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MILAN Valextra's off-white leather wallet ($790) is coveted for its sleek, practical design...
PARIS Bottega Veneta's Continental ($510) in signature woven leather also passes as a chic clutch...
...Gloss The palette gets an extra layer of shine. This page: Valentino python Maison bag, $3,495 valentino.com) Opposite page: Versace patent-leather Diva bag, $2,960 versace.com) Bottega Veneta patent-leather boots, $990 bottegaveneta.com
...Reed Krakoff at Coach, the name behind the bag, not on it, is becoming more and more familiar to shoppers. The most recent addition to this crowd is burgeoning American fashion star Derek Lam, who in December signed on to become the first creative director of luxury Italian leather-goods brand Tod's. His job? To put a fresh, modern spin on the Tod's signatures and up the ante with ready-to-wear. For fall, Lam has seized the brand's signature driving shoe and revamped it in a sleeker design in stylish jewel-tone satins. Coinciding with...
Whereas most European luxury leather-goods brands rely on a prominently placed logo to indicate their products' provenance, Bottega Veneta has made its most coveted leather-crafting technique into its signature. Known as intrecciato?Italian for woven?the technique has been employed by Bottega Veneta since the company was founded by Michele Taddei and Renzo Zengiaro in the Veneto region of Italy in 1966. Originally thought of as a way to make the brand's thin, supple leather more durable, intrecciato has become a style statement in the hands of Bottega Veneta creative director Tomas Maier. And style icons like...