ABOUT US
We are showcasing a collection of exotic skin handbags, travel bags, and accessories.
This brand exotic skin handbag collection, previously sold exclusively to collectors and individual buyers, is now available and on sale for all. Every detail matters, and there is no such thing as “too small” when it comes to fashion to the Farbod Barsum collection.
MATERIALS
Sourced from the same tanneries that supply the biggest couture fashion houses, the quality is unrivaled in our exotic skins and leathers. The process is further escalated by hand picking each individual skin. The sources of our materials are sustainably harvested and farmed. All of our skins are registered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department and meet strict compliance with the international requirements of CITES.
DETAILS & TURNED EDGES
The key feature in construction technique that sets us apart from other fashion houses is our use of the ‘Turned Edge’ on every single edge of our handbags. This detail shown here is a couture bag making technique that is very laborious and expensive to produce, as extra seam allowance on the edges are finely split, hand turned, clamped and held tightly in place while sewing together not allowing for any margin of error. The result is a disappearing edge of pure exotic skin where most designers use raw cut edges and paint with a resin that will eventually crack and chip away with use.
Most fashion houses have either lost the language of craft to train for this technique or have simply cost edited this detail for larger margins and quicker production turnaround. This is where we do not compromise. Not to mention, we also have full exotic trim and facing on the interiors of our bags instead of leather. We also make extensive use of French Binding and Piping and intricate layering of panels on some of our designs that baffle most bag makers for their complexity in assembly.
CUSTOM HARDWARE
Our custom hardware is hand cast and polished one piece at a time and reviewed carefully before they go into production.
SERIAL # & AUTHENTICITY CARD
Every handbag is stamped on the inside with an individual serial number that comes with a corresponding authenticity card. This assures the uniqueness of the product and has been of use for registering the bag with the clients name for logging the care and conditioning of the bag during its lifetime.
FABRICS
The interior is lined with a custom luxurious Jacquard weave polka dot fabric which was woven with industrial tensile strength standards. Each handbag is also given a beautiful signature dust bag made of a jacquard weave fabric that has been finished with calfskin binding on the interior seams.
CRAFTSMENSHIP
We take pride in the fact that the product is 100% handmade here in the US. This brings industry back to the States and gives us further control over the communication of details and quality procured in the final product. The craftsmen are at the highest level of skill in the industry– exotic skin master artisans, each with over 20 to 30 years of handbag making experience.