Détail Handbags

Ethical

Each hand­bag, tra­vel bag, shoul­der bag and clutch is hand­ma­de in Détail Hand­ba­g’s own Indian ate­liers. The ate­lier is loca­ted in Kol­ka­ta, the mec­ca of leather in India. The couple is extre­mely proud of their pro­ducts and the fair employ­ment they pro­vi­de as a result. Over the years they have beco­me one big family, res­pec­ting cul­tu­ral differences. 

Thanks to the colla­bo­ra­tion, Détail also strengthens the know­led­ge and expe­rien­ce among the local popu­la­tion. In this way, the local arti­sans auto­ma­ti­cally learn a word of English, a qua­lity that they can use in their further careers. The couple has main­tai­ned good rela­tions with the local arti­sans for years, visi­ting them every year as well.

Materials

With their hand­bags, Détail always shows the power of natu­re. The Détail hand­bags are made of qua­lity leather, a natu­ral mate­rial that only beco­mes more beau­ti­ful with age. 

Whe­re exactly does the leather come from? At Détail, the leather comes from the lives­tock industry as a secon­dary pro­duct. Thus, no addi­tio­nal ani­mals have to be killed to make the hand­bags. A lar­ge part of the total leather was­te from the lives­tock industry ends up in land­fills without recy­cling. We the­re­fo­re think it is great that Détail uses this leather in their beau­ti­ful handbags! 

For the treat­ment of the leather, the Bel­gian brand uses a mini­mum of chro­mium. Chro­me is an arti­fi­cial che­mi­cal, and is widely used in the leather industry. Tan­ning without chro­mium is bet­ter for the envi­ron­ment, but unfor­tu­na­tely also a little more expen­si­ve. Détail is trying to encou­ra­ge local leather dea­lers in India to switch to 

chro­me-free tan­ned hides. Bob and Celi­ne dream of having com­ple­tely chro­me-free pro­duc­tion in the futu­re. They are well on their way!

Circular Economy

The Bel­gian brand has a won­der­ful mis­sion to make their enti­re pro­duc­tion as envi­ron­men­tally friendly as pos­si­ble. The hand­bags come in cot­ton bags, and pos­sibly-who knows-after our ear­lier con­ver­sa­tion soon them­sel­ves from upcy­cled orga­nic cot­ton sto­ra­ge bags. Further­mo­re, pro­duc­tion in India is done as locally as pos­si­ble, saving unne­ces­sary transportation.

Slow Fashion

All hand­bags at Détail can be worn throughout the dif­fe­rent sea­sons. It is bet­ter to have one bag that you can wear for life than to have a dif­fe­rent bag each sea­son,” says the brand.