Les Sacs à M'Alice High-end leather goods in Bastide-Clairence

Alice is behind her workbench , between shelves of leather and drawers of supplies. She designs the creation of her client's signature leather bag, the accessory that will fulfill this “being”, his personality, which will magnify him, which will meet his expectations, his needs, for a long time.

You have understood, Alice creates , manufactures , repairs tailor - made leather goods, to your measurements, durable. Almost 40 years of expertise.

It is in the “most beautiful village in France”, at La Bastide Clairance, near Bayonne, that the “Les Sacs à M' Alice” manufacturing workshop has been hidden since 2011, next to the trinquet.

It also offers you from the entrance, a small boutique stocked with a large collection of handmade haute couture leather goods: 

• Purses, wallets, pencil cases, belts, clutches, handbags, backpacks, wallets, documents, e-readers, office items, card matt…

Since its creation in 1997, Alice has purchased all of its leathers and supplies in France. It is mainly cowhide leather that inspires it, magnifying the life of the animal and the respect of the customer; developing over the years a whole range of original products: light backpacks in the shape of fruits, tree of life leather lace work, landscaped leather patterns forming paintings, stories.

Daughter of an artisan in haute couture, she grew up with a love of a job well done, creation, respect for the material and the customer . Alice started with a CAP/BEP, leather goods , saddlery, sheathing in Graulhet in Tarn from the age of 13 in 86, then a BAC Prof. Soft materials in Angoulême. Back home, it was Lale Marguirault, in Saint Jean de Luz, who offered him his first “whole creations” for several seasons.

After experiences in automobile upholstery, sofas, zodiacs, leather clothing, men's suits, shoes at "Don qui chausse", wallets at "Biscond", two years of accounting, management, she moved to a large workshop in Saint Étienne de Baïgorry in 97 .

Since the beginning, it has offered its collections at trade fairs: Salons Métiers d'art, d4 Ateliers d'Art de France, Paris, Bordeaux, Lille, Nîmes, France, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Italy.
Alice has won several prizes in competitions: SEMA 2000, Nîmagine 2005, Artisanales de Chartres 2007.

In 2006, she became involved with the Consular Chamber to obtain the “Métiers d’Art” label. Since the beginning, she has also participated in the “Répar'Acteurs” label, and since 2005 in the Ateliers d'Art de France.

Taking advantage of Marguirault's dormant stock of cowhides , she now creates new insulating and painted hangings , offering another way to enhance and optimize leather . Leather is a chromatic support for his stage creations. He deserves respect and humility.

Find inspiration to offer Leather Goods, a unique, unusual and personalized handbag in genuine Basque-made leather.

(SV-2015) Intelligence at your fingertips is its motto. Determined and perfectionist , Alice creates handbags and tailor - made items in magnificent full-grain leathers.
Impeccably crafted, Alice creates classic pieces as well as modern ones.

(HI-Sud.Ouest 2012) Les Sacs à M' Alice are paintings, poems, stories where the eye is amazed. They offer humor, poetry, lightness in a stunning know- how.