Leather Plus

Leather Plus is one of the many leather goods stores around Edmonton. It has a lot of leather brands that I honestly haven’t heard of before, which is common for many budget leather stores around town.
I was here looking for a belt but I decided to get one elsewhere. I wasn’t a fan of the style of belts they had, all of them seemed to look to same to me.
The store is quite difficult to navigate through as well; it feels a bit crowded.

Well I’ve been looking for a belt for the longest time… I hate buying belts because they never have my size. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a huge person but some of the places I got to look are meant for little tiny people. I saw this joint called Leather Plus, located in Kingsway Garden Mall out side of the Zellers entrance, and noticed they had a sale on belts. Well there were some that I really liked and yes, they had my size! I was so happy, considering I needed some black and brown belts for work. As I ventured into the store I found some other interesting items. There was this great looking blue purse with sliver buckles on it, don’t ask me who designs it. I’m not a purse person at all but I thought it looked «hip» (LOL). It was a little out of my prize range (it was $ 100). I’m sure that’s a great price for a pretty leather purse. I did find some cool wallets for like $ 20.00 and ended up buying one that matched the only purse I actually do own. I thought it was cute; it was brown with white mixed into it and with faded flower shapes. I’ll post of picture of it!

Some leather stores, from the way they look, you can tell if they’re high-​end or cheaper. This place is a bit confusing in the message it’s sending out. From the outside it looks like a leather warehouse. It’s plain and packed with racks of jackets and walls of purses and other leather accessories. But the prices are both high and low, the quality ranging from luxury to more run-​of-​the-​mill leather goods. There’s almost too much to wade through. There are no little vignettes, like you might see in a store like Danier. This is the kind of place they’re just interested in moving stock, not enticing you with an aesthetic experience.
I don’t like the way this place smells. Some such stores smell like leather and tannin. This place smells a bit musty and chemically. It made me want to wade outta there as fast as possible. They have lots of Baby Phat jackets at the front, which don’t really fit with the whole image of the store, and at the back they sell leather biker gear.
This is not the place I’d choose to buy a leather jacket. The place just doesn’t feel premium enough to warrant making a bigger purchase like a leather coat.