There is a timelessness with leather products that immediately associates them with quality and durability. Leather has been crafted into clothes and accessories since the Paleolithic age. That's roughly 2.5 billion years ago, when the earliest human still lived in caves and hunted with sharpened stones. Back then, animal hide is used to cover themselves. The process has been changed and improved since then, of course, but the basic principals in the production of leather have stayed largely the same: Preparation, tanning, crusting, drying, and softening.
Csheon takes the production of leather to the next level. Founded by Carmen Sheon in 2016, the leather products in CSHEON are carefully crafted based on individual needs. No two leather products are ever the same and with CSHEON's personalized design and quality finishes, and if you choose to visit their workshop for a class, then the style that you come up with will be truly your own.
CSHEON is an independent designer brand that manufactures leather pieces fully by hand locally in Malaysia. All pieces are made from genuine leather. They're available in Robinsons Four Seasons KL and Zalora MY with free delivery to Penisular Malaysia and discounted shipping for Sabah and Sarawak. They also carry their items on their official website, https://c-sheon.com/
Their website is ridiculously fancy and appears to carry a wider selection compared to what's available on Zalora. Their shop also offers COVID Essential items such as masks and leather pouches.
CSHEON hand crafts each of their leather accessories and choose full grain leather. Full grain leather includes the outer hide, which has finer and more densely packed fibers. This translates to higher durability and strength. This is considered top-grain leather and is the highest quality leather, often used to make furniture and footwear because of their hardiness.
In addition to limited edition belts, bags, card holders, jewelry, and wallets, CSHEON also allow buyers to build your own bags, which I think is super cool and lets your really personalize exactly what you want. They appear to offer Leather Handcraft Class as well. Those interested can get in touch with them through their facebook page.
When CSHEON approached me to do a review of their product, I wasn't sure what to expect, but I was too curious to turn away from the opportunity. A few weeks later, this appeared in my mail:
Isn't this just the fanciest little box? The rose gold exterior appears to be made of hard cardboard or plastic of some sort with little gold legs and a silver handle for easier handling. It's absolutely adorable and I love it.
Inside the box, there's a CSHEON tag with a promotion code that offers a discount for a next purchase as well as an authenticity card. The authenticity card is a nice touch to make sure that we're getting the official (legitimate) product from the brand.
Now, onwards to the star of the show!
Inside the box is the CSHEON Brown Leather Long Wallet Gold Buckle, which is also available on their official store as well as on Zalora for RM699. It is also available in shades pink, chest brown apple green, and dark brown.
Like all their other products, this brown calfskin long wallet is exclusively designed by CSHEON and fully handcrafted, each cut out made by hand with hand-sewn threads that offers better durability than machine-sewed products.
Here's a sideview cause I'm really impressed with the final finish of the product. Very comfortable and sturdy.
The more I look at it, the more I fancy the simple, yet elegant design of the whole thing. CSHEON offers a variety of other products and some of their bags are simply magnificent. Each piece is unique in it's own way as genuine leather has grain patterns that are distinctive and singular. With proper care, leather can last forever.
Take a look at their shop for more:
