《TOD's Signature Collection @ SS2012》

The inspiration of TOD's Signature collection came after years of research on the treatment of leather, Tod’s decided to create a decorative effect that could be applied to leather to give a rich, invitingly tactile quality to special designs. The result is the Tod’s Signature Collection, a range of bags and small leather goods where the pebble motif has been rendered in the leather to give a distinctive signature to the pieces, invoking the Made in Italy craftsmanship that lies at the heart of the Tod’s philosophy.

The models of the Tod’s Signature Collection include a shoulder bag, a portfolio clutch, a small trunk style, a shopper, a soft envelope clutch and a pochette bag. The highest quality, specialist natural leathers have been sourced for the Tod’s Signature Collection and include a very soft patent leather, a metalized leather, a shiny calfskin and a semi-opaque nappa leather. All these have been chosen to highlight the signature pattern in a sophisticated way. The colour palette ranges from yellow, sky blue, green, beige and cream.

The technique used to create the Tod’s Signature Collection is extremely advanced, but born from the strong Made in Italy tradition of hand craftsmanship. Production begins with the use of a special high-pressure iron to establish the three-dimensional imprint on the leather. Then artisans form and hammer out the actual pebble shape. There follows a process of mapping using resin and invisible stitching, and finally, natural quilting.