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Le petit Valériane | Marseille H²O Capsule Collection

570€

Unique part number:

FR2404H2O011 FR2404H2OSVB FR2404H2OSVC

Variant

1% donated to the NGO Survival International

This crossbody bag perfectly embodies Faméthic’s art of reimagining classic French leather goods.

Directly inspired by the first design to pass through Valérie’s expert hands, the Petit Valériane now offers a refined and highly practical design. Ideal for all body types, neither too big nor too small, this leather crossbody bag will soon become an everyday essential.

Wear it open crossbody for easy access to your belongings while keeping them secure, or wear it over your shoulder with the snap fastened for a more elegant look! This bag adapts to suit your preferences.

It can easily hold all your handbag essentials (wallet, glasses, keys, tissues, etc.), along with a water bottle or umbrella and a book.

If you’d like to carry your laptop and work documents, the Valériane bag is better suited to your needs.

Limited edition

Only three pieces of the Petit Valériane bag from the Marseille H²O collection are made. Each piece is numbered with a unique reference indicating its date of manufacture. The unique piece number is hot-stamped onto the leather.

When you make your purchase, select the number of the unique piece you’d like. You’ll be the only person to own this creation.

Features:

External dimensions: 27 cm wide, 25 cm high, 8 cm deep at the base, 3 cm opening at the top.
Internal dimensions: 26 cm wide, 24 cm high, 8 cm deep
Weight: approx. 0.7 kg
3 cm-wide strap, adjustable from approximately 70 cm to 145 cm using a sliding buckle.
Magnetic snap closure.
Pockets: 2 side pockets inside, 27 cm wide by 20 cm high
Key holder

Leather and care:

The Marseille H2O collection is made from full-grain calfskin sourced from production surpluses at Tannerie Roux, located in the Drôme near Romans and now part of the LVMH Group.

This leather has a pronounced grain and is supple yet thick. It is dense, with a substantial, textured feel. Exceptionally high quality, it develops an elegant patina gradually.

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 strength, polish it once a month for 4 months using the leather care balm provided by Faméthic. Take a soft cotton cloth and apply a small amount of balm. Fold the cloth in half and rub the two sides together to spread the balm as evenly as possible over the cloth.

Then apply the balm-covered cloth to the leather using gentle circular motions. You can pay particular attention to the edges of the leather to help them develop a patina more quickly.

To clean your leather, use a damp microfiber cloth and a little Marseille soap. Lather the soap on the cloth before gently wiping the leather in circular motions. Let the leather dry, then polish it the following day.

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

For a stubborn stain, use a piece of crepe rubber like an eraser to lift or lighten it. Keep in mind that the more you polish your leather with the leather care balm, the less stains will set into it.

If a liquid spills onto your leather, blot it up as quickly as possible, then clean the leather as soon as you can. Finally, polish the leather the following day.

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In our workshop, we have chosen to work exclusively with leather known as “full grain” 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 hide—and reflects the animal’s life.

Some “imperfections” will therefore be visible, such as wrinkles, moles, stretch marks, scars, scratches, insect bites, etc. Most of the time, these marks are merely superficial cosmetic imperfections and do not affect the leather’s strength in any way. Since leather is itself a by-product of livestock farming, and in the interest of environmental responsibility, we deliberately work with hides bearing some of these marks. Likewise, to minimize offcuts when cutting, we retain certain natural imperfections when they are purely cosmetic.

Color and patina:

Turquoise is a color that can react to sunlight. Like blue jeans, blue dye can fade. As a precaution, while your first applications of polish and the first few months of use allow the leather to develop a sufficiently protective patina, avoid exposing it to the sun for extended periods.

This leather’s patina will develop slowly and gradually, which is the best way to achieve the most beautiful patina. It will reflect you, your everyday life, and the way you relate to your belongings.

Craftsmanship:

Each of our designs is made entirely by hand in our workshop in Bourg-lès-Valence by Valérie, craftswoman and creator of Faméthic.

Drawing on traditional expertise that has made high-end French leather goods renowned, Faméthic has held the “Artisan d’Art” designation since 2014. This means that every stage of design and production takes place in our workshop, with no subcontracting. No machine replaces the artisan’s work: every step, from designing the patterns to stitching, as well as cutting, punching, fitting the metal hardware and assembling, is done by hand in one place.

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

We specialize in hand stitching, particularly the strongest type: saddle stitching. To give our pieces a long and sustainable life cycle, the founder developed a hole-punching technique unique to Faméthic, making the stitching easy to repair—as long as the leather is regularly cared for.

We work with quality full-grain leather and use hand-sewing techniques in order to offer sturdy bags that truly stand the test of time, as the stitching can be repaired if it wears out (unlike machine stitching). This does not give rise to any contractual warranty on the part of Faméthic; simply know that well-maintained leather lasts three times longer and makes stitching repairs easier.

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Little extras to help you pamper your leather bag:

Free leather care balm (30ml) and organic cotton dust bag with all our leather bags.

Le petit Valériane | Marseille H²O Capsule Collection

570€

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.