Vegetable Tanned Leather Flight Bag
The perfect multipurpose bag, each flight bag includes an adjustable, removable shoulder strap, two large outer zipper pockets, one large interior zip pocket, 3 small, interior patch pockets, and heavy-duty, cast, antique brass hardware, including feet to help protect the bottom of the bag. Perfect for an overnight trip, for commuting, or as a carry-on bag (fits under the seat of a plane).
Choose minimalist black or caramel leather, or maximalist printed leather. The black and caramel flight bags showcase the natural textures and variations inherent in vegetable tanned leather. The printed leather flight bags feature a two-color offset print designed by artist Paula J. Wilson and hand screen printed in Chicago by artist Nora Renick-Reinhart, using water based inks.
Exterior — Hand-screen printed and/or solid vegetable tanned leather
Interior — Sturdy black cotton lining
Dimensions — 13” L x 13”W x 6.5"D
Care — Black & Caramel- dry clean only by a leather professional. Printed Leather: Hand clean only by a leather professional
Delivery — Ships within 3 days via USPS Priority Mail. “Restock” orders ship within 4 weeks. Contact us if you would like us to expedite your order.
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 bag 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.
