People stop and ask. That's when the story begins.

Full-grain leather bags embroidered with historic patterns from around the world. Each one comes with a story worth telling.

Dynasty Sling

Dynasty Sling

Egyptian queens wore a collar called the Wesekh across their chest. The embroidery runs exactly where it did. Bag Des...

Olympian Odyssey Tote

Olympian Odyssey Tote

The Greek carved the same pattern into everything they built. It meant eternity. It still does. Bag Description &...

The Founder Backpack

The Founder Backpack

Fatima al-Fihri built the world's oldest university with her inheritance. 859 AD. This bag is named for her. Bag Desc...

Ethereal Bloom Cross-Body Bag

Ethereal Bloom Cross-Body Bag

The flowers on the Taj Mahal were pressed into marble by hand. This bag carries one of them. Bag Description & Me...

Our World

LYLA was born for people who want more from what they carry. Every pattern here comes from a real place — a door in Fes, a wall in Agra, a vase in Athens — hand-embroidered by craftspeople in Karachi who know exactly what they're making.

Read Our Story

Made by people obsessed with history.

We are a husband and wife from Pakistan — a country born at the crossroads of ancient civilizations - the Indus Valley, Persia, China and India. We founded LYLA to give those stories somewhere to live.
Read our story