Journal

The Door in Athens Opens This Autumn
The last letter before the first look. FELUS's leather chapter arrives from Athens this autumn — here is what to expect, and how to be among the first to see it. Read more...
Marks That Stay: On Leather, Patina and Being Kept
Leather is one of the few materials that becomes more itself with use. A fourth letter from Athens, on why FELUS wanted a material that keeps a record of the life it is carried through. Read more...
What Raffia Taught Us About Leather
Two materials, two countries, one way of working. A third letter from Athens, on why FELUS's leather begins with everything we learned from palm fibre. Read more...
What a Hide Remembers
Before it becomes anything, leather is a record — of weather, of movement, of time. A second letter from the Athens workshop, on the material itself. Read more...
A Letter From Athens
FELUS has spent the summer in a workshop in Athens, learning a material we have never worked with before. This is the first of a few letters about what we found there. Read more...
Your FELUS Questions, Answered
A straightforward guide to the questions people most often ask about FELUS — what raffia is, how bags are made, and how to care for one. Read more...
What's Inside the Box: The FELUS Unboxing Ritual
Opening a FELUS box is designed to feel like the first page of the story, not an afterthought. Here is what goes into that moment, and why the details are not incidental. Read more...
The Monogram: Making a FELUS Bag Yours
A monogram is a small detail that changes what a bag means. Here is how FELUS thinks about monogramming, and why it matters more than it looks like it should. Read more...
Beyond Summer: How to Wear Raffia Through Autumn
Raffia is not a one-season material. Here is how to carry a handwoven raffia bag well past the beach, into autumn. Read more...
Inside the Craft Behind a FELUS Bag
Every FELUS raffia bag is handwoven in Madagascar. Here is what that process looks like, and why it matters for slow fashion. Read more...
When Do You Feel Most Free? The Question Behind Every FELUS Piece
Every FELUS piece begins with the same question: when do you feel most free? Here is what that question means, and why it shapes everything we make. Read more...
Raffia vs. Straw, Rattan, and Jute: What Actually Makes a Bag Handwoven
Not every natural-fibre bag is made the same way. Here is how raffia compares to straw, rattan, and jute — and why the word "handwoven" means something different depending on the material. Read more...
The Circle: The Shape Every ION Is Built Around
Every ION is built around a circle. Here is why that shape came first, what the wood hidden inside the handle is doing, and why the bag is designed around staying open rather than closing. Read more...
Raffia, Straw, Wicker, Seagrass, Rattan: What the Words Actually Mean
Raffia, seagrass, rattan and straw are materials. Wicker is not a material at all — it is a weaving technique. Here is what each word actually means, how to tell them apart with your hands, and which ones last. Read more...
What Is Raffia, and Why Is a Handwoven Raffia Bag Worth It?
Raffia is a leaf fibre from the raffia palm, stripped in one continuous pull and dried in the sun. It takes six years before a palm produces any. Here is what raffia actually is, why it outlasts straw, and why handwoven matters. Read more...
How to Care for a Raffia Bag, So It Lasts for Years
Raffia is a living, breathable fibre — which means it asks for a different kind of care than leather or canvas. Here is how to clean, store, and protect a handwoven raffia bag so it ages well. Read more...
Which ION Size Should You Buy? All Six, Honestly Compared
Choose the Micro for evenings, the East West or Medium for daily life — they hold almost the same amount in different shapes — and the Large for travel. Full dimensions and weights for all six ION sizes, and what each one actually holds. Read more...
Worn Low: How to Wear FOAM
FOAM is not meant to be precious. Here is how to wear it low and layered, the way it was designed to be lived in. Read more...
Melita: The Hands Behind FOAM
Every FOAM necklace is hand-tied in Greece by Melita Mouliota, on bare cord. No molds, no two pieces exactly alike. Read more...
FOAM: Where Aphrodite Meets the Shore
Introducing FOAM, a jewellery collection born from the myth of Aphrodite, hand-tied in Greece by Melita Mouliota on bare cord. Read more...
Quiet, Without the Logo
Quality you can feel rather than a logo you can read. Here is how to recognise a bag that whispers instead of shouts. Read more...
A Gift for the Woman Who Has Everything
The best gift for the woman who has everything is something singular she would not buy for herself: handmade, and impossible to duplicate. Here is how to choose one. Read more...
How a FELUS Bag Is Made: By Hand, in Madagascar
Every FELUS raffia bag is harvested, processed and handwoven in Madagascar. Here is how it is made, step by step. Read more...
The Best Bags for a Greek Island Summer
The best summer bag for the Greek islands is light, handwoven, and built to move from warm stone to late dinner. Here is what to look for, and why the FELUS ION earns its place. Read more...
Made Between Two Worlds
FELUS raffia bags are harvested, processed and handwoven in Madagascar. In Athens they are received, looked over, and folded into a dust bag made by hand in Greece. Read more...
The Hands Behind the Weave
Every FELUS bag is woven by hand in Madagascar by artisans whose work leaves a visible signature — variations in weave and tone that no machine would produce. These are the hands behind the ION. Read more...
A Journal of Meaning
Why FELUS keeps a journal at all: a house built on handwoven bags and slow work has more to say than a product page allows. This is where the making, the makers and the thinking behind the work are recorded. Read more...