Our workshop

Meet our workshop in Restrepo, Bogotá

Sabana Leather sells Colombian leather goods direct from Bogotá. Our bags are made by hand in a small workshop in Restrepo, the city's leather district, starting with our flagship, the Sabana Crossbody. You buy straight from the people who make them, with no wholesaler or shop in between, and they repair our bags for life.

A leather worker's bench by a window in Bogotá (illustrative photo)

Made in Bogotá's leather district

Restrepo is Bogotá's leather district: a working neighborhood in the south of the city where small workshops cut, stitch and sell leather, street after street. It's where our bags are made. Not designed here and made somewhere else. Made here, by people who have spent their working lives with leather.

Folded leather hides in tan, oxblood and black (illustrative photo)

Leather that gets better with age

Our flagship, the Sabana Crossbody, is cut from full-grain vegetable-tanned cowhide, 1.6–1.8 mm thick. Full-grain keeps the hide's whole outer surface, so you see real grain, not a printed pattern. Vegetable tanning gives it a warm, earthy smell. Carry it and it darkens, softens and builds a patina that is yours alone. It's unlined, so it's leather inside and out, and the hardware is solid brass.

Hands stitching leather held in a wooden clamp (illustrative photo)

Made by hand, by people you can name

Each bag is cut, assembled and finished by hand at the bench, one at a time, the slow way. No production line, no shortcuts: just people who know leather, making things that last.

Hands burnishing the edge of a leather strap (illustrative photo)

Buy it once. We'll repair it for life.

If a seam, strap or piece of hardware on your bag ever gives, send it home. Contact us with a photo and your order number and we'll arrange the rest. The workshop that made it repairs it, for life.

Colombian leather, sold direct

Bags, belts, wallets and small goods from Bogotá, at fair prices. Our flagship Sabana Crossbody is $149, made by hand in Restrepo. Free shipping to the US and UK, duties paid, with 30-day returns.