Hype luggage: Review

July 23rd 2012

Hype iPad cover, £150 There is a surprising lack of good, mid-market leather products and bags out there. By mid-market I mean those stitched by machine rather than by hand (which adds considerably to the price) but otherwise using the highest ...

Hype luggage: Review

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I don't have one myself, so I'm not sure of its thickness, but there isn't much room to play with inside with the sheep's wool I'm afraid...

BagsJuly 23rd 2012

Albam: Craft for the weekend

September 1st 2010

“This is the point that your girlfriend starts worrying,” says Albam co-founder James Shaw, bent over the stitching on the company’s new Ventile mac. “See this round the cuff? The stitching varies slightly where the maker took...

Albam: Craft for the weekend

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Good to hear that Bob. Alastair and I did indeed put our heart and soul into the business. We were early into advocating for craft manufacturing, but not the first and happy to see we are not the last, albeit the landsca...

September 1st 2010

Bown bags: A meeting of geeks

October 21st 2009

Judy Bown loves geeky detail; I love geeky detail. Talking to the bag designer and manufacturer was always going to be a pleasant experience. Indeed, Judy’s first-ever post on her Designer’s Diary says it all: “Some brands believe t...

Bown bags: A meeting of geeks

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No, sorry. No prospect of it either...

BagsOctober 21st 2009