Brands we carry
Five workshops. One standard.
Every brand in the catalogue clears the same five-pillar standard — origin, tanning, craft, ethics, durability.
We visit each workshop in person, audit the books, and review the work before listing a single piece.
These are the partners on the catalogue today.
Asunción, Paraguay · est. 1962
Small leather goods · wallets, cardholders, belts
A family workshop on the eastern edge of Asunción, founded by Luis Acosta in 1962. Three generations of the Acosta family have worked here. The current owner — Luis's grandson — sources all hides from the Itapúa department tannery his grandfather first partnered with in 1968. Cuero Cero produces around forty hand-stitched small goods per month. Their bifold wallet is the piece we built the Cuero Cero Wallet around.
- Founded
- 1962
- Generations
- 3
- Vetted
- 2026-03
- Capacity
- ~40 pieces per month
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Buenos Aires, Argentina · est. 1948
Harness leather goods · belts, dog collars, equestrian accessories
A San Telmo workshop running since 1948 — four generations of saddle-stitchers. The atelier still makes the brass roller buckles in-house, forged from sheet brass with hand-cut tongues. Argentine harness leather is famously dense and gives this workshop its signature: belts that develop a deep red-brown patina with daily wear over five to seven years.
- Founded
- 1948
- Generations
- 4
- Vetted
- 2026-04
- Capacity
- ~80 belts per month
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Novo Hamburgo, Brazil · est. 1981
Larger leather goods · totes, weekenders, briefcases
A medium-scale workshop in Novo Hamburgo, the historic leather capital of southern Brazil. Casa Itaipava is the only chrome-tanned partner in our catalogue — they source from an LWG Gold-rated tannery and we accept their leather because the construction quality on larger pieces is outstanding. Their unstructured tote becomes the Asunción Tote in our line.
- Founded
- 1981
- Generations
- 2
- Vetted
- 2026-02
- Capacity
- ~120 bags per month
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Encarnación, Paraguay · est. 1995
Mid-size goods · cardholders, passport holders, slim wallets
Founded in 1995 by María Esther Benítez, who learned the craft from a now-closed Encarnación tannery that supplied the European market in the 1980s. The workshop sits a block from the Paraná River. Every piece carries a small stamp — a stylised river curve — in the bottom corner. Our Gran Chaco Passport Holder is theirs.
- Founded
- 1995
- Generations
- 1
- Vetted
- 2026-03
- Capacity
- ~60 pieces per month
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León is the historic leather capital of the Americas; this workshop, founded in 1932 by Don Rafael Hernández, has stayed in the family for four generations. They specialise in small accessories — what doesn't need to be made elsewhere. The Pilar Keychain in our catalogue is their work, finished in offcuts of the same hides their grandfather used.
- Founded
- 1932
- Generations
- 4
- Vetted
- 2026-04
- Capacity
- ~100 small accessories per month
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