Patchwork Leather Top
Remnants of our vegetable tanned leather are stitched together to create a textile collage reminiscent of the brick architecture of our Chicago cityscape. We’ve left the hem raw and jagged in a few spots and kept the brass zipper exposed for extra edge. Taking advantage of every piece of leather allows us to give the material new life, reduce waste, and create beautifully one of a kind pieces.
Sizing — Available in sizes XS-3
XL. Please contact us to request additional sizing.
Exterior — Vegetable tanned leather
Lining — 100% Bemberg rayon
Care — Dry clean only by a leather professional.
Delivery — Ships within 3 days via USPS Priority Mail. “Restock my size” orders ship within 3 weeks. Contact us if you would like us to expedite your order.
Made in the USA
Our vegetable tanned leather is from Horween, a unionized tannery founded in 1905 and the last tannery left in Chicago. Vegetable tanning is a slow, non-toxic process which uses tree bark extracts to cure the leather and which produces hides with rich, warm, and uniquely variegated tones that improve as they age. Vegetable tanned leather can be more easily and safely recycled than chrome tanned leather (the most commonly used and often quite toxic method of processing leather). Vegetable tanned leather retains the grain patterns, marks, and scars picked up by the animal during its lifetime; each skirt reflects these variations of the hide.
All pieces are cut in our Chicago workshop and sewn by stitchers whom we employ directly (without the use of contractors or piecework), using a slow fashion model of manufacture, wherein workers are paid a living wage. Our pieces are made one-by-one, and can be customized to your measures and preferences.
