Walter Omundo made Christina a clean, elegant white handbag with room for her daily essentials and thoughtful details that fit her life. What's your wish? →
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The bespoke White Leather Handbag for A4 Documents was made by Walter Omundo as a structured everyday handbag sized to carry A4 papers without becoming oversized. It is a useful example for anyone planning a custom leather work bag in a light colour, with elegant proportions, shoulder-friendly handles and a simple organized interior.
- Request: The goal was a plain white leather handbag that could hold A4 documents, with medium-length double handles for carrying either in the crook of the arm or over the shoulder.
- Final result: The finished bag was made in white leather with a cream white lining, silver-coloured hardware and approximate dimensions of 35 x 25 x 12 cm.
- Design details: The interior was divided for better organization and included a small side compartment, keeping the look clean outside while making the bag practical for documents and daily essentials.
- Fit and use: This size works well for A4 papers, meetings, office use or pairing with a polished outfit, including light or formal clothing where an all-white handbag is part of the look.
- Process: The making process included material sourcing, progress photos and a final quality check before shipping, showing the extra care needed to match white leather with a suitable cream lining and finish the bag to the customer’s preferences.
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A request by Christina from Graz, Österreich
I would like a white leather handbag, it should be large enough to accommodate A4 documents but not much larger. I would like to have two handles that are of medium length since I usually carry the bag in the crook of my arm, but sometimes I also carry it over my shoulder. Inside I would like it once divided and with a small side compartment.
The Journey of Creating Bespoke White Leather Handbag for A4 Documents
Negotiation & Planning
Bespoke White Leather Handbag for A4 Documents - design ideas and artisan proposals
Hello Christina, I am happy to provide an offer for your idea.
I have shared photos of a bag with similar features. Kindly have a look and let me the following
1.colour of leather
2.colour of lining i.e plain colour or printed African fabric
Hello Walter,
I' like white leather for the outside and plain fabric on the inside.
Many thanks
Tina (Automatische Übersetzung)
Hi Christina, thanks for the feedback. I have uploaded pictures of white leather, kindly have a look and advise.
Kind regards Walter
Dear Walter,
I've only received one Foto, should there be more?
Anyway, I like the leather that I saw on that Foto 🙂
Best regards (Automatische Übersetzung)
Hi Christina, sorry for the late reply. I've shared some photos.
Do you mean the black and white cowhide?
I have put the hide against black leather. The two blends well
Let me know what you think about this.
Kind regards Walter
Dear Walter,
I like the plain white leather and I'd like the Outside to be only in white because I also want to wear the handbag with an elegant white suit 🙂
Kind regards
Tina (Automatische Übersetzung)
Hi Christina, thanks for the information. I have uploaded pictures of white leather. Kindly check and advise.
Warm regards Walter
Dear Walter,
I think the leather in picture IMG-20221201-WA0005.jpg looks great!
Many thanks
Tina (Automatische Übersetzung)
Hello Christina, thank you for the feedback. Kindly advise on the lining colour as well. Can I use white cotton or cream white?
Dear Walter,
I prefere cream white for the interior lining.
As I'm not sure which informations you have received,
I'd like the handbag to have the approximate dimensions of lenght: 35 cm, height 25 cm and depth 12 cm
Kind regards
Tina (Automatische Übersetzung)
Hi Christina here are the details I have so far
Leather WA0005jpg
The bag should be in plain white leather
Cream white lining interior
Dimensions L 35cm W 12cm H 25cm
Would you like silver or gold colour hardware?
Kindly advise
Walter
Dear Walter,
I'd prefer silver coloured fixtures,
Many thanks
Tina (Automatische Übersetzung)
That's great. Thanks for the information. Now am good to start producing the bag
Dear Walter,
that's great, I'll accept your offer as soon as I receive it 🙂
Kind regards
Tina (Automatische Übersetzung)
Hi Christina. Thanks for order.
I'll keep you posted on the progress.
Warm regards Walter
Crafting Process
How to make a Bespoke White Leather Handbag for A4 Documents – work in progress
Hi Christina, thank you for the order. Am in the process of sourcing the materials. I'll share the images as soon as possible.
