A study in restraint. The Vega's clean lines, generous proportions, and warm sand-toned skin make it the kind of bag that disappears into a life and improves it. Each bag reflects the full expertise of ALTO — a committed leather artisan dedicated to quality, traceability, and lasting craftsmanship.
Chosen in Sand — sun-warmed, grounded, and entirely free of fuss. A bag for the long view.
A hide chosen one at a time, from a tannery in the Tarn.
Our leathers are vegetable-tanned over six weeks in south-west France — a process that uses twelve times less water than conventional chrome tanning, and leaves a patina that only deepens with use.
Each full-grain hide is inspected by hand; only the top 20% make it to the workshop floor. What doesn't is returned, never discarded.
Twelve artisans. One bag at a time.
Each bag is assembled start to finish by a single artisan in our Parisian workshop — from the first cut to the burnishing of the final edge. A small number stamped inside tells you who.
Saddle stitching — done by hand, with two needles and a single waxed linen thread — is stronger than any machine stitch.
We repair what we make. Always.
Re-stitching, re-lining, edge re-dyeing, hardware replacement. A bag returned to the workshop in its 20th year is as welcome as one a season old. It is how we define the word quality.
Questions often asked.
Anything unanswered — our team responds within the day.
