Berluti was founded in 1895 in Paris, France by shoemaker Alessandro Berluti. As a century-old French shoemaker, Berluti is known for its bespoke "shoes with a soul", and its haute couture shoes have been loved by celebrities such as the Duke of Windsor, Jean Cocteau, Andy Warhol, and now belong to the top luxury group LVMH.
 
Berluti was one of the first manufacturers of bespoke leather shoes in Paris, best known for handmade leather shoes, in 2005 the brand added leather goods to its product line, and released a range of exclusive bags, wallets, belts and accessories, and in 2012 launched a ready-to-wear collection, which extends from the original men's shoes to different areas such as leather goods, ready-to-wear and accessories.
 
The Berluti men's wallet is available in crocodile and calf leather, with a more casual style profile for everyday use. Its most striking feature is its rich and varied colours, thanks to the Patina dyeing process and the patented Venezia leather. Berluti used a variety of dyes to repeatedly fade the leather, then dip and polish it, so that the surface of the leather goods showed more variations of light and dark tones and color depth, which became the distinctive feature of his shoes, and also changed the men's shoe market, which was limited to traditional colors such as black and maroon before the 80s of the last century. In order to achieve a good Patina color effect, Berluti has also developed Venezia leather, which is a full-grain, uncoated leather made from high-quality cowhide, which is soft to the touch and even better when dyed with Patina.
 
Whether it's crocodile or calfskin, Berluti's men's wallets come in both long and short styles, and they offer a wide range of products. Its most luxurious one is the Tersio Alligator Leather Wallet, a long large wallet made of crocodile leather fabric and calfskin lining, in addition to 8 card slots and ample banknote slots, there is also 1 zippered central pocket, which can be used for bills or coin purse, and the internal space is sufficient, even as a travel wallet is very suitable, the price is as high as 59,300 yuan. Other long crocodile wallets are basically equipped with zippered coin pockets, which are very convenient to use, and the price is concentrated in 30,000-40,000 yuan, while the design of the bifold short version is more simple, and the price is about 25,000 yuan.
 
Calfskin wallets are not as luxurious as crocodile, but they are more versatile, not only in gradient designs, but also for tattoos and hot stamping. Leather tattooing is delicate and requires experienced artisans to make it by hand using needles and paints. Tattoo styles can be selected from the brand's catalogue of tattoo designs, most of which feature motifs, calligraphy, animals, constellations and Chinese zodiac signs created by renowned tattoo artist Scott Campbell. In addition to the existing catalogue styles, customers can also offer their own designs for personalization. Hot stamping, on the other hand, is the embossing of the initials on Berluti leather accessories and is a free service that can be made directly in some Berluti stores. In addition to tattoos and hot stamping, Berluti often carved cursive poems on his wallet, which was very literary. In terms of price, the long wallet made of calfskin starts at about 7,000 yuan, the short one starts at 5,000 yuan, and the coin purse and card bag can be purchased at 2,000-3,000 yuan.
 
In addition, most of Berluti's wallets, like other leather goods such as shoes, are available with a color transfer service, which means that after a certain period of use, the customer can change the original color of the product to their liking. Most products are free of charge for the first time to change color, and paid color transfer services can be provided later, depending on the product situation.