Valextra is a brand of luxury leather goods and accessories based in Milan, Italy. The name is a portmanteau of "Valigia", the Italian word for "suitcase" and "extra".
From the beginning, Valextra specialized in creating luggage, handbags and accessories from exotic hides such as alligator, hippopotamus and elephant. He set up a workshop above the shop where he worked with a model-maker to bring his concepts to life. In its first few decades, the company licensed over 100 patents and won a Compasso D'Oro for the 24 Ore bag, at the award's inaugural edition in 1954.
