a little plan, made just for you
hint: you, in two small words
Saturday, June 13 · Upper West Side → SoHo → the Village
tap a number to jump to its stop — lovingly not to scale · a few doodles tap back
an afternoon of leather, north to south
A family-run bag shop importing leather goods from Italy, Japan & France since 2003 — and the most likely place in the city to find the Campomaggi.
☎ worth calling ahead — ask them to set aside large leather work bags / laptop-size Campomaggi.
The everyday-workhorse stop — Italian leather, clean lines, designed around carrying a laptop.
less Campomaggi, more "quiet, expensive-looking, useful" — a strong sensible contender.
Way more substantial in person than people expect — rich glove-tanned leather with actual character.
quietly the best value of the day — the leather feels far more expensive than it is.
The beautiful-shapes stop. Elegant French leather, swoopy and design-forward.
gorgeous, but check the laptop fits before falling in love — form sometimes beats function here.
The sanity-check stop: durable, polished, made for city movement.
the practical benchmark — a bag that can take the daily commute without complaint.
The lightning round — Mansur Gavriel, Coach, Tory Burch, sometimes DeMellier, all on one floor.
useful for comparing — "is it actually better than the one at stop 3?"
The last stop. If Campomaggi's rugged charm appeals but you want something more timeless — vegetable-tanned Tuscan leather that earns a beautiful patina over the years.
the most grown-up, beautiful leather of the day — and right by dinner.