What we mean when we say "Made in Italy"

"Made in Italy" is a label, not a guarantee. Under European law, a bag can carry it as long as the last "substantial transformation" happened on Italian soil. In practice, that means hides cut in one country, panels stitched in another, and a final lining sewn in a workshop near Naples — three flags, one tag.

We hold ourselves to a stricter standard, partly out of stubbornness and partly because we think it matters. Our hides are tanned in Tuscany. Our hardware is cast and plated in Lombardy. Every panel is cut, stitched, edged and finished in the same atelier outside Florence, by the same small team. There is no offshoring of any step.

If you are buying leather goods in 2026 and the provenance matters to you, the question to ask is not "where was this made?" but "how many hands and how many countries did it pass through to get here?" The answer will tell you almost everything.