Café Leather is a label from Madrid that stands for handmade premium leather goods. The brand focuses on authenticity, attention to detail and respect for nature. All of Café Leather’s products, from gloves and purses to notebooks and bags, are made by artisans in Ubrique, Spain’s ‘City of Leather’, using 100% vegetable-tanned leather. The company uses only the finest and most environmentally friendly raw materials to create durable and long-lasting leather goods. “At Café we don’t believe in beautiful products that soon become obsolete. We have a passion for anything that can be passed on,” the company’s website reads.
origins
Café Leather was founded in 2017 by Miguel Sánchez Ibáñez and Kiko Requena Búa. They are, as the brand puts it, “extremely curious people who are fixated on delighting exquisite, authentic customers”. But how did you come up with your unusual brand name? Decisive for this were the many similarities between their products and coffee specialties, not only in terms of the sensual taste experience, but also in terms of the traditional production method and the focus on craftsmanship as well as ecological and sustainable processes.
evolution
The founders of Café Leather have traveled widely to learn about tanning traditions and the craft of creating durable products from small artisan workshops in Spain and around the world. Today, the brand works with workshops in Ubrique that pay great attention to detail. The tanners use various natural tanning agents from trees such as acacia or quebracho and keep the secret of the processing from generation to generation.
Convinced that combining two brands with the same philosophy leads to exceptional products, the label regularly works with renowned brands such as Land Rover, Jaguar, Vespa, Mercedes AMG and Cardhu, the leading Scottish whiskey brand. Only recently, Café Leather became the official partner of the Swiss watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen for its sporty line “IWC Racing Works”, for which the label has designed a special collection inspired by aviation and classic cars.
Current
Café Leather products are sold at various retailers in Toulouse in France, in Lugano in Switzerland and in Palma de Mallorca, as well as in the brand’s own online shop. Based on authenticity, the collections are characterized by simple designs that focus on details and quality craftsmanship. The brand draws inspiration from what it loves in life: coffee specialties, authentic people, unique places and nature, architecture, classic cars, slow cooking, sports and music.