Lucy is a designer and artisan of contemporary luxury handbags, based in London, England. She has specialised in leather handbag design and production since 2012.
Her work is a blend of traditional hand-tooling, and modern shape-making, to create pieces of timeless simplicity.
Each bag is hand-crafted within her London studio.
The Brand
Lucy formally established her own brand in 2022, as an answer to the increase in demand for English heritage craft, and low-impact production.
The mission is to make gorgeous products, locally, and consciously.
Our Practice
Her products are produced by hand, from the finest vegetable-tanned leather and organic cottons.
Each skin is chosen by Lucy for its high quality, and unique markings. They are then, treated with natural oils and finishes, to increase longevity.
Vegetable-taned leather is processed using a combination of naturally occurring tannins such as tree bark, wood, leaves and fruit pods. This ancient process creates a distinctively beautiful material that's rich in tone and natural markings which cannot be emulated by chemically tanned or plastic-faux leather. Through the process of vegetable tanning, leather can mature beautifully over the passage of time. Thus giving each product a unique and personal quality.
For more information regarding the care of our vegetable tanned products, please contact the studio directly at studio@lucywelton.com