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Notes from the JINGJIE atelier: leather, construction and the things worth keeping.
A tote that carries a laptop without turning into a briefcase is the hardest shape to get right. Here is an honest guide, measured from the bags themselves rather than from a spec sheet. Totes and top handles Marlowe Tote…
The workshop is one room above a tea shop in Hefei, with north light and four benches. Four people work here. Between them they have been cutting leather for thirty-one years. Why so few bags A Marlowe Tote takes one…
Full-grain leather is the top layer of the hide, with the grain left intact. That is why it takes a patina instead of wearing out — and why it asks for very little from you. Once a month, no more…
