What you do not see

A structured bag needs an inner reinforcement. Without it the leather softens, the shape sags, and the silhouette slowly loses its crispness.

Behind the silhouette

In the industry, those reinforcements are generally made from synthetic sheets produced new. A functional material, and an invisible one once the bag is finished.

At ISLI, we believe the hidden parts of an object deserve the same attention as the parts you see.

Giving a second function to what already exists

The inner structure of some of our bags is built from packaging board set aside during production because of printing faults.

Those faults are purely visual: the board keeps its strength and all of its technical qualities. Its rigidity makes it a particularly good material for building and holding the shape of our bags.

Rather than becoming waste, it finds a new function at the heart of certain ISLI collections.

The same logic as our leather

This approach extends our work around existing materials. Our bags are made in particular from premium deadstock leather, selected through responsible networks and partners such as La Réserve des Arts in Paris.

Each hide is chosen for its colour, its texture and its particularities. The board follows the same reasoning, applied to a part of the bag nobody sees.

Creating from what already exists

For ISLI, sustainability is not limited to a statement or to a visible detail. It also guides design choices, from the outer material to the inner structure.

Creating from materials that have already been produced demands more research, more selection and more adaptation. That constraint feeds the way we design: imagining pieces that are new, graphic and singular by making the most of what already exists.