Ancient Roman soldiers carried satchels made from leather or goat’s hide that look almost exactly like the kind of messenger bag you might see in a shop today. In some ways, these bags are a far ...

Italy is by far the biggest exporter of leather handbags in ... the firm’s Italian handbags were snapped up in China. “There the bags are really flying,” says Montoya.

Dozens of artisans in black lab coats were transforming bands of lambskin into bags, their leather strips laid out ... your heart and your mind.” As Italy, the world’s top producer of luxury ...