A Leather Jewelry Box Line Built as One Family
Shane Co. needed a custom leather jewelry box line that served three different uses and still read as one collection. Kargo designed, sourced, developed, and produced the full line. It included a travel-size purse box, a unisex medium with dedicated watch space, and a premium large box with multiple pockets and closures. The line launched in five colors, with pebble leather on the travel and medium boxes and smooth quilted leather on the large.
The Challenge
Each size had a different job to do. Together, they still had to feel premium and cohesive as one family. That meant finding an Asia-based leather accessory manufacturer who could hit the quality bar across every style, then running multiple rounds of prototyping and testing before launch.
Materials & Sourcing
We selected materials and hardware to give the line one consistent language across all three sizes.
Premium pebble leather on the travel and unisex medium boxes
Smooth quilted leather on the large box, the detail that set the hero piece apart
Custom zippers with matching teeth, pullers, and heads
Screw-back ball stud closures
Padded, painted, and etched suede interiors
Sourcing came down to one requirement: a manufacturer who could execute the quilting, the matched hardware, and the suede work across three styles and five colors without losing consistency.
The Solution
Kargo built the three boxes as a single family. The travel box fits in a purse. The unisex medium sits in between and works for either gender. The large box carries the quilted leather on top. Every box shared the same material language, so the collection read as intentional from smallest to largest.
What We Learned
Real leather dye can migrate onto silver and tarnish it. Gold is unaffected. We now run a compatibility test on every leather-and-metal project and use treated anti-tarnish linings as standard.
Results
A three-style, five-color leather box line produced as one collection
Matched leather, hardware, and suede interiors across all sizes
A quality-assurance process that now covers every leather-and-metal combination
Premium custom leather goods added as a core Kargo offering
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Design & Engineering
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Product Development
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