Posts Tagged Italian leather
Black and Red City Threads
Posted by Pierotucci in Guest Writer on May 22, 2012
We have a new blogger starting with us today – so welcome! She had a bit of fun playing with all of our fashion toys including Polyvore. Here is her first try using our leather handbags:
€1.098 - unger-fashion.com
€239 - jades24.com
£120 - houseoffraser.co.uk
€355 - pierotucci.com
€470 - nathalieschuterman.com
$14 - modcloth.com
$8.99 - stylesforless.com
£15 - mango.com
$26 - narscosmetics.com
$18 - narscosmetics.com
$165 - nordstrom.com
Sometimes a designer handbag is the proverbial cherry on the cake
Posted by Pierotucci in New Designer Handbags on May 4, 2012
When you are dressing and spending so much time agonizing over just the right color top, matching heels – picking out the perfect jacket and lipstick – its impossible to ignore the effect that just the right handbag can have on your outfit. When our designer sits down to start matching up leather handbag bases with contrasting top handles, accents and canvas straps he takes this into consideration. He knows that some just want a loud statement with color, texture and design and some just want a handbag that is simple elegant and timeless.
With this in mind, we are announcing the addition of more FORTUNTA designer Tote handabags in some great colors and mix and matches..
The theme in this batch is playing on the contrast between handbag base and the leather accents, just check out the mix and match of colors. For example the classic black bag with colorful accents such as green, tangerine, brown and cherry red. This new selection of Fortunta concentrate on mixing basic colors with splashes of contrasting colors – yet keeping the interiors of these handbags simple and clean with solid colors.
Since these designer hand bags are a limited edition and they are all part of a numbered series, therefore our designer felt he could play with some of the more trendy colors out this year like the tangerine orange color or the gold metallics.
We made a promise at the beginning of 2012 and that was to always have something new on line every week. And thus far, we have managed to keep this promise! We have been adding new leather jackets, fashion jewelry from Italian designers, 18k gold designs in filigree and that’s not all we have a restyling of the Toscanella brand coming up soon.
One size Leather Jacket does not fit all
Posted by Pierotucci in New Leather Jacket line on April 24, 2012
and why should it? A luxury item like a designer Italian leather jacket should always be a perfect fit. Our experience in Florence and with our online shop is that each geographic location hosts distinct differences not just in styles and colors which are pleasing or hot – but also in fundamental body shapes. So though everyone may just adore a cut when seen on super model Vanessa Williams, the hard facts are that the cut is not suited for every body and nationality.
Our designer recognizes this fact and has taken our 2012 Leather Jacket Collection one step closer to satisfying you and you and you and even you! He evaluated the possibilities of new models by calculating how many in our leather jacket collection were for the petite cuts as well as the full figure or plus size – and he did this for both mens’ and womens’ designer jackets.
Its highly frustrating when searching out the “perfect” item, but always seeing it displayed on someone else’s “perfect” body shape and to answer this demand, he took our collection to the next level. The standard leather jacket sizes are always available – however they have been selected with styles which can accommodated everyone’s taste and size no matter how many inches more or less.
What’s the major difficulty that one runs into when fitting leather a jacket to a client? Well, most people have a size fixed in there mind (for example in the States I am size 12 however in Italy I average more like a 46 … OK sometimes its even a 48 … but if I were in Japan I’d be a 17). However, what is important to realize is that hand made leather jackets from Italy are cut and then assembled individually – its not a production line concept. What does this mean? – It means that it is more important that a potential shopper look at the cm or inch measurements next to the models then it is the standard sizes. These measurements on a leather jacket are much more accurate and will more likely assure the shopper of a perfect fit. When looking for perfection, have your body measurements handy and if possible, even the measurements of another jacket that fits you well. Thought not seen here another good measurement to have is right around the waist – going directly over the belly button, especially if you are looking for an hour glass shape to the jacket.
When buying your designer leather jacket on line, don’t be afraid to ask a lot of questions. You need to remember the photographer takes the photos to show the jacket at its best, but this doesn’t always mean that the shots show a jacket in all of its sizes. Ask them to send you a live shot of the jacket, so you can see a real person (and if possible have them match your body measurements) so you can get a “real” look at your new purchase.
If you send your height and body measurements, Pierotucci.com will find a similar model (in house of course) and then send you a photo of the jacket, so you can truly appreciate the end results and save lots of time and money by getting the best fit first time around.
In the end, its really not about making the jacket look good – but about making you look good in the jacket.
