciously given to us to make good use of them.
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AIDES association
Huge fashion clearance sale
As an artisanal workshop close to our customers, we keep very little excess stock.
However, some products sometimes remain unsold, often because the level of finish and quality of our creations evolves with the expertise of the workshop.
In 2020, we donated our unsold items to the AIDES association.
More information about the bi-annual event here: @braderiemodeaides
transparency
Why does "Made in France" cost more?
the centaurea
selling price €540 incl. VAT
€450 excl. VAT:
(€90 VAT, i.e., 20% of the selling price)
Production time: 3 hours
21%, i.e., €95, including social security contributions
Raw materials and packaging:
10%, i.e., €45
Rent and utilities:
14%, i.e., €63
Taxes and duties:
5%, i.e., €22
Support for the NGO Survival International:
1%, i.e., €4.5
Net margin: cash flow, investment, R&D, contingencies, dividends, retailer or point-of-sale margin, ...
49%, i.e., €220.5
our leather bags
