Our Story

STOW was founded by Carol Lovell in England, originally as the destination for Luxury Leather Travel Goods. Since its inception, all our products have been manufactured in our family run factory in Ubrique, Spain. A town renowned for the highest level of quality and craftsmanship in leather goods and the manufacturing home to many of the best-known brands in the luxury sector.

To 2019  Walpole Brand of Tomorrow 2019, London 

Stocked in Harrods and Fortnum and Mason in London, and Saks in NYC our designs’ elegant and timeless appeal grew quickly, and our accessories became sought after globally amongst discerning clients including Royalty who placed the importance of a brand’s integrity above sporting a designer label.

STOW became a Walpole Brand of Tomorrow in 2019, the Official Body for British Luxury Brands.

Sustainability and a mission to BE BETTER has always been at the heart of what Carol wanted STOW to represent, long before the term sustainability became increasingly meaningless through its now ubiquitous use as a marketing term for all fashion brands.

We have always focused on small batch production, have not followed fast fashion trends, and have maintained ethical production through using the finest and most traceable materials.

2023  Operations move to Spain with factory integration

We celebrated our 10th anniversary by moving all operations to Spain in order to decrease our footprint and work more efficiently for the geographical territories of our customers.

We became fully integrated with our original and only manufacturing partner meaning we now own our own factory which makes us unique.  Unique because we are one of the few luxury bag brands with in-house craftsmanship. It also means you know exactly who you are buying from. Full transparency. 

And it gives us greater flexibility to continue manufacturing what is in demand at any point in time, further removing potential for over supply and subsequent surplus stock. We ship from where we manufacture and therefore eliminate the need to send product to a UK warehouse before it can be shipped onwards.

2024  "Best Value Luxury Bag of 2024" 

We continue to make our most popular travel accessories and have refocused and broadened our collection of bags and handbags. By marrying British design and Spanish craft we continue to pursue excellence in every aspect of our brand and we have recently launched our BE BETTER programme.

We believe the promise of practicing sustainability by many brands is questionable and often misleading. Our mission is to make beautiful bags and accessories better. Our BE BETTER programme is a road map for achieving this objective.

Towards the end of 2024 our Curve Bag was featured by Tanner Leatherstein who is widely regarded as the leading online expert for luxury leather bags and their value and quality. He was unequivocal in his praise. On Dec 31st he voted us the best value luxury bag of 2024.