Bespoke by Feldman a Leather Goods Company

Are you looking for a one-of-a-kind gift? If so, we've got you covered. Sarah Feldman is back with us, and she's back at the downtown winter markets with leather flowers, free engravings with the purchase, and you also have a chance to make your own bouquet. Those are all very cool things. Yeah, I'm super excited. The winter market's down at Cadillac Square. They start November 11th. They go through January 3rd, and this is my second year. So I'm returning with some beautiful leather flowers. You can build your own bouquet, and I'm doing free on-site laser engraving so you can choose your item and personalize it right on site. Nice. Let's start with these leather flowers. What gave you that idea to do something like that? Listen, I mean, if you have cats, for instance, that are jerks, I do, I can't keep plants around. So I thought, why not create something that I can have in my house? Also something that'll last a lifetime. So leather flowers, they are forever flowers. They never die. That's the best part. and you can build your own bouquet. So you can personalize it to yourself. And they look cooler than the faux flowers that you can normally get from places. Right now. So tell us about your name Bespoke. What does that mean? Yes. So Bespoke is an old tailor term and it means custom. And basically that's the heart of our work. Everything I create, I handcraft here in Detroit. It is all leather, high quality leather, full grain leather. And I like to make something that is truly something that someone loves and that'll last a lifetime. I love that. Speaking of creating, We got this cool contraption here. I know you're wondering what we're going to do with it. So tell us, what is this and what are we going to do? So this is a portable laser engraver. And why I love this is because it really takes no time at all. So you can go ahead, you can order or come in and buy a coaster or a magnet or a keychain and personalize it. You can put your logo, a QR code, a name, whatever you want. So I wanted to kind of show you how it works. Please do. Okay, where do we start? Okay, so I create the design. I did it ahead of time. Okay. And then all you do, how many seconds do you think it might take? You said it's quick, so it's got to be less than a minute, right? Yep. So this will take 22 seconds. And this is it at work here? It is literally engraving as we speak. Oh, I see my name coming to life. That's cool. That's right. So you can actually watch it work. And then before you know it, you've created your design. Or maybe you want it for your work or a special gift and you want, you know, a logo or something. You can do it right on the spot. It's really fast. it's really simple you can make it your own you can customize it which is the word bespoke and then you have your very own keychain we should have set a timer because that was really fast right this is nice look at that and the quality of the leather listen where do you get the leather from that is my biggest pride and joy so full grain leather is the highest quality leather you can use and my favorite tannery is the Badalassi tannery it's on the outskirts of Pisa, Italy. I try to get all of my full grain leather from there. I want it to last and they use solid brass hardware. I don't want the little cheap things that end up in the landfills. You know, I don't like little cheap things either. And speaking of, I love that you have bags and wallets and tell us about these. So this is my money envelope. It holds at least a hundred bills. I don't know how many times I have a hundred bills on me, but you can. So this is the full grain that has some print on the front, some exotic snake print for you. It feels so good. Yeah. Like, it does not feel cheap at all. No, and it smells really good, too. It does. I have people come in, and I'm just like, smell the leather. Yes. Do that, I do it. All of this on the table, honestly, it's just, it smells like money, okay? Right. And then the item that I'm known for are my leather earrings. That's what I started with in 2020, January 2020. You can see we have the 313s right here. Okay, right here. So they're virtually weightless. Oh, girl, this matches my dress. There we go. Okay. Yep. While we cheer on the Lions on this game day. I had to bring something. I love this. I had to make it special. Very nice. Yeah. And I was just telling you, I do not care for magnets normally, but the ones you, look how cool these are. I would put this on my fridge and I'm not a magnet on the fridge girly, but are these difficult to make or is it similar process as this key chain you just made for me? They're pretty similar. So you can either have them embossed with a little fancy shiny print or you can get it laser engraved right on the spot. I love the different designs that you have. They all say Detroit and the colors are beautiful. And again, just nice magnets that you don't get to see too often. So where can people find you? I know this is a busy season for you. I'm so excited. So you can find me online by feldman.com. But most importantly, the downtown winter markets are starting November 11th. So it's November 11th all the way through January 3rd. Find me down at Cadillac Square by the big tree. you can shop there you can also order online find me on all the socials bespoke by Feldman okay be sure to check her out thanks for joining us Sarah thank you again for my keychain I love it we'll have more information on our website at fox2detroit.com and we'll be right back after the break can't wait to see you let me look at these earrings again