Sonnenleder Handbag

This handbag has Sonnenleder's distinctive, unpretentious style and is perfect both for a stroll through the city and for the professional environment. The undivided main compartment can accommodate almost everything – from A4-format documents and book to tablet, cosmetic bag and glasses case. A zipped inside compartment holds a wallet, another pocket provides easy access to your mobile phone. A key ring can be secured to an integrated leather band with carabiner for quick and easy retrieval from the depths of the bag. The bag can be worn over the shoulder using the enclosed shoulder strap with carabiners. It can also be carried comfortably over the lower arm on the short handle. Visible seams stitched with natural-coloured thread provide an eye-catching detail and contrast particularly attractively with the dark leather bag.

Sonnenleder in Bodman-Ludwigshafen on Lake Constance in the Hegau region stands for consistently purposeful, pure design. The meticulously working company maintains the most traditional method of leather production: pit tanning. Solely hides from southern German cattle find their way into the pits of the company. The tanning agents used by Sonnenleder contain, for the most part, decoctions from bark, roots and fruits. The hides undergo the tanning process in twelve pits with tanning broths slightly rising in concentration; the tanning agents transform the protein fibres of the hides into leather fibres in six to twelve weeks. In the next step, the tanned, then air-dried hides get a fatliquoring finish in a rotating barrel; the composition of the high-quality grease is a well-kept secret recipe. The finished leather thus has a characteristic, slightly light brown-reddish hue (hence the term “red-tanned”), which looks different in each piece. Day-to-day use and exposure to the elements change the shade and result in a patina, a form of natural protection on the surface. Eventually, the leather gains an unmistakable appearance over time. Even the thoroughly imbued leather acquires a shiny patina with use.