Category Archives: Leather bags

Achieving Our Dreams

Since starting this company, we’ve had two main goals: 1) to help the leather artisans that we work with to make a decent living off of their trade, and 2) to get these beautiful hand-made leather bags out into the … Continue reading

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An Ode to My Tote

The first bag that Jerry made for me was the Bogota Tote. I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about it – I’m little, and I don’t typically carry large handbags, so I thought it might be too much. But I … Continue reading

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Perfect Fall Accessories

Year after year, a classic leather bag reigns as the fall accessory. What we love about our whiskey leather is that it works in every season, every year. May we suggest one of our men’s bags customized with whiskey leather?

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The Making of Our First Bag

Remember when you sold the first cup at your 2nd grade lemonade stand? Selling our first Restrepo Leather bag felt a bit like that, except a lot better (with champagne, instead of lemonade). From our first customer, Shoshi: As soon … Continue reading

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Introducing The Mora Clutch and The Pera Shoulder Bag

Due to popular demand, we’ve just added two new smaller bags to our Women’s line: The Pera Shoulder Bag and the Mora Clutch. Like all of our bags at Restrepo Leather, the Pera and the Mora are strictly hand-made with … Continue reading

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The Philosophy of “Strictly Hand-made”

  This is an excerpt from a conversation we had with Cesar, our head designer at Restrepo Leather. He shared some really inspiring ideas on what the philosophy of “Strictly Hand-made” means for him. I’ve always felt the need to … Continue reading

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Noah’s Story

Our friend Noah, a hard-working government official (pun intended), doesn’t spend much time thinking about style. When not at work, he typically wears jeans and a t-shirt that’s at least 15 years old.   So when Noah came to Bogota … Continue reading

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