What does it take to make a Troubadour product? Ricardo Brugnoni of Ricky Pelletteria in Florence, Italy, explains why the highest level of craftsmanship is just as important as using the finest materials.

The name Troubadour comes from the travelling storytellers of days gone by. It is inspired by the incredible artisans we’ve met throughout this process, and our hope to share their stories with you.

Whether he’s sharing his design input or testing a new bag on a mountainside, Troubadour co-founder Samuel Bail has a hand in every aspect of product development. He explains how a quest for the right bag led him to the best job in the world.

Our Spring/Summer ‘19 campaign imagery for our new Explorer collection was shot by the incredible landscape photographer Richard Gaston. Richard is an expert when it comes to capturing the beauty of Scotland.

We’ve all been there. You’re in a rush. You toss your keys into your bag. By the time you get to your door, they’ve mysteriously vanished into the abyss. A bag without pockets is like a fridge without shelves.

The padded straps on our Slipstream and Basecamp rucksacks are specially engineered in memory foam to eliminate pressure points, as well as being shaped to fit the curves of your back. 

Our new CarryLight shoulder strap is made from a very high quality, hard-wearing fabric. By spreading the weight evenly, it makes your bag feel a lot lighter than a regular strap would.

Here at Troubadour, we love nothing more than giving traditional materials and techniques a twenty-first century twist. We believe leather can, and should, be a cutting-edge material again.

To create products that offer outstanding levels of performance, our latest collection of handcrafted styles combines exceptional materials and the highest standards of technical construction.

Both new Troubadour rucksack designs feature a unique combination of s-shaped memory foam straps and a waterproof, breathable, electro-moulded back panel.

Our high-performance waterproof fabrics protect the contents of your bag whatever the weather. These Italian fabrics age beautifully over time and are made to last – complete with a lifetime guarantee.

Troubadour vegetable-tanned leather is created in Italy using an entirely natural process that dates back more than a thousand years. Vegetable tanning transforms animal hides into soft, smooth, durable leather of the highest quality, with unique characteristics.

The latest Troubadour collection takes our design philosophy – rooted in function and performance – to a new level. Read more about the Intriguing Influences Behind Our AW16 Collection.

We love the natural canvas used in our products for our Spring/Summer 2016 collection, and wanted to explore new ways of enhancing this fabric for Autumn/Winter 2016.

We partnered with the KX team to create beautiful leather & suede bespoke tableware for the restaurant.

We’re thrilled to introduce our incredible leather care cream. This proprietary, nutrient-rich blend is intended to help all our leather pieces age beautifully and develop a unique patina over time.

Social, conflict, and environmental photographer Andrew Stanbridge explains the importance of telling the stories of those who are so often overlooked or misrepresented around the world.

As part of our True Troubadour series, intrepid Vice News correspondent, writer, and producer, Danny Gold gives us an insight into the life, adventures, and challenges of a conflict journalist.

Our London pop-up shop, at 30a Dover Street, is up and running – and we’re thrilled with the response. Our store carries the complete Troubadour collection and is open until December 24th, 2014.

The gun went off just before 6:00 AM and we started running at a pretty quick pace. There are nearly two kilometers of running before the first swim...

More than any other race I’ve done, picking equipment for ÖTILLÖ has been a challenge. The wrong kit can make the difference between success and failure in training, and ultimately in how I fare during the race itself...

Being able to spend time in a lake, in London is a real luxury that I decided to indulge in before work this morning. Donning my wetsuit and running shoes, I jogged over for a swim...

During the design evolution of the Rucksack, we wanted to create a buckle that combined simplicity, reliability and strength.

Few places on earth have the mythical allure of Middle Earth and the beauty of Narnia, but Patagonia comes close. This region is unlike anywhere else I've travelled. 

The process of making these hides of leather so special does not start in our Italian tanneries, but rather on the farms of Northern Europe.

At Team Troubadour, we strongly believe in the saying that “life begins outside of your comfort zone.” In a few months, we’ll be taking part in one of the most challenging races of all.

When it came to designing the new Troubadour collection, our love of detail and design took the next logical step, and we decided to introduce our products to the wonderful world of colour.

We got together with the well-traveled writers and editors at Civilian to create a bag designed to their very precise specifications.

The effortlessly smooth glide of the zipper is a testament to more than 30 years of research and innovation at Raccagni, one of the world’s preeminent zipper-manufacturers.

In the beautiful Tuscan village of Santa Croce sull’Arno, Luigi Caroti and Rose Marie Moya spend their days creating exceptional leather at the Conceria 800 tannery

In the early days La Bretagna could only afford one employee, so Giovanni and his wife worked there seven days a week to keep production moving.

After 18 intense months developing, defining and refining our vision we presented the first line of Troubadour goods in December 2012. It was the first time we brought the products to a public forum.