India: The famous manufacture & exporter of leather crafts

Man is an animal requires body coverings to protect him from the environmental hazards. For protection we wear cloths but each one of us knows very well that in Stone Age ancient man used to cover himself with the skins of animals he killed. This is the first leather product was being used in the world. And this made leather craft as one the first manufactured material of the world. This is the natural commodity valued very high around the world. Hence there is limited availability of leather crafts and these products are expensive too. However these products are always in big demand.

Leather accessories have become an essential part of our everyday life. Initially leather was used only for clothing purposes and for making footwear. But after that saddles and armors were also being prepared from leather. As the time passed it was being used for making many other things innovatively and creatively. It is being preferred for manufacturing many accessories & objects due to its sturdy and flexible features. Today we can see the wide range of leather goods, objects and variety of accessories in the market manufactured from leather. Even being used in making variety of things, the main application of leather is in the footwear industry. Anything made and manufactured from leather possess very classy, sophisticated and tasteful look. Leather bags, Briefcases, Wallets, Tooled belts, Purses & accessories, Handbags, Luggage, leather craft, Albums, Address books and travel accessories are the some of the leather crafts being used extensively by many of us.

As man is interested in innovation and variety, there are many new and exclusive varieties of products in leather also. The latest varieties in leather products include: Hand finished embossed leather belts, vegetable tanned kangaroo skin wallets, purses, coin purses & card holders, glasses cases, key-ring holders etc. The original Leather Saddle Stool and calico carry bags, Crocodile and shark skin belts and wallets.

India is one of the countries, very famous for the leather crafts. Leather industry has become one of the largest industries in India. In the current date, India exports many leather goods such as shoes, bags, wallets, belts, jackets, staffed toys etc. throughout the world in a large quantity.

Along with style, fashion, standard leather crafts have traditional aspects too. Many regions of India encompass different traditions of leather crafts:

West Bengal is famous for the decorative leather crafts being made there. These decorative leather crafts are generally decorated with traditional motifs and geometrical patterns. Shantiniketani pattern is the famous pattern of leather crafts of Bengal.

Rajasthan is also recognized for its locally tanned leather crafts. Along with this Rajasthani decorative footwear is also famous worldwide. These are beautifully decorated with silk or metal embroidery, sequins and decorative beads. In Rajasthan Bikaner and Jaisalmer are the places where you can get decorative saddles for camels and horses.

Kolhapur, one the cities in Maharashtra state is famous for its traditional footwear called Kohlapuri chappals around the world. It’s the kind of footwear can be seen widely in large variety all over India.Madhya Pradesh is popular for its attractive red embroidered leather crafts. Gwalior, Indore are the cities most famous for production of leather crafts. Source: MFI