Handcrafting leather in the studio with Dame Powell
Designer Dame Powell crafts high-end leather bags, wallets, belts and more with a mission to instill pride for locally made, luxury wares in Buffalo.
“When you think of a Hermes Kelly bag or a Birkin of some sorts, those bags are made by hand, by a different artist almost every time. And it takes 36 hours to build that bag, hence the price. And you really can’t put a machine to it because of how it is built,” Dame says. “That is how I’m building my own pieces.”
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