Manufacturing
Handcrafted in South Korea
We work with one workshop based in Seoul, South Korea to handcraft each bag from start to finish.
We spent months researching and meeting local artisans and industry experts across South Korea to find the perfect workshop to bring our designs to life. Ultimately, we decided to work with a medium-sized workshop based in Seoul due to its attention to detail and beautiful craftsmanship during the sample making process.
Pattern Creation
The pattern for each Amalier bag is the template that ensures leather craftsmen appropriately sculpt our design and establish uniform quality throughout production. Based on decades of experience, our artisans cut detailed patterns for each piece of leather, inner lining, and interfacing to bring our original design to life. The pattern undergoes multiple changes during the development phase until its finalized for production.
Cutting
Once the finalized pattern has been cut and sample has been approved, we transition into our production phase to craft a small batch of the new design. Each subsequent batch of a design is manufactured based on demand.
Our leather craftsmen inspect each hide sourced from local tanneries based in Korea. Once the hides have been evaluated, each piece of leather is meticulously cut to avoid any imperfections in the hide.
Leveling & Skiving
The thickness in leather will vary across the hide as it is a natural raw material. To ensure consistent quality across our bags, each piece of leather is leveled and skived to the nearest millimeter. This process also ensures the appropriate structure and weight is achieved based on the collection's design.
Gluing
Once the leather pieces have been skived, our artisans glue and bond applicable interfacing to these pieces to achieve the desired rigidity or flexibility of a design. Interfacing is a textile that varies in material and is used to add structure, strength, depth, and durability to a bag.
Edge Finishing
Based on the design, our artisans will either paint or fold the edges of each piece of leather to highlight details and enhance the durability of the bag.
The edge painting process includes delicately coating one base layer and three layers of premium leather paint.
Final Assembly
The assembly process involves bringing together each finalized component and adding any finishing touches. Our artisans stitch each leather piece together and add metal accents to bring the final design to life.
The finished bags then go through a detailed inspection process to ensure the highest level of quality and consistency. Any bags that do not meet our quality standards are remade from the beginning of our process. We archive each of these beautiful, but slightly imperfect, bags for future reference and use.