Workshop
5 min
Why we dye last
Most houses buy leather already coloured. We buy it grey, and here is what that changes.
Almost every leather bag you have owned was cut from leather that arrived at the workshop already dyed. It is quicker and cheaper: you pick a colour from the tannery’s book and cut from the roll.
We do it the other way round. Every hide arrives in its grey crust state, is cut, stitched and edged, and only then goes into the bath. The dye runs into the stitch holes, the edges and the folds, so when the corners wear, the colour underneath is the same colour.
It also means nothing sits on a shelf in a colour nobody asked for. A Trevalle takes ten working days because the colour is the last decision, and it is yours.
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Workshop
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Why we dye last
Most houses buy leather already coloured. We buy it grey, and here is what that changes.
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