Philosophy Culture, heritage, innovation, luxury, emotion. We research, model and create for a result rich in history and quality. The brand was born in the hearth of Palermo (Sicily) in 2014 by Federico Price Bruno, designer and creative director of Sicilian and British origin. The mission is to bring the shop’s magic to the global luxury market by creating an unique and handcrafted product using researched fabrics and real leathers. Each piece is entirely handmade and carefully crafted by local artisans, using fine fabrics from all over the world, combined with various real precious leathers. The bags give life and soul to vintage materials, telling stories, places, cultures and passions to customers. All signed “Made in Italy”. This is a nonindustrial and non-serial production, therefore every bag is unique and different from the others, a real luxury masterpiece that follow different moods as a result of the director’s research. This is the true excellence for the most exigent customer.
Available Model
Cathrine
Medium model Height: 33,5 cm (handle included); Length: 32,5 cm; Width: 12,5 cm. Small model Height: 27 cm (handle included); Length: 20 cm; Width: 9 cm.
Moods
Sicily
We want to represent this land so rich of history and biodiversity using Cinisara cow skin; this is a native cow, typical of the Sicilian hinterland. Its characteristic is a haired and glossy skin. It is a farm animal, famous for producing d.o.p. meats and cheeses. Our use of Cinisara represent the peak of sustainable practice since cow skins are used from our land.
Exterior: Cinisara cow skin Interior: African fabric. Two pockets. One shoulder strap. Bottom: four feet. Medium model Height: 33,5 cm (handle included); Length: 32,5 cm; Width: 12,5 cm. Small model Height: 27 cm (handle included); Length: 20 cm; Width: 9 cm.
Old vintage wax cotton
Sustainability as a priority is present through this mood, a combination of resistant fabrics such as waxed cotton, typical of hunting gears. We bring back to life refined vintage waterproof hunting jackets fabric that embody the adventurous story of country life. The color’s palettes is the same that we find in nature: green, earth, brown and blue/grey. The hides and skins combined with this mood are mostly farm animal skins.
Exterior: Vintage Barbour, Antelope fur, leather. Interior: Tartan fabric. Two pockets. One shoulder strap. Bottom: four feet. Medium model Height: 33,5 cm (handle included); Length: 32,5 cm; Width: 12,5 cm. Small model Height: 27 cm (handle included); Length: 20 cm; Width: 9 cm.
Uzbeka
An in-depth research created this line of our bags that portrait customs and traditions of various Asiatic tribes. These suggestive bags feature a canvas of populations and animals that live in these lands so rich with history. We are featuring typical colorful carpets and genuine leathers and furs.
Exterior: Asiatic fabric, leather. Interior: Asiatic fabric. Two pockets. One shoulder strap. Bottom: four feet. Medium model Height: 33,5 cm (handle included); Length: 32,5 cm; Width: 12,5 cm. Small model Height: 27 cm (handle included); Length: 20 cm; Width: 9 cm.
Exotic
Emblem of a status symbol, a bag in real python, eel or ostrich is not only a beautiful luxury accessory, but it is an expression of prestigious product that goes well with a high quality lifestyle. A product that not only guarantees elegance and refinement but above all quality and durability over the years. A careful selection of exotic leathers purchased to produce only unique, classy and cites-certified pieces.
Exterior: Python leather. Interior: Kimono silk. Two pockets. One shoulder strap. Bottom: four feet. Medium model Height: 33,5 cm (handle included); Length: 32,5 cm; Width: 12,5 cm. Small model Height: 27 cm (handle included); Length: 20 cm; Width: 9 cm.
Soviet Military
We take inspiration for this mood from the tension climate of the Cold War. Our work of repechage resumes and brings back to life fragments of old vintage military uniforms from those years. The strong and gritty character of these bags is emphasized with the additional of authentic brooches, embroidery stickers and various military metal plates applied directly on the fabric. We combine it with various leather, using more animalier printed haired calf skin.
Exterior: Military vintage jacket, calf skin, leather. Interior: Tartan fabric. Two pockets. One shoulder strap. Bottom: four feet. Medium model Height: 33,5 cm (handle included); Length: 32,5 cm; Width: 12,5 cm. Small model Height: 27 cm (handle included); Length: 20 cm; Width: 9 cm.
Jeans
In accordance with modern trends, Federico Price blends the texture of vintage jeans with the luxury of fine leathers, revisiting the legendary and fabulous Eighties.
Exterior: jeans fabric, python leather. Interior: jeans fabric. Two pockets. One shoulder strap. Bottom: four feet. Medium model Height: 33,5 cm (handle included); Length: 32,5 cm; Width: 12,5 cm. Small model Height: 27 cm (handle included); Length: 20 cm; Width: 9 cm.
Japan
These suggestive bags are crafted with vintage Kimono silks that come directly from Japan. The bag’s mood narrates the ancien history of the origins, the production and the use of silk in the traditional costumes of this population. The use of fabric ranges from farmer Kimono to ceremony Kimono. There fabrics are very figurative with symbols, fauna and flora of this Country. We combine this mood with genuine precious skin such as python, fish, iguana and so on.
Exterior: Vintage Kimono, leather. Interior: silk. Two pockets. One shoulder strap. Bottom: four feet. Medium model Height: 33,5 cm (handle included); Length: 32,5 cm; Width: 12,5 cm. Small model Height: 27 cm (handle included); Length: 20 cm; Width: 9 cm.
Contacts
Federico Price Bruno via Giorgio Castriota, 4 90.139 Palermo (Italy) Phone: +39.091.583063 Email: federico@federicoprice.com Web: www.federicoprice.com
Ideation and art direction Stefania Colombo Email: stefania@browncrown.vision Web: www.browncrown.vision Photographies Marco Pagliano Email: marco@marcopagliano.com Web: www.marcopagliano.com Graphic and design Massimiliano Panero Email: press@qualitaly.info Web: www.qualitaly.info