"We're An American Brand" - From Hayden-Harnett's Blog

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We're an American brand: Introducing Hayden Harnett Collection

A huge and very warm hello to our customers, retailers, and fans!

I am very excited to announce the launch of Hayden-Harnett Collection. Five of our bestselling and essential styles that epitomize the high quality, functionality, and classic-with-an-edge/works-with-everything style that we are best known for.

Each HH Collection handbag is made in the USA in small production runs from locally sourced materials: the softest and most luxurious buttery cow leathers tanned in upstate New York, brass hardware from domestic sources, heavy and durable authentic waxwear canvas from american mills, and organic cotton canvas linings. Even the special hangtags and dustcovers for Collection are produced locally from American materials.

In creating Collection, we’ve updated and refabricated some of our classics: the Ibiza flight tote, Barnard crossbody, Havana hobo, and the lovely Biblio bag. We’re launching the Milton messenger satchel, a highly anticipated unisex style that finally met with ben’s “I’ll wear it” approval after six years of trying to create the perfect messenger. Both the new Milton satchel and the Ibiza flight tote in heavy waxwear canvas are unisex styles- hurrah, HH style for the guys.

Being a small and very dedicated American fine leather goods brand, we are passionate about our first entirely made and sourced in the USA collection and feel that it represents the very best of what Hayden-Harnett offers— quality, creativity, functionality, and great style for both men and women.

Producing locally in Brooklyn with domestic materials allows us a very fast turnaround for product as well as a very high level of quality control. It's a great feeling to help keep U.S. leathercraft alive and to make such stylish strides to support America's economy.

I hope that everyone enjoys the new collection as much as we do!
Toni (& Ben)

Handbags Made in USA Blog - Welcome

A lot of the things we buy these days used to be made in America. There's a lot of reasons that this has changed over the years, but it has weakened our economy, and has moved our focus away from timeless durable goods to styles that are quick, cheap, and flimsy. This blog is about designer handbags made in the US. It features information about US made handbags so that you can be encouraged to look into designer bags made here in the US.

Many small independent designers make a few handbags at a time here in the US. As their business grows, they look to reduce the prices, and to sell thousands of bags to department and other chain stores. The quality goes down. The prices don't go down, but profit for the stores goes up. Gradually the designers lose focus, and what made them so great in the first place starts to fade.

Some designers have stayed manufactured in the United States, however. Others have actually returned their production to the US after years manufacturing overseas. Traditional American brands like Coach and Dooney & Bourke no longer make most of their handbags here, but rely on cheap labor overseas. It's time for a new crop of American brands to rise to the challenge!

In the meantime, we hope you will consider our List of Handbag Brands Made in USA.