PRODUCTION MANAGERS / MANUFACTURING AGENTS
Custom handbag and fashion collections manufacturing
Italia Consultant offers turnkey manufacturing services in Italy. From your sketches to the finished product. Full-service manufacturing and production management in Italy. We are manufacturing agents in Italy and specialize in the manufacture of custom leather handbags, shoes, wallets, belts, shirts, coat, leather jackets, leather gloves. Prototypes, production, quality control, materials, custom hardware, packaging, we do everything.
We can manage your existing suppliers or provide our own. We have access to the same Italian manufacturers supplying many of the world’s top 20 brands. Our clients are typically established luxury brands with an existing distribution and retail network. But also startups!
If you are a new brand /startup company please read here.
*All brands in the photos are registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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NEW! Read our article on the state of the art of the global luxury goods market
Just a few products that we have recently developed
Made in Italy dress shirts

We offer the following manufacturing services in Italy:
- CAD design and pattern development
- Prototyping and sampling
- Quantity production – cloud manufacturing in Italy
- Custom hardware manufacturing
- Custom fabrics manufacturing
- Custom packaging manufacturing (dustbags, labels, boxes, tags, tissue paper etc.)
- Quality control
- CITES and other paperwork management
- Detailed cost sheets
- Complete relocation of your current manufacturing
Production management, contract manufacturing, manufacturing agents, manufacturing and production managers in Italy.
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From sketch, to prototype, to final sample and production
First prototypes are made from your sketches through CAD/CAM patterning
Through our partnership with top local professionals we also offer the following accessory services:
- Design, collection planning with our professional Italian design team.
- Corporate identity, brand and logo design, catalogs and brochures design
- Photography, catalogues, website, ecommerce, emarketing, affiliate programs.
- Warehousing, bonded area, pick and pack (your orders are shipped to your clients worldwide directly from Italy, saving the expense of shipping them all to you first).
- Order fulfillment
- Establishment and management of branch company in Italy
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As production managers we can work with you on a full time basis or single task basis. Similarly our compensation can be arranged according to your needs: on a per collection basis, flat fee, on a task basis, hourly fee, quarterly, commission etc.
We are custom hardware specialists.
So many times we see beautiful and expensive handbags or shoes with cheap standard hardware. No wonder these products fail to reach good sales target.
In the tough competition for prominence in the luxury goods world, hardware and materials are increasingly the factors that make a difference.
We offer expertise in both, to make sure your product will be absolutely outstanding. Your custom hardware will be made by the famous Italian makers who already serve the world’s top 20 brands. Any design can be made, the only limit is your imagination.
Over 45 different colours of real gold, palladium, nickel, silver platings are available. Your own custom colour shade can be developed as well. Custom metal brand name plates, custom emblems, custom hinges, custom rings, custom locks, custom buckles, custom magnetic closures, custom zip pullers and all other metallic hardware required in fashion.
Our fine hardware pieces are often obtained one by one from solid metal bars, carefully machined by the most advanced CNC equipment. Moulding is also employed as well as laser engraving. Single prototypes offered based on your sketches and specifications. We make hardware in brass, steel, genuine silver, genuine gold, synthetic materials, hardwood, ebony, bone, horn. Special finishes are available such as enamelled hardware, studded hardware with Swarowski crystals or precious stones and gems.
Fine custom hardware makes your products stand out from the crowd.
Below are some examples of our custom hardware productions.
Custom packaging specialists
Italia Consultant specializes in the development and production of custom packaging for luxury goods. Dustbags / sleeper bags; custom boxes, custom fabric labels, custom hangtags. For dustbags visit our dedicated website www.sleeperbags.com
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Leather materials specialists
We can work with your own leather or search and recommend our own. Our district in Italy, being home to the world’s top luxury brands is rich with fine tanneries and the related industries. Furthermore, we regularly visit the Italian leather trade shows to always be on top of the latest trends in fine Italian leather materials. We source top grain calf leather, nappa, suede, nubuk, buffalo leather, barenia leather, vegetable tanned leather, goat leather, cavallino leather, fur. Custom colours and finishes are available. Special finishes available such as metallic finish, hand coloured leather, leather printing, laser patterns on leather, perforated pattern,
Leather and custom linings are our job
We manage CITES certification for export
Contact us now to begin your project!
We offer contract manufacturing in Italy specializing in leather goods.
Visit our consulting service page and book online! About new brands /startupsWhile we work primarily with established brands, we also welcome new brands and startup companies. Often this means getting very much information across in order to begin production. Technical information, pricing schemes, fashion schedule, business terms etc. Now, as this is very time consuming and we are a small brokerage firm, we can only handle a small number of startup projects per year. Also, not all leather accessories projects are suitable for being Made in Italy. So please inquire with us with some details about your organization and project and we will get back to you with preliminary feedback.
We also offer consulting for beginning brands covering the following topics:
- scope and viability of project
- pricing and marketing strategy
- financial requirements
- manufacturing aspects, how the Made in Italy industry works, cloud manufacturing in Italy.
- prototyping, sampling, quantity production, shipping, logistics,
import duties, production scheduling - collection designs evaluation
- materials: review of leather and textile materials
- custom hardware, packaging
- things you have to know about exotic leather materials
- showrooms, boutiques, department stores, the Internet.
- much more knowledge gathered during many years in manufacturing luxury leather goods.
As you will be investing considerable amounts of time and money in your new project, we strongly recommend consulting with us prior to commencing your new fashion venture. It is in fact only too often that many, if not most, new brands fail for the lack of knowledge of the key elements in the fashion business. (As Murphy says: two years of trial and error will save you one hour of consulting with a professional!)
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PRODUCTION MANAGERS / MANUFACTURING AGENTS
RECENT CLIENTS
Makeup Forever (LVMH) (FR) Dustbags
Balmain Hair (NL) Dustbags
Fashionette (DE) Handbags
Christie’s Inc. (USA-UK) Dustbags
Under Armour Inc. (USA) Dustbags
Polyvore (USA) Dustbags
Kjaques Saint Tropez (FR) Dustbags
Morabito Paris (FR) Small leather goods
Halm, Dubai (UAE) Custom handbags
Norwegian Wool (USA) Custom coats and blazers
Loro Piana (IT) Leather goods, Custom hardware
Tom Ford (USA) Custom hardware, clutches
Jean Paul Gaultier (FR) Handbags
Derek Lam (USA) Custom hardware
UGG (Australia) Custom hardware)
Akris (CH) Custom hardware, leather belts
Anya Hindmarch (UK), Hardware development
Cortiglia (USA) Handbags
Merci Marie Handbags (USA) Handbags
Launer (UK) Custom hardware
John Hardy (USA) Leather woven materials
Thomas Lyte (UK) Custom hardware
Judith Leiber (USA) Custom handbag frames
Canipelli Firenze (USA) Product development/sourcing






































