A Leather Bookmark
A leather bookmark is a strip of vegetable-tanned leather, cut, cased, stamped and edged. Materials, sizes, finishing, and why a stitched one teaches more.
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LVMH Opens Leather Workshops to the Public This Weekend
In the news: LVMH’s free Journées Particulières, Oct. 16-18, opens Louis Vuitton, Moynat and Berluti leather workshops to visitors in Paris and beyond.
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How to Waterproof Leather Boots Before the Next Nor’easter
How to waterproof leather boots by leather type: clean, test, apply thin coats, seal the seams, and know when to redo it. Built around Long Island’s wet fall.
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Pierre Laborde Makes Bags, and New York Is Lining Up
A New York one-maker bag studio can make about 200 bags a week and reportedly faces demand near 1,500. A look at the waitlist math.
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The Edge Nobody Notices Until It Fails
Painted edges peel. Burnished ones don’t. Inside the hand process that finishes a bridle leather briefcase edge — and why it’s worth the extra hours.
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Hand-Dyeing Natural Vegetable-Tanned Leather Black
Natural veg-tan darkens on its own. Dyeing it black trades that slow change for control. Choosing the dye, prepping, coating, sealing and staying safe.