Warm regards Walter
Dear Walter,
I'm really looking forward to receiving the pictures.
Kind regards
Tina (Automatische Übersetzung)
That's great, I'll share photos with starting tomorrow. Warm regards Walter
Dear Walter,
I'm excited to have a peek at the process of creating my handbag.
Kind regards
Tina (Automatische Übersetzung)
Hi Christina, I've uploaded the photos of the white leather and cream white lining, the lining is a bit light so am visiting another store to check if I can get a better quality one.
Dear Walter,
many thanks for the pictures!
I really like the white leather, but as you mentioned, it would be better if the inner lining was a little darker in color.
Kind regards
Tina (Automatische Übersetzung)
Hi Christina, am still struggling to get the matching lining. I've uploaded a picture of matching African printed fabric. Kindly check and advise.
Warm regards Walter
Dear walter,
the african fabric is not really what I imagined for my handbag.
But if creame white lining is difficult to come by, light brown, light gray or a light shade of mauve would also do.
Kind regards
Tina (Automatische Übersetzung)
Hi Christina, finally I've got the cream white lining.
The light grey and light brown are not matching with the leather colour.
Therefore we'll use cream white for this. Warm regards Walter
Dear Walter,
thank you for taking so much trouble to get me the creamwhite lining.
I wish you a merry christmas!
Best wishes
Tina (Automatische Übersetzung)
Hi Christina, I've finished production. Kindly have a look.
I'll share better photos later today.
Merry Christmas to you.
Dear Walter,
I absolutely love my handbag,
many many thanks for the great effort you took to put my wishes into realty.
Kind regards
Tina (Automatische Übersetzung)
You are most welcome. It is a nice design of handbag. I hope you'll enjoy using it. Kindly refer your friends to urban change lab and bagmankenya.com
Thank you for the order.
Dear Walter,
I'm looking forward to receiving my bag and I'm sure I'll love to use it.
Of course I already recommended urban change lab to many of my friend.
Kind regards
Tina (Automatische Übersetzung)
Hello Christina,
This a message from Vicky, Local Operations Manager. We did the quality check of your bag before shipping. The overall quality of the bag and the craftsmanship is as very good. There are two aspects I would like to point out before we ship to provide you the opportunity to decide if we should ship the bag to you or ask Walter to fix these aspects:
a) as you can see on the photos Walter put his logo (Bagman) on the bag. We generally recommend to the artisan adding logos only inside or consult the client before adding it outside.
b) white leather is generally not easy to handle so that it remains completely clean. As you can see on the photos there are some areas where it does no longer look perfectly white. We would assume that its possible to clean those areas and that the starting process to have some leather wrinkles is something unavoidable. We just want to make you aware that the bag in regards to that does not look like one fresh out of a luxury shop (which you could expect from us) though as said above the workmanship meets this standard.
Would you like us to send the bag back to Walter to work on both aspects?
Dear Vicky,
It is no problem that Walter's Logo is on the outside of the handbag but I'd prefer to have it cleaned to be sure that the stains are removable!
Kind regards
Tina (Automatische Übersetzung)
Happy New year Christina,
I have handed over the bag to the urban change lab. I hope it will be shipped as soon as possible.
Warm regards Walter
Hello,
I am a little unsure right now - were the unclean areas cleaned and was it possible to remove everything?
Was Walter so fast that he has already given the bag to Vicky a second time?
Kind regards
Tina (Automatic translation)
The Finished Unique Piece – Individually Handmade
Reference: ON007690E-40701
Cost structure of this project
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Cost of material |
79.45
|
| Cost of labour |
44.14
|
| Cost of packaging |
2.65
|
| Local Transport to photoshoot and parcel drop-off |
2.65
|
| Subtotal – payout to artisan |
128.89
|
| Customer acquisition costs (advertising etc.) |
12.89
|
| Handling fee Urban Change Lab |
12.89
|
| Total (excluding shipping & taxes) |
154.67
|
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The cost breakdown above shows how the value of this individual project is composed.
Shipping costs and any applicable taxes (e.g. VAT) depend on the delivery country and the specific setup and are therefore not shown as fixed amounts here.
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