The Louis Cartier Collection

Masculine fine leather goods from the legendary house of Cartier

The Anatomy of a Style

A bag that is part luggage, to be carried in the hand and crafted from caramel-coloured full grain leather. From morning to evening, from one day to the next, this supple and generous duffel-style bag is ready to go. This workshop-crafted Fine Leather Goods creation is a feast for the eyes, displaying apparent minimalism in its raw edges, rigid handles, hand-sewn bar tack and saddle stitching.

The work of an aesthete, its intelligence lies in the originality of its gusseted sides, designed to open and provide more space. Could this be the legacy left to us by Louis Cartier, to reconcile the practical with the aesthetic for the ultimate expression of elegance?

The horizontal shape is simple and sumptuously set off by the matt aspect of the natural leather used throughout. Nothing to interrupt the sleek lines save a diamond-shaped signature, an openwork metal fastening and a gusset disguised as a crease, traced by two dotted lines of saddle stitching.

Its creation required craftsmen to carry out a thousand and one actions, from making the pattern to cutting out the skins: exceptional leathers chosen for their great suppleness and their fine hand. Gluing, attaching, hammering, buffing and stitching all contribute to Fine Leather Goods in the great tradition of excellent craftsmanship dedicated to travel.

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