STUDIO CUOIO

welcome to my world.

It is the Belgian leather accessory expert, Liesbet Verstraeten, who is the leading lady and unstoppable heartbeat behind STUDIO CUOIO.

Born with a passionate love for architecture and fashion, and with an intriguing curiosity to discover the process that takes an idea into reality, it was clear that Liesbet’s studies would lead her into Product Development at Antwerp University.

It was only after she continued studying ‘Disegno Industriale’ in designer walhalla Milano, that her love for leather craftsmanship started blossoming from her heart.

The unique path she walked next to echoing names such as Dries Van Noten, Kvadrat/Raf Simons, Society Limonta, Eastpak, Kassl Editions and many others, inspired her to think out of the box and to create her own unique approach.

It makes her internationally a valuable and much requested partner of high end luxury fashion and lifestyle accessories in the finest leather types.

Today Liesbet Verstraeten shares with you 20 years of world class experience, filled with both trial and error.

with STUDIO CUOIO, she offers the unique combination of design and development to production and final delivery.

All she asks from you as a client, is to lean back and trust her highly tailored approach during the entire production process.

Get in touch to find out how.

the person.

With her enthusiastic and joyful personality, Liesbet Verstraeten is a visionary dreamer, an impressive creator and a sharp eyed manifester.

She is blessed with the ability to project the dreams of others into reality, and to sharpen vague ideas into their most powerful potential.

Her clients feast on her endless inspiration, creative mind, wide network and tons of international high end experiences.

They want to keep her by their side for the long run, as Liesbet is often described as strategic, goal-oriented, focused, empathic and authentic with a little twinkle of boldness in her quirky approach.

“Produzione Italiana?” Yes you got that right. Liesbet is fluent in speaking Italiano which resulted in strong connections with the land of refined fashion and design.

picture at the flea market checking out bags ;) - Milano in 1999

the mentor.

The actions she takes, the words she speaks, the ideas she shares:

they all come from this one place which is sacred to her:

the heart.

It is a place of Love, Joy and Abundance and her driving force in life.

To put it in her own words:

“If we don’t love what we do, if we don’t love what we bring into this world, if we don’t love who we are hanging around with, if we don’t love the decisions we make in life… we are not in love with who we are, with creation, with life itself.

Love is my driver, my mentor and my always present teacher.”