Leather Be

My name is Francine. I am married with 3 children and 5+2 grandchildren.
After a long career in the corporate world, I find myself unexpectedly and involuntarily unemployed.
A search into my expectations and wishes for the future led me to a leather goods course. It was love at first sight….
It takes me only a few months to create the Leather Be brand.
The first handbags are made for myself, my children, family and friends and then,
quite quickly, on demand!
Some adventures with a pop-up… make me want to go even further!
I design, create and produce all the bags and accessories, guided by a passion for the craft of
leather goods.
Quality and luxury finishing are my priorities; Personalized advice and contact with customers to create
Personalized advice and contact with customers to create with them the bag of their dreams, is the main activity of Leather Be.
The Leather Be collection is growing!
The ‘Classic’ in several versions, the ‘Go-Getter’, the ‘Divine’ and the family is still growing!
In March 2020 (well fraternal with the start of the Covid) Leather Be, takes another big step:
Atelier Twee, a co-housing project between Méli et Mélo and Leather Be, opens its doors in Bruges.
Atelier Twee is a combination of a leather goods workshop and a shop, where Leather Be and Méli et Mélo present their new products.
Be and Méli et Mélo present their products to customers.

This was a bold and well-considered choice.
The customer can see all the manufacturing processes in the workshop, feel the skins and make his choice.
The Atelier twee project was a premeditated success on the practical and financial side.
We support each other in the development of our brands.
July 2021 Leather Be receives the label of authenticity as an artisanal entrepreneur ‘HANDMADE IN BELGIUM’ from
IN BELGIUM’ by UNIZO!
And in September 2021, the first VEGAN bag is presented!
I feel the need to create an ecological and ethical alternative line in order to
to manufacture all articles without animal skins. The basic principles of sustainability and quality are the most important for me!
For many years I have been looking for a valid alternative! But at the
Lineapelle leather fair in Milan (February 2020), I was presented with the solution: apple leather!
So, after a series of tests, I was able to present the first bags made of ‘Apple Skin’!
It was a complete success and the birth of ‘Leather Be – Conscious’!