Mien Kaba Atelier

In a small hou­se, for­merly a cafe, in the suburbs of Bru­ges, Domi­ni­que ​‘Mien’ Vie­ren makes, res­to­res and trans­forms hand­bags in her stu­dio Mien Kaba. Surroun­ded by pie­ces of leather and ins­pi­red by her own crea­tions and vin­ta­ge pie­ces, Domi­ni­que brings her bags to life through her impres­si­ve craftsmanship. 

Mien Kaba has got the Hand­ma­de in Bel­gium and Hand­ma­de in Bru­ges labels which Domi­ni­que is very proud of, as well as being a recog­ni­sed crafts­man. If you are inter­es­ted, make an appoint­ment and work out with Domi­ni­que what you want your fore­ver bag to look like – all bags are made to order. Alter­na­ti­vely, if you have an old hand­bag you would like to repair or trans­form, Domi­ni­que is the woman for you. 

Plea­se res­pect Dominique’s time howe­ver. As an inde­pen­dent craf­ter, she lives off making and selling hand­bags so can­not afford for her stu­dio to be trea­ted like a museum rather than a shop. We who­lehear­tedly agree that Domi­ni­que is a fas­ci­na­ting woman and that anyo­ne in their right mind would want to spend time with her, but plea­se only do so if you are plan­ning on orde­ring something. 

If you would like to find out more about Mien Kaba, check out the Mien Kaba brand page whe­re we go into detail about the dif­fe­rent types of leather used as well as Dominique’s incre­di­ble craftsmanship.