In the early seventies, Wanny Di Filippo, the founder and ambassador of Il Bisonte, designed and made his first leather products in the historic heart of Florence.  

  In archaic Italian, "vacchetta" referred to a leather book that contained a family's detailed daily expenses. In sacristies it was where masses were registered. The art of vegetable tanning has...

Photographed by Mary Tham

Photographed by Mary Tham