The Lorne — Charcoal Leather Work Tote with Zip

Charcoal softens the Lorne without making it casual. Against a black coat it reads as a deliberate second tone rather than a mismatch, and it hides the gray dust that black leather shows after a week of trains. The zip tape is matched to the leather rather than contrasted.

It comes in two sizes. The medium is 15.25″ (39 cm) wide, 11.5″ (29 cm) high and 5″ (13 cm) deep, with a 10.25″ (26 cm) handle drop, and takes up to a 14-inch laptop, padded sleeve. The large is 18.5″ (47 cm) wide, 12.25″ (31 cm) high and 5.5″ (14 cm) deep, with a 10.75″ (27 cm) handle drop, and takes up to a 16-inch laptop, padded sleeve. Pick the size in the menu above; the price changes with it.

It is for putting a laptop on a table in a room where you would rather the bag said nothing at all.

The leather

We take a hide that is already cool and gray in tone and dye charcoal into it, rather than lightening a black. It stays cool rather than turning brown in strong light, and the color sits deeper inside the grain lines.

How it is made

Brass hardware throughout, unplated, because plating wears through to gray exactly where your hand goes. Load bearing seams are saddle stitched by hand, two needles through one hole, so a cut thread stays put instead of running. The interior is built around the laptop: a padded back wall, a zip pocket, a pen loop and a clipped key leash. Cut, stitched and finished to order in 3 to 5 working days.