India’s premium leather goods maker Hidesign has launched a line of bags and accessories women made with East India leather first discovered and popularised by the British East India Company in the early 1800s.
The present collection aims to revive the lost art. The raw materials used for the tanning are native to the forests of South India, such as the bark of the Wattle tree and Myrobalan seeds, while the Pungam seed oil is used to soften the leather.
“When I was working in the US in the early 1970s, I came to know that the finest leather in the world came from where I grew up, and that led me, on my return to search for the few skilled tanners who had not yet given up the EI technique. I decided to dedicate Hidesign to research more innovative methods of vegetable tanning, something we have held on to over the past 40 years.” – Dilip Kapur, Founder, Hidesign
The East India Collection has a range for both men and women that are both modern and minimal that bring out the beauty of EI leather.The bags are priced at `2,595–`7,595 and available at all Hidesign stores and its website.