A Rainbow of Colors from Florence Italy
Posted by Pierotucci in Florence and its artisans on April 19, 2012
It’s not often I am enthusiastic about special offers from my own place of work. I mean I understand it’s not an easy choice to put handcrafted items on sale for wooshing discounted prices. It’s especially difficult when you take into consideration the manual work that goes into selecting the leather, cutting, prepping, assembling, sewing and refining each and everyone of the handbags with a Pierotucci label. The detail seems endless and it is just natural that the producers want the price to reflect the exquisite quality of the handbag. However, it happens that M & M (the bosses) get soft hearts every once and a while . . . especially when we are talking about la Mamma (anyone who knows an Italian Male will understand that the Mother has a special place in their masculine hearts) SO - they has relented for a pre-Mother’s Day Sale.
Since they gave me free reign on choosing the leather handbags (another surprising relent on their part) I turned to my colleagues and we pulled out some of our favorite bags. Why are they favorites? For me it was the simplicity of the designs. I adore a bag that moves from morning to noon to evening without skipping a beat. I want a bag with that’s not bulky, so that doesn’t “weigh” me down. And I love color! I always find myself gravitating towards jeans (in dark blue), heels in black and I love dark blue shirts and sweaters . . . but there is an inner me just begging to express itself in some little way – YES! that’s it, a splash of color in the form of a genuine Italian leather handbag from Florence Italy.
Either way you wear it, this jacket comes up smelling like
Posted by Pierotucci in New Leather Jacket line on April 12, 2012
Italian leather and that is absolutely “delizioso”! I adored this jacket when we had it in a dark gray, but now that we are showing it in our 2012 Collection with this new color, I have fallen in love with it all over again. I always thought that the duster style jacket appeared to be romantic with a twist of intrigue!
I feel in love with this reversible leather jacket the moment I saw it on the hanger. Besides the fact that it is handmade in Florence Italy by seasoned experts, there are four precise reasons:
1) I love the neutral color which will look great with jeans, dress pants or with a splash of color in the form of a silk scarf or leather gloves. With everyone watching their budget more carefully, looking to invest in luxury items like leather jackets only when they can justify the costs, its obvious that the purchase needs to match up with more than one skirt, pair of pants or silk blouse. Color is important and neutrals colors last a lifetime.
2) The soft sweet feel of lambskin leather feels so delicious inside and out! This Italian tanned leather speaks volumes and its lightweight compliments the soft folds that fall at the unusual length. The quality of the leather exalts the unique design with a velvety suede on one side, accented with nappa lambskin in the same color and turn it around to enjoy the buttery feel of nappa lambskin.
3) This jacket will go everywhere and always have you stand out in the crowd. Rushing off to the office, meeting the girls to go shopping, happy hour with your friends or a night on the town with someone special – this reversible jacket gives you every opportunity to use it to the max. It’s simple, reminiscent of a duster style jacket and eases itself into every type of social situation as if it was always meant to be just and only there.
4) I appreciate quality where I find it, and this hand cut and hand sewn leather jacket is all about quality. Besides the obvious fact that the lambskin leather is top, you can dig just a little deeper and note the excellent cut, how the seamstress matched all the different panels to the same shade or the careful top stitching or even the contrasting nappa accents and the covered suede buttons. As the Italians would say “Qualità al visto occhio” that is the quality is evident to the naked eye.
Luxury comes in new colors this season
Posted by Pierotucci in New Leather Jacket line on April 3, 2012
Working in the sector, we see a plethora of styles, cuts, colors and qualities pass through – but every once and a while, we will see the arrival of what comes close to a true work of art! Just this week a new men’s leather jacket arrived and it is truly divine! The most distinct feature, besides the great cut, is the quality of the leather. When they say soft like butter they ere imagining this jacket. The texture is delicious, truly supple, with that light hint of a fresh leather smell. This top quality Italian nappa leather is tanned right here in Tuscany and besides the fact that it is a hand sewn customized jacket, it is this leather which makes it stand apart from the others. Available in what I would call jewel colors, accentuating the elegance and uniqueness of the model.
The green leather jacket almost appears to change color depending on the light taking on a rich deep green to a forest moss green / gray and the purple jacket lingers between a dark purple to more of a Sangiovese grape purple.
This style is an elegant, classic bomber jacket has a hidden front zip and snap closure, mandarin collar and buttons at the cuff. The designer jacket is lined in viscose and has elastic accents at both the cuff and the waist to ensure a perfect fit against errant winds. I encourage you to visit the site and view the photos where you can note in better detail in the front pockets and collar which are accented with a perforated nappa lambskin to offer a subtle contrast to the texture. These small, but attentive attitude towards detail is part of what makes this a top class leather jacket.
