Floto Italian Leather Doctor Bag (Tuscan Red)

Established in 2003 after Joe Floto brought back a leather travel bag from Italy and noticed the widespread interest it generated, Floto specialises in Italian hand-stained, metal-free, sustainable, and people-friendly leather products. This centuries-old Tuscan tanning tradition produces colourful leather that is easy to craft and improves with age.

Floto's passion lies in creating new styles from supple, full-grain leather, which brings the team to the workshop every day with a smile. The brand offers a wide range of products, including travel bags, handbags, mini clutches, backpacks, and briefcases, as well as matching wallets.

A typical day at Floto's Florence factory involves 28 different workbenches, where the leather goods undergo cutting, skiving, gluing, sanding, painting, internal assembly, hand stitching, and riveting. The team takes pride in their work, balancing it with laughter, appreciation for life, and the enjoyment of a long lunch and siesta, followed by an evening of wine and pasta.

Floto's mission is to refine old-world craft methods to produce superior, high-quality leather goods. The Ciabatta Bag, for instance, is inspired by a vintage doctor's bag and made with full-grain, vegetable-tanned calfskin leather from Tuscany. The semi-gloss finish helps prevent stains, while the durable 8-ounce cotton duck canvas lining, made in South Carolina, adds to the bag's quality and lightweight.

All Floto leather bags are handcrafted in Florence, Italy, by skilled artisans using sustainable tanning methods that are metal-free and not harmful to people. As an American brand, Floto stands by its products and offers repair services for any problems that may arise during the natural life of the bags.

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