Woven leather, a delicate art

Leather braiding requires precision and concentration of talented workers and exceptional craftsmen. 
But beyond the technique, it also highlights the values essential to creation at Melvin & Hamilton: 

In order to braid the leather, it's fundamental to choose high quality raw material, as it will be finely cut, interlaced, twisted. The leather must be supple and well treated, in particular through a tanning process that respects the leather. The strength of a woven leather shoe is exemplary: don't be fooled by its lightness, it is a durable material, and a shoe made of it will follow you for many years!

Leather braiding is a very old know-how, and the preservation of this tradition of manufacture is essential. After a golden age in Europe, particularly in France, it is now in India that became a master in the manufacture and crafting of leather. It's there that we find the most talented and creative craftsmen of our generation. The Melvin & Hamilton workshop on site is fully dedicated to this art and has been training and developing a team of highly qualified people for many years.

Years of experience in the confection of woven leather enable Melvin & Hamilton designers to reinvent this art, both technically and aesthetically. As a result, exciting new styles and original models are developed from collection to collection, full of life. These styles are comfortable to wear and definitely unique!