Machines make copies. Hands make originals.
Your customers can buy a leather belt anywhere. They can't buy this exact one anywhere else.
Belts, cuffs, bags and jewelry, cut, dyed and finished by hand in our studio on the Mediterranean coast. Each piece comes out a little different from the one before it. That difference is the proof of the hand, and the reason your customers will want it.
The Next Real Thing
Everything is made by machines now. That is exactly why handmade is next.
People are tired of "luxury" that comes off the same factory lines as everything else, wears a famous logo and charges a price that has nothing to do with what's inside. They have started asking who made it, how, and whether it's worth it.
A piece cut and dyed by hand answers all three. The stores that bring it in first won't follow the next trend. They'll be the place people talk about when it arrives. Be one of the first.
The Studio
One studio. Real hands. Twenty-three years.
ISHAOR was born in Amsterdam in 2003. Today it lives in Givat Olga, a few steps from the Mediterranean. Every hide arrives as a raw roll on Ishai's shoulder and leaves as a belt, a cuff or a bag that has been cut, tooled, dyed and burnished by hand.
Maya, trained in fashion design, shapes how each piece looks and wears. No factory. No production line. The marks of the hand stay on purpose, because perfect is plastic.
A signature, not a logo.
Our mark is drawn from our name. It is set into our buckles, embossed into our bags and worn as a pendant. When a customer sees it, they know a person made this.
Selected Pieces
Every hide takes the dye its own way and every tool mark lands a little differently. No two pieces come out exactly the same.
The Turquoise Belt
Our best-seller. Hand-dyed patina, brass rivets, open lattice
Signature Cuff
Croc-textured leather, brass mark
Hammered Brass Belt
Hand-finished brown leather, riveted keeper
The Gear Belt
Hand-tooled gears, hand-carved statement buckle
Layered Belt
Hand-dyed, sculpted relief
Leather Tote
Distressed brown leather
Black Bag
Embossed mark, brass buckleWorn
From linen to denim to a black suit. One piece changes the whole look.
Men
Cuff, belt, signature necklace
Waist Belt
Over tailoring
Belts
With denim
Women
Leather toteWhy Stores Choose Us
No two alike
Every piece comes out slightly different from the last, so each customer walks out with one that is theirs alone. That's what brings them back to see what's new.
A story that sells itself
A craftsman, a studio by the sea, a mark drawn from a name. Your team gets a real story to tell with every piece.
Straight from the studio
You work directly with the studio that makes every piece. No agents, no factory, no middleman.
Be the store that brought it first
Tell us a little about your store and we'll send our line sheet with wholesale pricing and terms. We answer every message ourselves.
MAYA & ISHAI
