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Problem? A Water Spill on Leather
June 06, 2013 | Tusting
Uh oh! A water spill on leather… So, it’s never a good moment when you discover your beloved leather item has been attacked by a bit of H2O and has a nasty tide mark settling itself in, leaving you thinking that your favourite thing is ruined forever. Whilst it is rarely possible to wind back [...]
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The Travels of Terence Tusting – Guest Post
May 22, 2013 | Tusting
At Christmas in 2012, Sally McEwan gave her artist husband, David, one of our Clipper bags in dark brown miret bridle leather, which he had made some pretty hefty hints about wanting. This photo is of David with the Clipper after his Christmas dinner… David had a pretty hefty trip ahead of him [...]
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Focus On: The Explorer Holdall
April 29, 2013 | Tusting
In our occasional series (ok, of only two so far, but there will be more… occasionally) focussing on our classic and best-selling shapes, this post will pick apart our Explorer Holdall. The ultimate in soft leather luggage, our Explorer delivers a handsome leather holdall in a shape that miraculously stores away virtually flat, yet holds [...]
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Tusting Tenderlove Winds Back Time
February 28, 2013 | Tusting
When we say we are committed to our bags for as long as you own them, we really mean that, and we have a steady supply of old bags coming in for restoration after many years of well-loved but hard life. Usually a little repairing here and there is required to refresh the binding, brassware [...]
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Why satchel love endures
February 04, 2013 | Tusting
Our love affair with the satchel is one of those interesting fashion moments where something vintage, that never really disappeared, gets a revival that turns out to be bigger than the original trend ever was in the first place. Those of us old enough to remember their little school satchel may think they know where [...]
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Where do you take yours?
December 04, 2012 | Tusting
We love it when customers get in touch with news of their TUSTING bag and when freelance cameraman Antony Hagen tweeted a photo of his beloved Aztec Weekender bag (a gift from his wife last Christmas) we were amazed to find the caption showed he was in Ukraine. Through a little Twitter-interview, it was revealed [...]
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The TUSTING 2012/13 Lookbook
November 23, 2012 | Tusting
We thought our brochure last year was absolutely gorgeous (though we do say so ourselves!) and it was with some trepidation that we embarked on this year’s incarnation, because it seemed a pretty tough job to live up to, let alone better. However, the search for a perfect location turned up the beguiling and beautiful [...]
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Autumn Workshop Sale!
October 04, 2012 | Tusting
We all love a bargain, and a couple of times a year we throw open our doors at the factory and invite you all in to help us clear out the shelves a bit. There is always a selection of bargains to sift through, with some really juicy prices, and we usually have some nice [...]
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Competition Time!
September 28, 2012 | Tusting
We’re exhibiting at the amazing Best of Britannia show in Clerkenwell, London on the 6th & 7th October. To celebrate, we are running competitions to win tickets for either the Saturday or the Sunday and one of our gorgeous Puxley pouches on Twitter and Facebook. All you have to do is follow us on Twitter [...]
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Welcome to our new site!
September 17, 2012 | Tusting
We’re really quite pleased with our lovely new website… not that we didn’t love the old one, but we all like some new clothes once in a while! It features images from our recent photoshoot (see the next story item) and presents our products in a clearer way. It will also bring our new collections [...]
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Could it be that time already?
June 20, 2012 | Tusting
Well, it seems to have come round so fast, but it is already time for us to start work on our next lookbook and brochure. So, to this end, we have just completed another wonderful day of photography on location, with two gorgeous models to set some lovely scenes with our bags. We were lucky [...]
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It’s Easter Sale Time!
April 14, 2012 | Tusting
Just a few times each year, we open the place up to make receiving visitors a priority. The warehouse gets squeezed against the walls, the furniture making area gets squidged behind some screens and lots of samples come out to tempt our many shoppers. This is the time to come and test out our furniture, [...]
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A Groundbreaking Project
February 23, 2012 | Cameron
Press Release from Richard Nicoll, 19th Feb 2012: “Acclaimed British designer, Richard Nicoll today unveiled a concept re-charging tote bag, created in partnership with Vodafone UK, as part of his Autumn/Winter 2012 collection. The cutting edge accessory fuses technology with catwalk style and means fashion-conscious mobile phone users need never worry about their smartphone or [...]
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Focus on: The Kimbolton
January 18, 2012 | Tusting
Our best-selling tote bag, the Kimbolton, was first designed for our enthusiastic Japanese market, with the oldest cases now being about 10 years old. We have several versions of the bag, each with subtle (or not-so-subtle!) variations in the detailing, but the same multitasking body and simple shape. We’re currently building a special-order Kimbolton in a rich deep [...]
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Goldfinger!
August 04, 2011 | Tusting
We recently had a great couple of days in the workshop and on location, taking pictures for our new brochure. We were very generously lent an completely stunning Aston Martin DB6 by Desmond Smail from our neighbouring village of Olney. Desmond holds some stock of our bags and we just love his cars so much! It’s a great [...]
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