WHO AM I

Hello everyone! I’m Fabienne, originally from Switzerland and now based in Montpellier.

I completed my apprenticeship as a cobbler at the Zurich Opera, where I honed my craftsmanship. I created this project, Luus, to share my passion and skills in artisanal creation.

WHY LEATHER

the reason i work with leather is because it is a very beautiful, strong and long lasting material. you can use a product made out of leather and keep it for many years, instead of buying something new over and over again.

I only use what is necessary, make as much as possible by hand and without electricity, like sewing with an old singer sewing machine by hand. this also means to keep the designs simple and working with a small collection of materials and products. when buying materials, we try to invest in companies who respect the environment, the workers and the animals.

LEATHER

the leather i use is from a factory in germany:

„our leather is unique! we achieve this through our natural tanning with valuable and sustainable tanning agents, as well as our heavy metal free colouring with synthetic colors. we buy the skins in different abattoirs in a circuit of 500 km around the tannery. of course a natural leather can not look like a flawless piece from a 3d-printer, so our leather shows authentic features, which underlines their genuineness and is an obituary to the life of the animal.“

it has two different certificates: