Yari Messenger — Almond Alligator & Cedar Chèvre
The Yari is the atelier's messenger: an upright, compact shape cut to sit close to the body, worn on the shoulder or across it. This one is matte almond alligator, a single skin chosen for this piece, lined throughout in cedar chèvre. Pockets inside and out keep the day's things apart.
- Exterior: matte almond alligator, with CITES documentation
- Lining: cedar chèvre
- Pockets: exterior and interior
- Strap: adjustable, for the shoulder or across the body
- Dimensions: 17 × 23.5 × 8.6 cm (6.7 × 9.25 × 3.4 in)
Cut, saddle-stitched and finished by hand by one artisan. One of one.
One of one. When it is sold, it is not made again.
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Details
- Dimensions
- 17 × 23.5 × 8.6 cm (6.7 × 9.25 × 3.4 in)
- Leather
- Matte almond alligator · cedar chèvre lining
誂えAtsurae — made to order
Have a Yari made for you
Choose the skin, the lining and the details. Ten to twelve weeks, documented as it goes. Commissions start from $400; handbags from $2,000.
Everything else you would want to know
Craftsmanship
Every piece is cut, stitched and finished by a single artisan — saddle-stitched by hand throughout, with edges built and burnished over several passes. Nothing is sent out, and nothing is made twice.
Tanneries, authenticity & CITES
House leathers come from a short list of tanneries: Alran in France for chèvre, Tanneries Haas in France for Baranil and Novonappa calf, Weinheimer Leder in Germany for box calf, and Fontanella in Italy. Others are used where a project calls for it.
Exotic skins — alligator, ostrich, python, ring lizard — are sourced per piece and travel with their CITES documentation.
Every piece carries a stamped house mark and is recorded in the atelier ledger.
Shipping
Priority shipping is included in the price of every piece — USPS, UPS, FedEx or DHL, depending on what is shipping. Expedited services are available on request at the cost of the service.
Returns
A finished piece may be returned within 7 days of delivery, subject to inspection, where a genuine fault in the making was missed before it shipped. Those we will always put right.
Wear and overloading are not faults: a card pocket is cut for the number of cards it names, and a strap is built for the weight it was designed to carry. Pieces altered or repaired elsewhere fall outside this.
Past that window a piece is still not beyond help — handbags in particular are built with repair in mind. Write, tell me what happened and send a photograph. Repairs are assessed on inspection and quoted individually.
Commissioned pieces are final sale.
Care
Keep away from prolonged direct sun and standing water. Wipe with a dry, soft cloth. Exotic skins relax and soften with wear — that is correct, not damage. Store loosely stuffed, out of a sealed bag.
Questions before you commit? tyler@maisonkuro.com — answered personally, within 24 hours.