A professional guide to style | Leather Briefcases by Leather Company The global leather bag market was valued at just slightly more than 63 billion US Dollars by 2021. Sales of leather bags are expected to reach upwards of eighty billion dollars by 2027. In 2018 (using the year 2018 as guide solely because it was the last full year that did not involve any threat or discussion of the forthcoming Covid-19 pandemic) leather bags, in general, accounted for almost 50% of the total amount of bags sold. There is no sign yet to indicate any change in fortunes for the leather bag industry any time so ..read more

Come fly with me | Leather Holdalls by Leather Company |  Once again, we delve into the grain (yes, we do like our puns) of the issue. To start, travel has become a thing we all take for granted in the modern times we inhabit, and the readily available abundance of options in the type of transport we undertake to travel short or large distances, aids our ease of such journeys. Why then should you compromise on the next most important aspect of getting there? (Wherever there is) Your bestie, your ultimate travel companion, your travel bag. Then, I suppose we might ask if it must be leather ..read more

Everlasting classic style | Women’s Leather Jackets by Leather Company | The question of what is and what isn’t in style rages a hot debate across the fashion world, from past to present. Who decides what is hot and what is not? How do we know the difference? In the world of leather, the question is slightly different. It is not so much a question of whether an individual style of women’s leather jacket is in vogue. It is more a question of women’s leather jackets as a style itself, and if it is in style now in its own unique form. Leather tends to occupy a niche of its own in the fashion indu ..read more

Lighten your load with leather | Leather Backpacks by Leather Company | Are leather backpacks practical, as the title of this article asks? If we look around when we venture outside, it is noticeable how popular the backpack, in all its forms, has become over the past few years. Once associated purely as bag for a day out, a weekend away, hiking through meadows and fields, or even for a picnic, to hold all the necessary utensils required for the highlight of the day, eating, they are now widespread and used for equally widespread purposes. There is an endless mix of styles, shapes, sizes, and ..read more

Leather Jackets for Women by Leather Company | When we talk about fashion, what images do we conjure in our head? That depends upon what certain styles and trends certain individuals prefer, that’s simple enough. But the word, fashion, itself, like the word, leather, provokes the imagination. It helps us form pictures of fashion houses in the former, and craftsmanship and art in the latter. The epitome of quality and luxury speaks through leather, especially a woman’s leather jacket, adding sprinkles of stardust to an already star filled sky. Talking of stardust, Hollywood, the home of film st ..read more

Leather Jackets for Women by Leather Company Outerwear | Women’s fashion has always sat comfortably with the female of the species, and although men’s fashion has evolved over the past thirty years, along with men themselves, fashion and women are two things almost synonymous with one another. The history of the sparkling, high fashion houses in Paris and Milan, and svelte, young female catwalk models strutting their stuff in front of a high brow crowd, conjures iconic images in the mind’s eye. When considering popular and ever-present items of fashion preferred to be worn by women, it is note ..read more

The biker jacket, stylish classic The current heatwave is forcing most of us to seek shade. Unprecedented levels of heat drive us to find a natural cool. This is the same with fashion. We are all looking for that cool design, the epic style that transforms the mundane to the chic and stylish, or ruggedly chic and stylish. Men’s fashion has taken on leaps and bounds in recent times, and leather is the one constant within the fashion world that continues to evolve by way of innovation and technology. The freak weather will soon abate, but you might want to add a light weight cropped leather jack ..read more

Aren’t you relieved when choosing a quality leather jacket, among myriad styles, shades, lengths and fit, the one thing you don’t have to think about is the type of leather selected in the manufacturing process? Is it cowhide, buffalo hide, sheep nappa? Is it full grain, half grain, and does it matter? Well, yes it does, but not so much that you must worry about it. The science that determines the type of leather your jacket is made from depends on the style and the expectations of its performance. If you ride the highways with the wind rushing through you as you ride your motor bike you will ..read more

What is a men’s leather jacket? Or what is it that inspires men to wear leather? Ever since Marlon Brando famously wore a leather biker’s jacket in the iconic 1953 film, “The Wild One,” and forever challenged both men’s and women’s perception of masculine fashion and style, the question of what is, or what inspires, is more open to debate now than ever before. From the rebellious leather biker to the more conservative leather blazer, and the styles in between, today’s male has reached a sophisticated peak where style and fashion feature more in a man’s mind than his predecessors.  Practic ..read more

Who is hosting the Brits 2020? Jack Whitehall is back as host of the BRIT Awards again this year – Tuesday, February 18, 2020. It’s his third consecutive year at the helm of the glitzy bash. Bosses were keen for Jack to return after he was dubbed “the best host in years” by viewers. In 2019 he made quips about Ed Sheeran, Little Mix and Simon Cowell. Jack Whitehall was back for a third year to present the Brit Awards 2020 – and no one was safe in his annual roast of music’s most loved artists. After starting the show with a poignant tribute to Caroline Flack, which led into a perfo ..read more