I’m quite smitten with Alya Kazakevich’s handmade leather shoes and bags (made in Brooklyn, in fact). Her bags are that truly sumptuous shade of leather, which is quite hard to resist. However, the real story here is the shoes. How many contemporary cobblers have you seen? (Not many on my end.) Making shoes by hand really seems like a craft from another century: it’s so labor intensive and hard to get right. These shoes look totally wearable and the styles are so cute!
See more of Alya’s work at a.b.k. Custom Leather Craft.
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Love it! My dad is a cobbler, so I have a special fondness for this craft.
ho. lee. shit. balls.
This post is heartbreaking! I will never ever be able to save up enough to buy a pair of those beautiful shoes! Everything she makes looks incredible!
Mmm. Sumptuous.
[...] could actually not hold back on reposting these leather glories seen over at teenangster (alison finds the best stuff.) they are by alya b. kazakevic aka a.b.k. [...]
*hummana hummana* i’ve been lusting over the perfect pair of brogues, and these are luuurvahly! i haven’t even followed the link to the shop yet. i can’t have my heart broken when i see what they cost. for now, i’m just going to swoon over these beauties in ignorance! i love the satchels as well. in c/town, a tiny leather shop called indisa is having a sale at the moment – picked up a sweet little backpack from them last week!
be still my heart.