For the Love of Leather: Inside Guidi's Artisanal Legacy

Luxury goods are, by definition, an indulgence. However -- at the risk of gatekeeping common phrases -- the faux luxury of conspicuous consumption (visibly-branded T-shirts, bags, shoes, etc.) isn't comparable to slowmade fashion hand-stitched by wizened artisans (who may or may not have long, wispy gray beards and fingers calloused from decades of effort). One-hundred-year-old Guidi is a clear case of luxury proper, a clan of leathersmiths that cling to family secrets even as their company has ...