Selected pieces
Notes on leather, fit and care, written at the bench in our Florence atelier.
What tanneries actually do to the surface of a hide — and how each finish looks, marks, ages and should be cared for. Aniline, semi-aniline and pigmented; nappa and plongé; milled pebble grain; croc embossing; hand-distressed work; waxed and suede-touch.
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Lambskin, calfskin, cowhide and shearling behave differently because their fibre structures differ. A working guide to weight, thickness, grain grades, finishes and how each leather should be cared for.
A practical guide to keeping a leather jacket alive: daily habits, what to do the moment it gets wet, how often to condition and with what, stain-by-stain fixes, and the right way to hang and store it. Includes a do/don't table and the exceptions for suede, shearling and aniline.
Where the shoulder seam belongs, how much chest room to leave, and why leather eases around the body but never along it — with a cut-by-cut fit table for bikers, cafe racers, bombers, blazers, shearlings and coats.
From hide selection to final inspection — the nine stages of building a leather jacket, why hand cutting follows the stretch direction of the skin, and what made to order actually changes.
A plain glossary of the nine leather jacket types — biker, café racer, bomber, Harrington, aviator, trucker, blazer, long coat and puffer. What defines each silhouette, where it came from, and which wardrobe it belongs to.
