The Ludlow — Tan Woven Leather Flap Crossbody Bag

Our tan starts pale and warm, close to raw saddle leather, and is meant to be carried until it changes colour. Water spots fade back in as it ages.

This is the Ludlow with a hand woven flap: the same structured crossbody and solid brass push-lock, with the front flap woven from strips of full-grain leather.

It is 9.5″ (24 cm) wide, 7″ (18 cm) tall and 2.75″ (7 cm) deep, and the strap adjusts up to a 23.5″ (60 cm) drop. Phone, card wallet, keys, sunglasses and a lipstick.

Inside there is one zip pocket and one open phone pocket, plus a slip pocket on the back wall outside. 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 woven Ludlow if you want a smarter woven bag than most, with a flap that closes properly. For the plain version, see our women's crossbody bags. 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.