Eco-luxury leather goods made in England from Sipahi

Eco-luxury, sustainably-sourced, handmade and heirloom.  Banu Sipahi was listing all the right descriptions for the modern discerning consumer when introducing her line of leather wares sold under the brand Sipahi, which was exhibiting at the PURE London trade fair earlier this year.

As the founder and director explained, Sipahi & Co offers leather goods using sustainably sourced leather and tanned exclusively with oak bark in the last tannery of its kind.

"All our leather is sourced from the West Country and carefully tanned in the last remaining oak bark tannery in the UK. A gentle 14-month long natural tanning process gives this leather the most luxurious look not found elsewhere," she said.

Their belts, for men and women, feature recycled brass buckles made in one of the last remaining English foundries, and most of the materials used for the buckle is recycled, individually sand cast and hand-polished.

"Our products are handmade in the UK by skilled craftsmen with traditional tools of English Master Saddlers.  Every detail from the burnished edges to the exact proportions of the belt holes and distance to each other is a well thought through process,"  she explained.

Additionally, the ancient saddle-stitch-method is a time consuming art: masterpieces to last a life-time, while the linen thread is 'Lin Cable Au Chinois' , made in France and is renowned for its resilience.   The strands are twisted twice before being immersed in beeswax and then brushed with horsehair.   Even the packaging is 100% from recycled materials and made in Britain.

Sipahi also offers free monogramming for orders through their website.  

All photos © Lucia Carpio 2017