It began during Lisa’s internship in Kuala Lumpur. In her free time, she started designing bags and became interested in how leather is actually made. What she discovered was not always pretty: most leather bags are tanned using chemicals that harm the environment and the people who work with them.
Vegetable tanning turned out to be an older technique that uses bark, leaves and fruit instead of chromium. More expensive and labour-intensive, but much cleaner.
What began as a hobby became more serious. In 2025, Lisa and her brother Sven founded Beocca, believing there were more people who wanted to know how their bag was made and what went into making it.
We now work with a regular group of makers and tanneries who share our views on quality and origin.
