A workshop.
A purpose.
AMIRAL began as a single bench, a set of hand tools, and a belief that things made slowly are worth keeping.
Built from
scratch.
AMIRAL was founded by Amir Bay and Ghazal Shafiei — a married couple who shared a single belief: that leather goods don't have to be either cheap or cold.
Together, they started in 2018 in a small rented space with a cutting board, a stitching chisel, and a stubborn commitment to doing things properly. Amir learned the craft from books, from mistakes, and from a retired saddler in the south of France who still believed that saddle stitching was the only honest way to join two pieces of leather. Ghazal brought a designer's eye — shaping the aesthetic language that makes every AMIRAL piece instantly recognisable.
Every piece they make carries that shared philosophy. They don't rush. They don't scale beyond what their hands can do well. They make things they'd want to carry themselves — and they make them to last.
Today, AMIRAL pieces travel to architects in Berlin, chefs in Tokyo, and writers in New York. The workshop is still small. The care is still the same.
First bench. First bag. First mistake.
First international order — a tote to Copenhagen.
Introduced bespoke custom order service.
Over 1,000 pieces made by hand.
Expanding to new leather types and markets.
The values behind
every stitch.
Made by hand
Every piece is cut, stitched, and finished without machines. That's not a marketing claim — it's simply how we work.
Made slowly
We don't have production quotas. A piece is finished when it's right, not when the clock says so.
Sourced honestly
We use full-grain and vegetable-tanned leathers from tanneries we've visited and trust.
Built to last
We design for decades, not seasons. Every stitch, every edge, every choice made with longevity in mind.
The workshop
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