Why it belongs in ORBIS
Florence leather-goods atelier founded by Maria Clara Soto, whose maternal family were Italian leatherworkers; handmade vegetable-tanned bags are sold from a boutique on Via del Moro in the Santa Maria Novella quarter and online at digerolamo.it.
Digerolamo is a Florence-based leather goods house founded by Maria Clara Soto, who trained at a leatherworking school after moving to the city and named the workshop after her great-grandfather's surname, honouring three generations of family leathercraft on her maternal side. The brand makes handbags in vegetable-tanned Italian leather, designed to be worn in multiple ways and positioned as sustainable, artisan-made pieces rather than mass production. Its physical boutique is located at Via del Moro 58/R, in the Santa Maria Novella quarter of central Florence - near the train station district, not the Ponte Vecchio area. The brand's current, functioning web presence is digerolamo.it.