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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Behind Gucci


behind the scenes at Gucci, Italy.

Check out this fascinating tour behind the scenes at Gucci in Italy. The leathers, the hardware, the craftsmenship. I'm not super into handbags - I just appreciate well-made goods and wow- I can't even imagine how long it takes to make the hardware from real bamboo. (Dealing with tolerances in a natural materials is tough)

Hat tip to the Materialiste for reporting it. (Image credit)


I interned with a leather craftswomen while in college, witnessing the the craft firsthand of inspecting hides, cutting the leather by hand and by steel rule die, then stitching the pieces carefully- with each puncture of the needle. You can see the goods we produced here: Acme Baggage

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