The Wells — Chocolate Woven Leather Crossbody Bag

The Wells is a hand woven camera crossbody: a compact box shape with woven full-grain leather on the front and back, smooth leather sides and a zip top.

A deep chocolate hide that wears like black but looks softer next to denim, camel and navy. The colour runs right through, so edges and scratches stay dark.

It is 9″ (23 cm) wide, 6.25″ (16 cm) tall and 3.25″ (8 cm) deep, with a strap that adjusts up to a 23.5″ (60 cm) drop. The deep base takes a phone, wallet, sunglasses in their case and keys.

Inside there is one open pocket and one zip pocket. It comes with an adjustable 1″ (2.5 cm) smooth leather crossbody strap on solid brass swivel clips, up to a 23.5″ (60 cm) drop.

Choose the Wells if you want texture in an everyday bag that still zips shut. For a smaller woven bag, see the Rye woven mini. Or browse every woven leather crossbody bag.

The weave

Each strip is cut from full-grain leather, skived thin at the edges and woven by hand in a basket weave. A full leather panel sits behind the weave and carries the weight, so the strips are never what holds the bag together.

How it is made

A weaver lays and tightens every strip by hand, then the panel is stitched to its leather backing and built into the bag in our own workshop. Edges are burnished and the fittings are solid brass.

Care

Wipe with a dry cloth, brush the weave now and then, and use a little neutral conditioner on the strips and strap when they start to look dry.