Orange is the colour that gets a comment. Not every time, but often enough that you will stop being surprised. It is bright without being neon, warm rather than loud, and in vegetable tanned leather it has a depth that a painted orange never has.
We make orange on its own and, more often, next to another colour: cognac, mustard, light brown. Here is the full range, and why orange is the one bright colour that gets better as it ages.
Every orange piece in one place
Ten pieces across six models. Three in solid orange, seven where orange is one of two colours.
Cardholder, Orange€75 
Cardholder, Orange / Mustard€75 
Slim Wallet, Orange€110 
Slim Wallet, Cognac / Orange€125 
Slim Wallet, Orange / Mustard€125 
Zip Wallet, Cognac / Orange€125 
Zip Wallet, Orange / Mustard€125 
Billfold Wallet, Light Brown / Orange€140 
Keychain, Orange€25 
MacBook Sleeve, Light Brown / Orange€175
Solid orange
Three pieces in orange from edge to edge: the Cardholder, the Slim Wallet and the Keychain. Our orange is a warm, slightly red-leaning shade, closer to a ripe clementine than to a traffic cone. The Slim Wallet in orange is the one we would put in a front pocket with a navy suit, where it does the work a pocket square used to.
Orange and mustard
Two warm colours from the same family, split down the middle. Orange and mustard is our most-photographed pairing, and the one that sells the idea of coloured vegetable tanned leather on its own. It comes on the Cardholder, Slim Wallet and Zip Wallet.
Orange with cognac and light brown
Orange next to brown is the calmer way in. The Cognac and Orange Slim Wallet and Zip Wallet put the two side by side; the Light Brown and Orange Billfold keeps the orange inside, so the wallet looks traditional until you open it. The MacBook Sleeve uses the same two leathers.
How the leather ages
Orange is the bright colour that ages best, because the tannins underneath it are brown and the two get on. Over the first year the orange deepens towards a burnt, burnished tone, with a sheen where it is handled, and the result looks more expensive than the day it arrived. It does not go dull, and it does not go pink.
Every piece is cut from Italian vegetable tanned leather from the Tempesti tannery in Tuscany, then stitched and finished by hand in a single atelier near Braga, in the north of Portugal. The edges are painted by hand, the logo is stamped in gold, and every wallet arrives in a presentation box. We design everything in Brussels.
Who orange is for
If you wear navy, grey or black. Orange is the colour that lifts a dark wardrobe. One small piece is enough; the Cardholder or the Keychain will do it.
If you want colour but not all the time. The Light Brown and Orange Billfold: brown on the outside, orange when you pay.
If you want the full effect. Orange and mustard. It is the pairing people photograph.
If it is a gift. Orange is a gift for someone who already likes colour. If you are not sure, cognac and orange is the version that cannot go wrong.
See every piece in orange leather goods, or browse the full small leather goods range.
Frequently asked questions
Does orange leather fade?
Vegetable tanned orange leather does not fade; it deepens. Over the first year it moves towards a burnished, burnt orange with a soft sheen where it is handled. The dye is in the hide, so the colour does not wear off at the edges.
Is an orange wallet hard to wear?
Less than you would think. Orange works like a pocket square: one small piece against navy, grey or black. If you want it quieter, choose a two-tone with cognac or light brown, where the orange is inside or only on one half.
Which Escuyer wallets come in orange?
The Cardholder, Slim Wallet and Keychain in solid orange; the Cardholder, Slim Wallet and Zip Wallet in orange and mustard; the Slim Wallet and Zip Wallet in cognac and orange; and the Billfold and MacBook Sleeve in light brown and orange.
What colour goes with an orange wallet?
Navy first, then grey, black and denim. Orange and brown also work together, which is why several of our two-tone pieces pair orange with cognac or light brown.
Is the orange leather vegetable tanned?
Yes. All our orange pieces are cut from Italian vegetable tanned leather from the Tempesti tannery in Tuscany and made by hand in Portugal. Only our hand-dyed camouflage models use a different leather.
Escuyer. Considered design, made to last.
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