Italian Heritage · Dubai Hands

"Every stitch placed
with intention"

The Making of a Cocoa Tag
01

Italian PU Selection

Every Cocoa Tag begins in Italy, where our material partners select each batch of sustainable Italian PU against exacting standards of texture, durability, and colour consistency. The deep cognac shade is achieved through a meticulous dyeing process, colour-matched per batch to ensure absolute consistency from the first piece to the last.

Specification

  • Colour-matched per batch
  • UV-stable for indoor everyday use
  • Water-repellent surface finish
  • Consciously made from sustainable Italian materials
02

Precision Pattern Cutting

In our Dubai studio, each panel is cut using precision steel dies engineered to Eclat Leather's original Florence drawings. Steel-die cutting ensures every Cocoa Tag is identical in dimension — the hallmark of true craft production.

Specification

  • Steel die tooling — Florence engineered
  • ±0.1 mm dimensional tolerance
  • Tag body: 110 × 70 mm
  • Zero waste — offcuts recycled
03

Hand Stitching

Our Dubai artisans stitch every tag by hand using ivory waxed linen thread at eight stitches per centimetre — a density associated with the finest Italian saddlery. The thread is pre-waxed for water resistance and lock-stitched at each end.

Specification

  • 7–9 SPI
  • Ivory waxed linen thread
  • Saddle-stitch technique — two-needle
  • Lock-stitched terminations
04

Edge Burnishing & Painting

Every exposed edge is burnished by hand using bone tools — a technique unchanged since the 15th century Florentine workshops. This compresses and seals the edge fibres, creating the smooth polished border that distinguishes a truly finished leather good. After burnishing it is given three coat edge paint from Italy.

Specification

  • Bone-tool burnishing — traditional technique
  • Three-pass process per edge
  • Matching cognac edge paint applied
  • Final hand-buff with soft cloth
05

Quality Inspection

Every completed Cocoa Tag is individually inspected against our 22-point quality checklist. Stitch consistency, edge finish, hardware seating, colour uniformity — each parameter is checked by eye and by hand. We do not ship second-quality product.

Specification

  • 22-point inspection checklist
  • 100% individual inspection
  • Signed off by senior artisan
  • Internal quality seal applied
Eclat Leather Partnership

The Italian design house behind every Cocoa Tag

Eclat Leather S.r.l. has been designing luxury leather goods in Florence since 1987. Maison Voyage is proud to be their exclusive UAE design partner.

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