YUNART
A maker's workshop in Istanbul. We cut vintage Anatolian kilims, seventy to eighty years old, into footwear, bags and small leather goods, for our own collection and for wholesale and private-label buyers.
Handmade in Istanbul since 1991
The collection
Shoes, bags and stools. Every surface a vintage kilim. The make stays the same, the weave never repeats. Tap any piece for its kilim and sizes.
Every piece cut from vintage kilim
For buyers
We are the producer, not a reseller. The same hands source the kilims, cut the panels and last the shoes. Boutiques, concept stores and labels order from us as curated assortments: no two pairs alike, every piece numbered before it ships.
Twenty-five pairs of hands, and room for about 1,500 pieces a month across the range. Send your size run and quantities and we reply with availability, lead time and prices. A person answers, usually the same day.
100% handmade in Istanbul, no subcontracting. The same hands source the kilims, cut the panels and last the shoes.
Your labels, boxes and dust bags on our make, plus your own palette brief if you have one.
Women's, men's and unisex lasts across the range. Send your size run and we build the assortment to it.
Vintage Anatolian kilim, seventy to eighty years old, on full-grain leather. The same wool goes into the bags and the stool tops.
Free worldwide, couriered with tracking. Dispatch time depends on the size of the order. Five working days at the earliest.
Twenty pairs minimum, mixed models and palettes. Lead time is quoted per order and confirmed in writing, usually the same day.
The craft
A kilim is only worth cutting when the weave is sound and the dye is settled. What we cannot use as an upper goes back out as a cushion or a bag lining. Nothing of the rug is wasted.
We buy whole kilims from villages and dealers across Anatolia, and only those with a sound weave and settled, vegetable-dyed colour. Each rug is washed and dried flat before anything is cut.
No die, no repeat. A cutter reads the rug and places the pattern so a motif falls whole on the toe, then cuts the mirrored panel for the other foot from the same field.
The panel is backed, trimmed in full-grain leather and pulled over a wooden last by hand. Linings and collars are leather, stitched so the kilim edge is never exposed to wear.
Soles are set, edges dressed, insoles laid in leather. Every pair is inspected, photographed and numbered. The photograph is what the customer receives.
The kilim
Kilims are flat-woven. No pile, no knot, the pattern built straight into the structure. In Anatolia they were woven at home, often for a dowry, and the motifs were read rather than decorated: elibelinde, hands on hips, for fertility; koçboynuzu, the ram's horn, for strength.
The rugs we cut are between seventy and eighty years old. Their reds come from madder root, their blues from indigo, their yellows from weld, which is why the colour softens rather than fades.
A kilim that can no longer lie on a floor can still go out on a foot.
The atelier
A family workshop in Istanbul, cutting vintage kilim into shoes, bags, cushions and furniture since 1991, the first house to make this its trade. The same hands source the rugs, cut the panels and last the shoes, which is why we can tell you where a pattern came from when you ask.
Good to know
Anything not answered here, write to us. A person replies.
The pair in the photograph. Each piece is numbered and shot before dispatch, and for wholesale orders we send the images of the exact pairs allocated to you for approval.
True to size for loafers and sneakers. Boots run a touch snug over the instep, so take half a size up if you wear thick socks. Loafers stretch and settle after a week of wear.
Between seventy and eighty years old, and vegetable-dyed throughout — madder root, indigo and weld rather than anything synthetic. The colour has done its settling long before we cut, so it softens under wear instead of running or bleaching. It is also why two panels never match exactly, even when they come from the same rug.
Brush the wool dry with a soft brush; treat a mark with a barely damp cloth rather than water. Condition the leather trim twice a year. Never machine wash and never dry in direct sun.
Dispatched from Türkiye and couriered worldwide with tracking. Dispatch time depends on the size of the order. Five working days at the earliest, longer for larger runs. Unworn pairs can be returned within 14 days of delivery; duties and import taxes depend on the destination and are the buyer's responsibility.
Yes, to boutiques, concept stores and museum shops. Minimum twenty pairs, mixed models and palettes, lead time four to six weeks. Write to [email protected] for the line sheet.
We are bringing the loafers, the boots and a stack of uncut kilim to Hall 3, stand B24. Bring your size run and we will talk it through at the table.
Kilim Collection by YUNART
Last updated 16 August 2026
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Fırat Apartmanı, Binbirdirek, Klodfarer Cd. No:10 D:1, 34122 Fatih / İstanbul, Türkiye
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