★★★★★3 days ago
Just enough room
Holds my phone, a lipstick, a slim card case and the flat house key without a single bulge. I never realised how much a clutch this neat could actually swallow until I packed it for the opera.
An evening, distilled
Hugo Caesar Tassi cut Viminia for the Iulia collection — the slim leather clutch that carries everything an evening asks for and nothing it does not.
The shape is deliberately quiet: a clean horizontal rectangle in supple full-grain cowhide, soft enough to mould to the hand yet holding its line across the room. A single zip runs the length of the top edge, drawn by a polished silver pull, opening to a smooth polyester-cotton lining and a hidden inner pocket.
A slender leather wrist strap loops through a silver hook so the clutch sits easily over the wrist through a long dinner, then detaches for the cleanest possible hand-held line. No clasp to fuss with, no hardware to announce itself.
The leather and the three tones
Full-grain cowhide, chosen for the way it ages, offered in three tones that read across the day and into the night.
We finish the hide with a soft, lightly polished surface that catches golden light without glare and softens further with wear. The grain is left natural so each piece keeps its own quiet character.
Basalt is the deep-black hero, the one that disappears against an evening dress. Cuoio brings a warm coffee-brown depth for colour worn close to the body, while Travertine answers in a soft pale stone for lighter days — three distinct tones, one unmistakable shape.
