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Is Pocket replacing the handbag?
Have you noticed less handbag on the cool it girls and boys around the web?
The trend is no longer towards handbags but minimal accessories.

Discover our brand-new foldable Pocket Tote bag...
Dear Pocket lovers, We hope you & your loved ones are doing well. The new Pocket tote arrived. The best companion of your Pocket...


Match your father's present to daddy's car...
Super slim leather wallet in six colors inspired by iconic classic cars: grey, off-White, red, green, black and orange!


Where are our factories located?
As a design consultant expert in luxury and quality handbags, luggages, and small leather goods for more than 20 years, I travelled the...


How are the wallets and accessoires made?
Our main workshop is located south of Spain (the other one for the notebook is in Firenze, Italy) in the heart of the small leather goods...


Pockets are the origin of bags
In the late 17th and most of the 18th centuries, pockets were separate items from skirts. These pockets were functional, roomy and beautiful


What is the best crossbody bag?
The best crossbody bag is the quality handmade Pocket bag. Because Pockets are the origin of the first bags in the history of Fashion....


How to take care of your leathers?
MLS-MarieLaurenceStevigny accessories or leather items are cut by hand by European leather goods craftsmen expert sin soft and durable...


How I met my manufacturer!
Being in the accessories and leather handbag business for more than twenty years I had the chance to meet with several leather goods...
How did I choose our workshops?
As I was looking for a made in Italy or made in Sapin manufacturer: my choice went for a European leather goods expert based in South of...
The MLS brand concept
Initiate the brand with a 1st "mono product" which would be: "A free hand accessory, containing and organized, light as a second skin,...
Guess how were the first bags looking like ?
«Did you also know that the origin of the bag is in the pocket? Purse, pouch, purse, chaplain, balantine, pouch… various names have...
The story behind my initials MLS
There is always a good thing to learn from bad experiences. Since I got my handbag stolen when I move, commute or travel, my main purpose...
THE DESIGNER vision
In general in my life I put SIMPLICITY above everything else as a value : it relies to everything in life for me from family, friends,...
THE DESIGNER studies
From the age of thirteen I knew I wanted to be a designer follow evening art lessons during my college studies at the Belgian royal...
THE DESIGNER awards
In 2018 ; I have been nominated for the best of Belgium run by paris match and Rtbf C’st du belge TV programm within fashion category ....
My designer background
« I am a Belgian Fashion Accessories Designer with more than twenty years experience in the fashion and luxury business. I spend the last...


Story behind MLS
As bag origins are in the pockets: it is the starting point of MLS - MARIELAURENCESTEVIGNY new Belgian accessories brand's concept. MLS,...
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