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How to Make a Leather Briefcase
Lotuff creates handmade leather goods of exceptional quality from its workshop in Providence.
Lotuff Leather takes pride in producing bags and leather goods by hand, one by one. “It’s an ode to the way that things used to be made,” says Lindy McDonough, the company’s creative director. “It’s not just something that’s been mass-produced.”
Speaking from the workshop in Providence, McDonough is justifiably proud of the bags Lotuff creates. The business, which opened the workshop in 2013 with only three employees, has grown to accommodate 22 workers who produce handbags, briefcases, totes, and small leather goods from start to finish under the same roof.