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Handcrafted leather accessories for women, where traditional technique meets expressive detail and lasting design.
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YAO Heritage creates handmade leather accessories as smaller expressions of the House’s wider design language: thoughtful materials, artisanal craftsmanship and pieces intended to carry meaning beyond the purely decorative.
The collection includes leather belts, charms and small accessories designed to complement the main handbag and footwear collections while retaining their own character.
Vegetable-tanned leather plays an important role in the accessories collection. Its natural finish is designed to soften and develop a unique patina over time, giving each piece a more individual appearance with use.
The leather is worked by artisans in Masaya, Nicaragua, where traditional leatherworking knowledge has been passed down through generations.
The collection includes leather belts, bag charms, keychains and other small accessories, each designed with the same attention to material, proportion and craftsmanship as the larger YAO Heritage collections.
Yes. Current accessories are handmade by artisans in Masaya, Nicaragua, using traditional techniques and small-scale production methods.
Materials vary by design and include vegetable-tanned full-grain leather, lambskin nappa, calf leather and pigskin lining.
Yes. Vegetable-tanned leather naturally softens and develops a patina over time, allowing the surface and tone to become more individual with use.
Yes. Several charms are designed specifically to be attached to a bag handle or key ring, adding colour and a more personal detail to the piece.
The collection combines functional objects with sculptural and decorative details, using traditional craftsmanship to create accessories intended to feel considered rather than purely ornamental.