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Baouque Phone Case| Marseille H²O Capsule Collection

130€

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1% donated to the NGO Survival International

The essential, discreet phone or document pouch

Unobtrusive on your shoulders, this phone pouch effortlessly completes your urban or travel kit. Slip your transit card or tickets into its pocket, and you're ready to go! Worn around your neck or crossbody, it can be worn on its own, with a backpack or tote bag.

Limited edition

The phone pouch from the Marseille H²O collection is made in only six copies. Each piece is numbered with a unique reference indicating its date of manufacture. The unique piece number is hot-stamped onto the leather.

When making your purchase, select the unique piece number you would like. You will be the only person to own this creation.

Features

External dimensions: 21 cm high, 13 cm wide
Internal dimensions: 18.5 cm high, 10.5 cm wide, 2 cm thick
Weight: approximately 0.12 kg
Machine-washable French cotton twill strap. Adjustable to 130 cm
Strong snap closure
Strong snap pocket

Leather and care:

The Marseille H²O collection is made from full-grain calfskinsourced from surplus production at the Tannerie Roux located in the Drôme near Romans and now part of the LVMH group.

This pronounced-grain leather is supple and thick. It is dense, with a full, textured feel. Of exceptional quality, it develops an elegant, gradual patina.

Despite its very natural finish and light color, this calfskin is easy to care for.

To protect your leather, enhance its patina, and preserve the leather's durability, apply a coat of wax once a month for four months using the leather care balm provided by Faméthic. Use a soft cotton cloth, take a small amount of balm, fold the cloth in half, and rub the two sides together to spread the balm as evenly as possible on the cloth.

Then apply the cloth to the leather using gentle circular motions. You can pay particular attention to the edges of the leather to accelerate their patina.

To clean your leather, you can use a damp microfiber cloth and a little Marseille soap. Lather the soap on the cloth before applying it to the leather using gentle circular motions. Allow the leather to dry, then apply a coat of wax the next day.

Then rinse the microfiber cloth and wipe it over the leather to remove all traces of soap and any remaining dust.

In the case of a persistent stain, use a piece of crepe as an eraser to lift or lighten it. Remember that the more often you wax your leather with the leather care balm, the less stains will set into the leather.

If a liquid spills on your leather, absorb it as quickly as possible, then clean it as soon as possible. Finally, wax the leather the next day.

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In our workshop, we have chosen to work exclusively with full-grain leather for all our designs. Unlike split leather, which is taken from the dermis, full-grain leather comes from the epidermis, the strongest part of the skin, reflecting the animal's life.

Thus, certain "imperfections" will be visible, such as wrinkles, moles, stretch marks, scars, scratches, punctures, etc. Most of the time, these marks are merely surface imperfections and do not affect the leather's strength. As leather itself is a byproduct of livestock farming, and out of consideration for the environment, we deliberately work with hides that bear some of these marks. Likewise, to minimize waste when cutting, we retain certain natural imperfections when they are purely aesthetic.

Color and patina:

The turquoise color may react to sunlight. Just like blue jeans, the blue color can fade. As a precaution, and until your waxing and the first few months of use have given the leather a sufficiently protective patina, avoid exposing your leather to the sun for extended periods.

This leather will develop a slow, gradual patina, which is the best way to achieve the finest patina. It will reflect you, your daily life, and your relationship with objects.

Construction:

Each of our models is made entirely by hand in our workshop in Bourg-lès-Valence by Valérie, an artisan designer at Faméthic.

With traditional expertise that has made French luxury leather goods renowned, Faméthic has held the artisan designer label since 2014. This means that every stage of design and manufacture takes place in our workshop, without any subcontracting. No machine replaces the artisan's work; every stage, from pattern design to cutting, punching, fitting metal hardware, and assembly, is carried out by hand in the same place.

As a truly independent brand, we work without intermediaries to offer original designs at a fair, controlled price.

We specialize in hand-sewing, particularly the strongest method: saddle stitching. To ensure our pieces have a long life, the founder developed a punching technique unique to Faméthic, allowing the seams to be easily repaired—provided the leather is regularly cared for.

We work with high-quality full-grain leather and use hand-sewing techniques to create durable bags that truly stand the test of time, as the seams can be repaired if they wear out (unlike machine stitching). This does not come with any contractual guarantee from Faméthic; simply know that properly cared-for leather lasts three times longer and makes the seams easier to repair.

Marseille H²O Capsule Collection

At the origins of the Faméthic brand name, we realized that this turquoise grained calfskin enhances all skin tones and is very easy to wear. Thanks to their brightness and their elegant, prominent saddle-stitch seams, the pieces in the collection have become iconic creations of the brand.