The Piece
Crafted in two seasonal windows each year — not driven by trends, but by the moments when making feels spacious, grounded, and alive.
About This Vest
This vest is made to order, individually handcrafted from full grain, natural hair-on-hide kangaroo leather — incredibly soft, and only softening further with wear. Because it's a natural fibre, it breathes in a way synthetics simply cannot, keeping you comfortable across a surprising range of conditions.
The design is intentionally adjustable — hand-laced shoulder and side seams that can be widened or tightened to suit your body, with front ties that can be knotted, bowed, or left to hang as a feature. One size fits most.
No two vests will ever be exactly the same. Natural colour variation in each pelt means every piece is genuinely one of a kind.
The Craft
Sourced from a sixth-generation Australian family tannery specialising in kangaroo leather, every element of this vest is hand cut, hand punched, and hand laced. Seventy individual grommets are set by hand. Around ten metres of lacing finishes the neck and armhole edges. Metal beads and handcrafted tassels secure each lacing end so you can adjust sizing without re-threading.
This is not fast work. It is the kind of making that takes hours — and shows.
The Story Behind the Hide
The kangaroo is one of Australia's most wild and free animals. These skins are sourced through National Parks & Wildlife harvesting — a practice that keeps our local ecosystems in balance. This leather is never factory farmed.
After years of working with kangaroo offcuts, a deep respect for its strength, lightness and quality led naturally to the Wild Hide range — and the offcuts from each vest feed directly back into the Rescued & Repurposed collection. Nothing is wasted. Everything has a second life.
Slow Fashion, by Design
This is not about buying for a season. It's about investing for a reason.
When you choose a piece like this, you are choosing craft over convenience, intention over impulse, and something you will genuinely treasure for years to come.
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To begin, I invite you to complete a short Bespoke Order Request — it helps me understand what you're seeking and whether this making window is the right moment for us to create together.
The Piece
Crafted in two seasonal windows each year — not driven by trends, but by the moments when making feels spacious, grounded, and alive.
About This Vest
This vest is made to order, individually handcrafted from full grain, natural hair-on-hide kangaroo leather — incredibly soft, and only softening further with wear. Because it's a natural fibre, it breathes in a way synthetics simply cannot, keeping you comfortable across a surprising range of conditions.
The design is intentionally adjustable — hand-laced shoulder and side seams that can be widened or tightened to suit your body, with front ties that can be knotted, bowed, or left to hang as a feature. One size fits most.
No two vests will ever be exactly the same. Natural colour variation in each pelt means every piece is genuinely one of a kind.
The Craft
Sourced from a sixth-generation Australian family tannery specialising in kangaroo leather, every element of this vest is hand cut, hand punched, and hand laced. Seventy individual grommets are set by hand. Around ten metres of lacing finishes the neck and armhole edges. Metal beads and handcrafted tassels secure each lacing end so you can adjust sizing without re-threading.
This is not fast work. It is the kind of making that takes hours — and shows.
The Story Behind the Hide
The kangaroo is one of Australia's most wild and free animals. These skins are sourced through National Parks & Wildlife harvesting — a practice that keeps our local ecosystems in balance. This leather is never factory farmed.
After years of working with kangaroo offcuts, a deep respect for its strength, lightness and quality led naturally to the Wild Hide range — and the offcuts from each vest feed directly back into the Rescued & Repurposed collection. Nothing is wasted. Everything has a second life.
Slow Fashion, by Design
This is not about buying for a season. It's about investing for a reason.
When you choose a piece like this, you are choosing craft over convenience, intention over impulse, and something you will genuinely treasure for years to come.
_____________
To begin, I invite you to complete a short Bespoke Order Request — it helps me understand what you're seeking and whether this making window is the right moment for us to create together.
