When I got my first job in New York, my brother wanted to meet me in Rome and he treated me to a lot of nice clothes mostly from MaxMara and also he bought few items from The Bridge company- small leather shoulder bag and wallet, computer business bag and an umbrella which has its own place in the business bag. At the time I didn't realize how much he paid for the whole thing but he felt like I need to be "presentable" in the NYC office :)
Few years later these items look even better - the leather darkened a bit but a get so many compliments about them all the time. I always thought that they are UK company but apparently they are Italian one. The downside is that they don't seem to have a website. Hm...The only thing I found out about them is that The Bridge also known as IL Ponte was founded in 1969 in Florence Italy.
I saw their ad showing a very nice bag which I fell in love right away. Now I can't find anything more about it, but I HAVE to have it!!! Look for yourself what I'm talking about :)
Price: TBD