Every scarf you own is already a bag.
Swedish saddle leather, two solid rings, and a Japanese habit of carrying things in cloth. Nothing to fasten, nothing to break.
THE FOULARD HANDLE
Draw two corners of a scarf through the twin rings at either end; the metal grips the silk and holds. Change the cloth with the outfit, the season, the mood — one handle, a different bag each time.
Full-grain vegetable-tanned calfskin from Tärnsjö Garveri in Sweden, tanned since 1873 for saddlery, where leather must hold a horse. Most handles on the market are cut from far thinner splits that stretch within months; this one is cut to keep its line for decades. Each handle is made by hand in our atelier: two solid cast rings at either end, a single hand-tightened screw fitting, edges burnished with beeswax. Every hide carries its own character — tones vary slightly from piece to piece, as they should. Signed and numbered by its maker.
One width, 2.6 cm, and two lengths: 28 cm to carry in the hand, 58 cm to wear on the shoulder. Around 110 g. It takes any square from 70 to 110 cm and carries six kilos. How far you draw the corners through decides the volume: the same scarf makes a clutch or a market bag. Another length? Made to order — write to us.
Cut and assembled after you order, dispatched from our atelier within the week. Tracked delivery is € 7,90 and on us above € 150 — the pair travels free. Returns are always on us, worldwide, with duties paid; thirty days to decide, and no questions if you change your mind.
Saddle leather begins a little firm — a sign of quality, not a flaw. Within weeks it softens to your hand, takes your shape and deepens in colour, looking better with every year. Wipe with a dry cloth; feed with balm twice a year. Should a ring or fitting ever give, send it home — we repair every handle we have made, for life.
A bag is a square of cloth and something to hold it by.
Three moves. No knot. Eight seconds.
70 to 110 cmAny square you own
Silk, cotton, linen. A scarf from a drawer, a market square from a holiday, an heirloom too good to fold away.
No knot to learnTwo corners, drawn through
Each corner passes through its pair of rings and folds back on itself. Brass grips silk the way a ring belt grips leather — the harder it pulls, the tighter it holds.
Eight secondsLift — and it is a bag
The cloth finds its own shape and carries six kilos. Draw the corners further through for a compact bag; leave them long for a fuller one.
For four centuries, furoshiki — the Japanese art of carrying in cloth — stayed in Japan. We have reinterpreted it for the way you dress now, and made the one piece of hardware it never had.
SHOP THE FOULARD HANDLE — FROM € 129
The Carré
The handle was made for the scarves you already have. This one is for the drawer that has none — silk twill woven in Como, edges rolled and stitched by hand, cut square to the centimetre so it falls the way it should.
CRAFTSMANSHIP