Wild violets in my front yard
Posted by Pierotucci in Out and about in Florence on March 14, 2012
I always thought of violets as the ones you see in the florist shop with the thick fuzzy leaves yet I had to change my mind when I moved into my Chianti home about 4 years ago. One spring day while soaking up the sun, my neighbor invited me into her tiny little plot of land, saying how she hated to cut the lawn, though I couldn’t figure why it looked awful…until I saw the carpet of green and purple – wild violets. Wow! – I was ohhhing and ahhhhing, when she looked at me and said “you have them too.”
It is one of those things that sometimes you get so used to seeing something that it doesn’t even register. Four years ago there were little patches in my front yard and now (because they spread with an incredible deftness) they are decorating my entire corner. This afternoon DH walk out to soak up a little sun and he says, where did these come from (what did I tell you – they were there all the time but you only see what you want to see). With a little smile (yes I could say it was a smile with a smudge of superiority in it) I nodded and said they were always here.
I wanted to show you all – but my camera just didn’t capture the delicateness and tenderness of the flowers so I had to borrow an image – but I swear those that you see in my front yard look just like the photo – except that they are everywhere! It’s gorgeous and selvatico (wild) at the same time.
Not only is viola (purple) Florence’s city color – but it is also the color of our soccer team which, may the gods help us, needs to start winning! (FORZA VIOLA – which means go purple team!)
And keeping in with the theme of purple, here are two bags in nappa leather featured in this heart warming color:
Italian leather messenger bag, in puple colored nappa
and if you need something just a little bigger to carry around your stuff:
Italian Leather Handbag style satchel ion purple colored nappa
What’s in it for you?
Posted by Pierotucci in New collection on February 21, 2012
What’s in it for you? Well, you will just have to check out the 2012 Pierotucci iPad Case Collection to find out, but I can assure you we are loaded with surprises for all who participate.
Our designers would have to have their head in the sand not to notice the increasing request for iPad and Tablet cases and sleeves. In fact, we have already indicated that many of our existing bags are perfect choices for carrying this ever important electronic appendage from place to place, but we cant ignore that many are looking for a case or sleeve that is ad hoc for their technological companion. Something that is quality, practical, safe and Made in Italy, something like our new iPad case collection.
Have a peak at the link below and tell us what you think about our first proto-types!
The Perfect Work Companion
Posted by Pierotucci in Leather Accessories on October 6, 2011
If your iPad, laptop or Netbook is one of your fixed travelling companions and your best friend at work (it has all your appointments, notes, dates, phone numbers and so much more) then it only makes sense that it has a place of its own. Combine your handsome leather bag with practical compartments for the old style hard copies and a special area for your high tech partner. There’s no need to sacrifice the traditional elegant lines of a leather bag simply because you need to lug your hardware along with you to the next meeting. We have selected two designs which are similar in structure but use two totally different leathers to give it a look suitable to your working personality – if the classic, sophisticated look appeals to you then you might prefer an embossed leather. This is considered more rigid full grain leather, embossed with a fine pebbly pattern and it is the strongest and most difficult to scratch.
Pierotucci Business Tote Bag for laptop and documents
This Pierotucci Business Tote Bag for laptop and documents is a fabulous unisex leather laptop bag is perfect for any formal or casual occasion and especially suitable for the active career minded person that needs organization and a clean, urban-chic look. The bag is loaded with versatile accessories and options for instance it has a magnetic button top closure, an adjustable shoulder strap, a central zipped compartment large enough your iPad or Netbook, 2 main compartments for documents and folders, an inside zipped pocket to keep small items safe and easy to find – like your extra USB or a demo CD, an outside open pocket as well as organizing pockets for your cell phone, business cards and pens.
Toscanella Business Tote Hand Bag
An alternative briefcase is the Toscanella iPad or Netbook tote bag made from vacchetta calf skins which are tanned using vegetable dyes for a matte finish leaving a more weathered, casual look. Soft to the touch although a little rigid to start, as this leather ages, it’s feel becomes progressively more supple. This look is right for a more casual appearance or if you prefer a “down to earth” look. Offering top handles, two main sections for docs and folders, a zipped central pocket for your hi-tech equipment, an interior zipped pocket to keep small items safe, and organizing elements such as a key holder, Cell-phone pocket, pen loops and business card slots. Plus there are two open outside pockets for even more organizing power.
Wishing on a star ?
Posted by Pierotucci in Out and about in Florence on September 30, 2011
What are you wishing for ? Wishing for a replay on those summer days? Wishing you were back at the beach – footloose and fancy free? Wishing you were watching your kids laughing at the waves?
$35 - mommycouturedesigns.com
2012 Leather Jacket Collection
