Why Leather?

This is the thing about leather

'It is luxurious yet reserved. It is uncomplicated but fierce. It is honest, though haughty, robustly tanned to perfection or delicately rose tinted. It is a paradox of splendour and simplicity. Its origin evokes images of magnificent Ngunis grazing in the Kwazulu-Natal’s Highlands, regal Afrikaners against a Free State sunset or prancing ostriches kicking up dust on an infinite plane in the Karoo. It seduces you to touch it, it dares you nót to. It is a molecular masterpiece of earth, sun, velvet, fibre and fire. Whether it was utilised by the cave men millennia ago, sought after by the medieval aristocracy or desired by the minimalist modern metro man, the legacy of leather will live on. It is the reassuring strap of your favourite bag in which you carry your life, the soft folds of the shoes that have been guiding your feet, the warm comfort of the purse caressing the palm of your hand. Leather speaks a universal language and it knows your name.

Yes. This is leather. Own it. Care for it. It carries humankind’s footprint on it. ' - S.Erasmus