Making a shoulder strap for the JACQUEMUS bag

This JACQUEMUS bag came to the client without its original shoulder strap. At first glance, the bag itself is quite restrained, but in this model the strap is one of the details that gives the whole object its distinctive character.

A practical alternative would have been to use a ready-made chain or a simple generic strap with carabiners. That would have made the bag usable, but it would also have changed its appearance. The client wanted something much closer to the original design, not just a functional substitute.

For this project, I studied the original strap design and selected leather that was as close as possible to the bag in colour, surface character, and gloss. The aim was not to make an independent decorative strap, but to recreate the missing element so that the bag would feel complete again.

The main challenge was the specific shape and visual rhythm of the original shoulder strap. Its form is not entirely standard, and this is exactly what makes the bag more interesting. Width, proportions, leather behaviour, edge finishing, stitching, and hardware all had to work together without making the new strap look foreign to the bag.

The finished strap restored the practical use of the bag, but more importantly, it returned the design balance that had been lost with the missing original part. In this kind of bespoke work, accuracy is not only about dimensions. It is also about understanding which detail carries the character of the object.

If you have a designer bag with a missing or damaged strap, handle, or leather detail, I can help evaluate whether it should be repaired, replaced, or recreated as closely as possible to the original design.

This type of work is close to other bespoke bag-detail projects, such as making and replacing braided leather handles, where a new leather element has to feel visually and functionally integrated with the original object.