Mont Blanc leather facility, Florence

October 9th 2015

The Mont Blanc leather facility is in an industrial park just outside Florence. All the big names of fashion are here. Gucci is across the road, Prada a few blocks down. Only Hermes from among the top brands is missing. Mont Blanc used to made its...

Mont Blanc leather facility, Florence

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I'm afraid I don't know anything in that area, no. Let me know anything you find out...

Bags - Belts and walletsOctober 9th 2015

Jean Rousseau, Mont Black and Frederic Malle R...

August 11th 2015

Occasional readers may not be aware that I write a monthly column for How To Spent It – the luxury supplement to the Financial Times – under the title ‘Inside Track’. Recent columns have included French leat...

Jean Rousseau, Mont Black and Frederic Malle R...

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In reply to Nestor, what about La Portegna? On a lesser budget level, £1k or less, The Bridge, Mont Blanc and Salvatore Ferragamo all do items of reasonable quality. NB Simon, is it meant to be How To Spend It (vs Spent...

August 11th 2015

Quality control at Mont Blanc leather goods

August 3rd 2015

The most striking thing about the Mont Blanc leather factory, which we visited last month, was the pairing of modern computer technology and traditional leather craftsmanship. Few leather factories have good quality control machinery, and none hav...

Quality control at Mont Blanc leather goods

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Dunhill could do with paying this sort of attention to their testing and QC. I bought a beautiful and expensive briefcase from their NYC store some years ago but the lock comes unscrewed with monotonous regularity and th...

BagsAugust 3rd 2015