The small town of Ubrique, around 100 km south of Seville in Spain, is where many of the top fashion brands source their leather goods. Far away from the fashion centres of Milan, Paris, New York or London, without airport or train station, Ubrique artisans are used to make handbags wallets and belts for Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Hermes, Chanel, Chloe, Loewe and Carolina Herrera. Although for a time, some of the work was shifted to Asian countries, the problems of quality and especially counterfeiting led the brands back to Ubrique, known as the pueblo blanco for its whitewashed houses (see picture). Here all factories and workers sign a confidentiality contract and cannot take any pictures. Some 200 years ago, the town specialised in tanning. This evolved into precise leatherwork which it has become famous for. The skills have been passed down from generation to generation and it is these which brought in the big brands. Although some of the factories have started using an assembly line to speed up the process, many refuse and hand the production of the whole item to one craftsman.