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Our leather

This page introduces our standard leathers and our commitment to leather selection used at DELIFE.
DELIFE Standard Leathers
・Japanese tannin-tanned cowhide
Italian tannin-tanned cowhide from 'Tempesti'
・Italian 'Lo Stivale' tannin-tanned cowhide
What is 'Tempesti'?

Founded in 1946, 'Tempesti' is a prestigious tannery located in the Santa Croce district of Italy, producing leather finished with a wax coating that gives it a whitish appearance on the surface.

The waxed surface looks white as if covered in mist, but with use, it softens and reveals the leather’s natural color and character.

The wax coating makes the leather resistant to dirt and allows the aging process to occur slowly and beautifully.

Used for wallets, bags, and more.

What is 'Lo Stivale'?

Founded in 1958, 'Lo Stivale' is a renowned tannery in the Santa Croce district of Italy, known for producing leather with an elegant and deep color tone. It offers a relaxed and enjoyable aging process.

Used for belts, handles, and more.

What is Japanese tannin-tanned cowhide?

We use domestically produced tannin-tanned cowhide from Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan’s largest leather-producing region.

Among these, the soft and supple leather is rare due to the labor-intensive process. The surface is treated to resist dirt, allowing you to use it without excessive worry.

Used for drawstring bags, multistrap & pouch, and more.

DELIFE’s “Quality” Defined
DELIFE’s material selection is very simple: it must be “high quality and environmentally conscious.” “High quality” means vegetable-tanned leather that ages beautifully over time.
This material is said to make up about 10% of the world’s leather production and is tanned using plant saps, making it eco-friendly and often called eco-leather. On the other hand, 90% of chrome-tanned leather is produced using chemicals, causing water pollution and marine contamination, which is a social issue. Therefore, to realize a sustainable society, we actively use eco-leather that is environmentally friendly and ages wonderfully.
Eco-leather is leather carefully tanned with vegetable tannins over time, minimizing processing that hides natural scratches and wrinkles to preserve the leather’s original texture.High-quality leather is not necessarily uniform and flawless.Therefore, products using areas with wrinkles each have their own unique character, increasing their charm and attachment.Over time, the leather undergoes aging changes, gaining color and luster, adapting to your skin, and transforming into a texture unique to you, showing rich expression.