Ben Schreiber is Chief Marketing Officer at Latico Leathers, where he has worked since 2020. Latico has been family run from New Jersey since 1984.

What he writes about here

The buying decisions. If a piece on this site helps you choose between shapes, sizes or price points, that is Ben's subject. Material and construction pieces are written by Lainie Schreiber, Latico's Creative Director.

• Choosing between shapes: sling, crossbody, tote, shoulder and hobo, and which suits which kind of day
• Sizing, strap drop and what an empty bag weighs before anything goes in it
• Cost per wear rather than sticker price
• Which trends have wardrobe history behind them and which are a single season

How these guides are written

Every measurement, price and certification stated in a Latico guide is checked against the live product catalogue before publication rather than carried forward from an older draft. Where a claim cannot be verified, it is removed rather than softened. That includes counts: if a guide does not tell you how many styles are in a collection, it is because the number changes and a wrong number is worse than none.

Latico Leathers, New Jersey. Full-grain leather, handcrafted in small batches, LWG and REACH certified.