The Tilly — Chocolate Mini Leather Bag

The Tilly is a mini top-handle bag that also wears crossbody. Small enough for an evening, built like a full-size bag with a real base and a zip that opens wide.

Chocolate is our darkest brown, close to espresso indoors and clearly brown in sunlight. It hides marks well, which makes it the brown to pick if the bag gets thrown on café floors and car seats.

It is 8.75″ (22 cm) wide, 6.25″ (16 cm) tall and 3.5″ (9 cm) deep. The top handle has a 4″ (10 cm) drop and the detachable crossbody strap adjusts. A large phone fits flat inside with cards and keys.

Inside there is a single zip pocket and a key clip, and the base is a separate panel so the bag stands up on a table.

Choose the Tilly if most days you only carry your phone, cards and keys, and you want a bag that works at a desk and at dinner. For an even slimmer option, see our leather clutch bags. Or browse the full set of mini leather bags.

The leather

Full-grain, aniline finished leather. The colour sits in the leather rather than on it, so the bag patinas rather than peels.

How it is made

Made to order in our own workshop. The strap roots, the part that fails first on cheap bags, are double layered and hand stitched, and all fittings are solid brass.

Care

Brush off dust, keep it away from heaters, and use a little neutral conditioner when the leather starts to look dry.