Kumesu collection Kuba

Kumesu is a young African brand whose mission is to revolutionize the luxury leather industry.

Founded in 2015, Kumesu is a brand of luxury African handbags based in Nigeria. the African capital of the leather industry. Betu Kumesu’s “Brain Child”, her eponymous brand meets women’s desire to find a line of elegant, timeless and luxurious handbags.

Founder and creative director of the brand, Betu Kumesu, discovered the untapped wealth of the Nigerian leather industry and its contribution to the world’s most luxurious fashion brands when she moved to Lagos.

Each year, most luxury French and Italian fashion houses get rid of the unused leather they have purchased in Nigeria. Kumesu’s commitment to sustainability is at the heart of the brand, which uses the highest quality remains of the luxury fashion industry to create beautiful, affordable handbags. It is the launch of a conscious luxury where resources and prices are optimally managed.

The production cycle of Kumesu is reversed: the bags are created from a permanent collection such as 612 and are executed with leather samples.

There will never be more than two similar bags and most often each bag is unique. This results in a strong demand from a loyal clientele, whose aim is to seek these objec of desire and often collects the bags of their favorite collections, declined in many variants of leather.

“The collection remains true to sustainable values ​​and was designed for an elegant, ethical, cosmopolitan woman who values ​​the aesthetics of her wardrobe,” says Kumesu.