SCOUTED: The New Leather Collection from Stick & Ball
I know you’ve been in this situation: you’re headed out for a romantic long-weekend getaway with the man (or woman) of your dreams, and you’re driving the roadster, which has enough packing room in that tiny trunk for a mini-cooler stocked to the rim with yummy food and drink and one bag. Maybe you can squeeze the umbrella in the far back of the trunk. Maybe.
The plans are to sleep late, peruse the local restaurant scene, stroll along the shore of the lake, take a dip if the water is warm enough, do a little winery hopping, and then wrap up the weekend at the local polo club and enjoy a picnic field-side. Going through your closet and selecting your wardrobe, you realize that the only bag you have that can tote all your weekend essentials (change of shoes included), is easy to carry, will fit in the trunk, and is sensibly chic enough to go from restaurant to shore to polo field is your Stick & Ball Wellington Weekender bag.
You love that it is so versatile, timelessly classic, and goes with everything (including your man, if he happens to be carrying it for you).
You’ll also love the buttery-soft leather and suede lining, the brass hardware accents, that it’s vegetable tanned (appeals to your environmental sensibility and love of traditional craftsmanship), and that it’s made right here in the good ‘ol U.S. of A. You do, after all, support locally made goods and businesses as much as possible. And you take pride knowing that the company you purchased the bag from also holds social responsibility as a core value. You know this will be a weekend to remember. (Okay, so maybe you haven’t been in this situation - yet. Mark my words: you will be. Oh yes, you will be.)
Welcome to Stick & Ball’s latest luxurious leather collection. The entire line is hand-crafted in the U.S.A. of fine, vegetable-tanned leather, sourced from the best tanneries in Italy that use the highest quality tanning and environmental standards, which ties directly into the company’s principles.
Did you know that vegetable tanning is an old-world, traditional craft process that European tanneries have handed down from father to son for well over 200 years? Vegetable tanning today utilizes both old-time recipes and state of the art technology. The process happens slowly in wooden drums, while respecting the surrounding environment using natural tannins found in plant species of barks, branches, leaves and even fruits. Vegetable tanning is the true “chromium-free” tanning method and does not utilize harmful chemicals. Each piece, therefore, develops its own patina with the passage of time. The transformation from raw hides into tanned leather is really remarkable - creating a beautiful and totally natural, traditional, and environmentally friendly product that, with quality care, will last a lifetime.
Other key pieces of the 2016 collection include: original hand woven and knitted baby alpaca ponchos, equestrian inspired, jewelry, classic, hand-sewn, alpaca blankets, horse and geometric embroidered socks and silk screened t-shirts. The entire collection is available online as well as in select stores.
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All photos courtesy of Stick & Ball. First photo by Peter Michaelis for Stick & Ball.