Vive La French Calfskin!
It is fine-grained leather, delicate but durable, soft and velvety to the touch.
We’re talking, of course, about French calfskin — the real deal — an elegant and unmistakably dressy leather that lends class to fashionable items, like premium shoes, Western boots, handbags, attachés, stylish jackets, belts, gloves and wallets.
“The thing about calfskin — there are not many places to get it,” said Greg Carmack, a sales and customer service rep for Orion Calf, Ltd., a leather supplier that specializes in French calfskin.
“If you want true French calf, the raw stock has to be tanned in France on animals raised in France.... The origin of the animal has to be France,” he repeated, underscoring his point.
“If you want true French calf, the raw stock has to be tanned in France on animals raised in France....”— Greg Carmack, Orion Calf, Ltd.
