A fascination with leather
At The Chesterfield Brand, we are absolutely fascinated by leather. You have to smell it, you have to feel it, only then do you know if you have a beautiful piece of leather in your hands. To create that soft, supple leather again and again and then to transform it into a stylish and functional leather bag that you can enjoy for years on end, takes a lot of work. And that is exactly what we do at The Chesterfield Brand.
At our office we sometimes say: "with a Chesterfield bag, having it is the beginning of the fun". A leather bag is supposed to last. And that is exactly the beauty of the Wax Pull Up leather that we use. Because even if the leather wears down, one brush with our leather wax and your bag will look like new again. Or not, because while some people like a new-looking leather bag, for others a leather bag that looks lived-in is the ultimate look, you decide!
Craftmanship, attention & passion
Creating this unique leather requires craftsmanship, attention and passion. For this we work together with several suppliers from India, our leather partners. Through years of cooperation, daily contact and frequent factory visits, together we are able to build something very beautiful. For us it is not a goal, but a requirement that every link in the chain benefits from the production of our bags. To ensure this, we only work with SA8000 and/or SEDEX certified factories.
Also, all the leather we use meets the REACH standard and a large part is already vegetable (i.e. chrome-free) tanned, also called wet white tanning. In order to make the tanning process as sustainable as possible in other respects as well, we work together with LWG-certified tanneries. LWG (Leather Working Group) is a non-profit organisation that focuses on the environmental impact of leather production worldwide. Among other things, it looks at energy consumption, water use and CO2 emissions. Currently, 80% of the leather we use is tanned in LWG-certified tanneries. Our aim is to have 100% of the tanneries we work with LWG-certified.