What a seasoned leather-goods maker can bring in a custom approach to the skies.

When you need something tough and elegant-looking to hold your laptop, toilet kit and clothes for that four-city business trip, you know that nothing beats leather. Yet for all their style and toughness, leather bags tend to be, well, a total bore in the texture-and-colors department: black, brown, tan…yawn.

Then you have the new bags by Lynchburg, Virginia–based Moore & Giles, a veteran tinkerer with leather for shoes and home furnishings: The Chadwick (top), Traynham (middle) and Benedict (bottom) each comes in a variety of hides, ranging from the more exotic Nubuck Bison to a sturdily traditional Brompton Black. Just as a bespoke cobbler will let you choose which kind of material will cover your feet, Moore & Giles gives you a choice of up to 11 kinds — and yes, mixing and matching is encouraged. Get a little wild with, say, a Traynham in Harness Cuero, Titan Toffee, Ragtime and Stained Citation Sahara, and see if you ever have trouble picking out your luggage on the carousel again…

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