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Every bag purchased gives a patient a “second chance” from the charity of medical mission work. “We’re able to give kids prosthetic limbs and hernia repairs, or little things like diabetes medication. Help they otherwise wouldn’t have been able to get, but for $20 can save their life,” Lisa says.
But for someone who hasn’t carried one of these incredible bags, the handcrafted straps are more than just an ethnic embellishment. “Because the straps and other details are woven,” Lisa says, “everyone of these bags is super lightweight.” The havoc a heavy purse can wreak on your back is well documented (at this blog and everywhere else!), so a stylish and easy to carry purse is a premium in our closet! “The jewel is in that strap,” she says. “The straps and the design.”
While Lisa holds down the Limon Piel fort stateside, there is a flurry of Limon Piel activity happening south of the border. Limon Piel’s designer, Liliana, is based in Colombia along with the Limon Piel factory. But before those gorgeous totes are constructed in said factory, the team must take weaving materials to the indigenous tribes who create the woven element on each purse.
The brand was born, Lisa says, when she realized that was Liliana the perfect teammate for a company that could give back to the country they both so deeply loved. While Liliana “spoke no English, and had never had a lot of interaction with the U.S.,” Lisa recognized that Liliana’s fresh and youthful designs simply needed someone with a “background of marketing and sales” to bring them to the American market. Someone like Lisa.
If you’re not already smitten with the Limon Piel line, the unbelievably hued leathers and hand-woven details make for utterly original and beautiful purses. Limon Piel (pronounced “lemon peel”), was founded by Lisa Garrett in 2009 after six years of medical missionary trips to Colombia.
Eschew the African safari and jump into the tribe by heading south; to South America, that is. Limon Piel handbags are crafted by indigenous Colombian tribes using the softest leathers and traditional woven details.