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Leather Tanning, A Commitment To Be More Environmentally Friendly

Take a journey with me and think about your last visit to your favorite luxury leather handbag shop. Like a five star meal where many of your senses are heightened by the texture, smell and sight that only leather can bring about. Touching leather is a sensual experience like no other. Caressing your fingers across leather allows you to feel both the perfections and imperfections of the skin, the cut edges that have been smoothed and tanned to feel baby soft, the texture of the hide that has gone through various processes to prepare for the hands of the artisan. The astonishing smells of leather that trigger powerful memories and bonding us to the earthy, natural smells of Mother Earth; leather consumers LOVE the smell of leather. And finally, the look of leather, just like snowflakes; every hide has its own beautiful distinct shape, pattern, and how it takes dyes. When we make decisions based on the design elements and colors of our products, our commitment to working with methods that are environmentally friendly is to use more manufactures that have sustainable processes. One area that we have made this commitment has to do with the tanning and dying processes of our leathers. We focus on two methods: purchasing from tanneries and wholesalers that produce vegetable tanned leather; or when doing the dying ourselves, using water based stains and dyes (using one solid color or mixing dyes to obtain a unique look such as our pearl-toned handbags). Vegetable tanning is an old world process that uses tannin that comes naturally in the bark, branches, leaves and even the fruit of many plants. The raw hides are soaked in large pits for several weeks in increasing concentrations of tannin until the hide becomes leather. Depending on the goal of the tannery, […]

Anticipation!

Welcome to Beau Satchelle we are so thrilled you have arrived. If you are not finding what you expected… don’t worry. We have some exciting new must-have luxury always handcrafted leather products due for release very soon. We are stepping it up a notch to bring even more luxuriously premium products, with even more choices in our exotic leather skins. Aside from the new name and branding, we will have more exquisitely handcrafted items designed specifically for those who know and love bespoke leather luxuries. Our products remain among the most desired by those who know bespoke luxury and high fashion. All of our exotic leather products are designed and handcrafted with the finest and most exotic skins and obtained ‘as always’ legally by all US standards and procedures. All our unique and gorgeous vegetable tanned leather products are processed with eco-friendly methods that are considerably less harmful to the environment. With the launch of our new line of handcrafted leather bags sold exclusively by Beau Satchelle, we are confident you will be thrilled with a host of stunning designs which of course will include classic as well as contemporary-inspired looks with all the colors you never realized you had to have! Beau Satchelle offers the highest quality leather bags each one flawlessly handcrafted to guarantee you are receiving an exceptional fashion accessory that will continue to be a classic and withstand the very test of time. Our Signature Series luxury handbags are even more elegant and stylish than you could imagine. And, our colors are available based on client’s personal taste. Nevertheless, we will always provide a limited edition in our vegetable tanned products using rich hand-dyed beautiful colors as well. Keep in mind, all of T. Michael’s original patented designer luxuries will also remain available for those who […]