Jamie Haller, the California-based designer known for modern and understated luxury shoes, is introducing a new category for her namesake label: handbags.

After debuting in 2020 with footwear handmade in Italy — with her signatures utilizing buffalo leather, like the $595 penny loafer — Haller has grown to expand with ready-to-wear, open her first store in Montecito in May, and is unveiling two handbag designs.

“As I was continually sourcing and playing and experimenting in shoes and meeting amazing people in Italy, meeting with tanneries, I would always pull a skin and would think, ‘Oh my god, this would make such an amazing bag,’” said Haller. Like her shoes, the bags are made in an atelier in Tuscany.

The result is a medium-sized shoulder bag made from the same Italian buffalo leat

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