Barini Leather

I am a new comer to Unilocal because I NEVER write reviews but in this case I feel I must. I had two high end leather jackets that needed tailoring and I took them both to Barini’s to be tailored. The work that was done on the jackets was extensive and demanding. When I got the jackets back I was stunned by the craftsmanship and attention to detail that went into the tailoring. Barini’s is an example of old school skill and craft. It is very difficult to find a good leather tailor and Barini’s is the best I have ever seen!!!

The best place to bring your precious leather jacket to get cleaned and conditioned. I had a 30 year old Schott Bomber Jacket and these folks resurrected it from a fate worse than death. They kept the nuances and the character that had accumulated over three decades of loving use and gave it new life and vibrancy while protecting the original patina. It’s as luminous and supple as the day I bought it.

My 92 yr old mother has been bringing me to Barini Leather for the last ten years or so.
Gary’s handbag collection is out of this world. I love how he takes care of each and every customer’s specific needs.
He recently built an entirely new handle for my mother’s Michael Kors purse — she found it to be too short and wanted one that could hang comfortably from her shoulder. Gary completely re-​built the handle from the existing leather and it looks utterly fantastic. She’s so pleased.
I come back every few months just to check in and see his new inventory.
He’s a leather genius!
Thanks Gary!

Gary is an artist. A true artist is uncompromising and must follow their heart no matter what the crowd says and has the confidence and the talent to pull off the most difficult of challenges. This is the kind of person you want working on your $ 5,000 jacket or $ 75 jacket, for that matter. I feel so lucky to have found him! He is just that amazing and so special that I cannot recommend him enough to anyone who will listen!

I feel bad to write a poor review on a business with a solid five stars, but I was honestly shocked with my negative experience after reading all the great reviews.
I have an Alexander Wang leather backpack that needed to be cleaned. I spilled yogurt on the front of the bag and was trying to act fast so the stain wouldn’t set on the soft pebbled leather, but the rest of the very loved bag could definitely use to be cleaned as well. I simply called to ask if it was possible to get it cleaned within a week as I have holiday travel plans and wanted to bring it with me. I was not pressuring him at all, and he totally could have said no so I could look elsewhere. He said maybe and that he would have to see the bag. I had my boyfriend drop it off the next day as I work downtown during his slim hours of operation. He told him he didn’t know why I was so concerned with the yogurt on the bag when the rest of the bag was dirty as well, but that he did not want to be responsible for the bag. He said he could test a small area inside and would clean the front flap with the stain for $ 30 if it works. He also said for $ 5 he could spray the bag with protectant. He called me the next day to say the front flap was cleaned and it was ready, and I again asked if possible to clean the rest of the bag while he has it. I was not at all rushing him but I felt he was offended by me in some way as he repeated over and over he did not want to be responsible for the bag. This was surprising to me as I see numerous reviews where he took care of Prada jackets, Louis bags, etc. My boyfriend again went to pick it up and asked him if he could still spray it with the protectant for the $ 5 he offered. He then refused and talked him into buying the bottle for $ 15. The whole experience was very bizarre as I expected a much different attitude and level of service from someone with five stars.
I have already found another leather expert in the area with amazing reviews who quoted me for the whole bag within thirty minutes of emailing them. I will be taking my business elsewhere.

Every bit as good as the reviews indicate. I just picked up a couple of items I had tailored today, and the workmanship was just impeccable, as was the fit. I don’t think there is any other place in the greater LA area that can do work like this. Gary is one of a kind.

He is the leather magician. Always the highest quality work. If your item is worth it, take it to him.

I received a beautiful leather jacket from my mom when she went to Buenos Aires. Jacket needed to be tailored and after reading the reviews I knew this was the place to go. Needless to say not disappointed as I just picked up my jacket. They did a great job! Fair prices and waited for a little bit to get jacket back but knew that coming in.

I’ve had two different jackets tailored here and they both fit perfectly! This is the absolute greatest place in town! Incredible service, wonderful store! Just flat out great work! Love it here!

An excellent experience. I recommend Barini Leather without any hesitation!
Relying on other Unilocal reviews, I visited Barini Leather to have my favorite leather satchel day bag repaired. The bag originally cost about $ 200 so I wasn’t sure if it was worth fixing. Gary was very straight with me, pointing out where there were problems (more than I had realized). Where the strap attached to the bag, the connections were ripping. The color was faded, with many scratches. The inside lining was torn along most of the edges. My favorite bag was a mess.
He quoted me a fair price for the repair, cleaning and polish. Less than the cost of the bag, which I could see wasn’t going to last much longer. I paid half up front. He asked for two weeks to do the job, noting that the bag needed to dry after the cleaning and the polish.
He finished it in about a week, even fixing brilliantly, at no charge, some problems we had not discussed (he reinforced strongly, inside the bag, the connections of the strap to the bag). The new polish made the bag look brand new. Basically, he made the bag the way it should have been made in the first place!
If you have anything made of leather that you love but aren’t happy with due to wear and tear, or size, or damage, bring it to Barini!

Top-​notch work by a charismatic, charming, and potentially cantankerous old dude who has been in the leather game FOREVER, having studied in both Italy and Turkey for like a million years. I just dropped off my wife’s purse there, and although I’m admittedly not an expert in leather goods, his enthusiasm and passion was absolutely inspiring. I’m rooting for him super hard!
It’s funny, not to be political or whatever, but I realize that immigration reform is a huge topic in this country, and I just couldn’t help but think, «Man, I’m glad this guy came to America and is killing it by applying his talents to the marketplace, making people happy and making a buck for himself. Win-​win.» Hit him up; he does incredible work.

I have a Prada lamb skin jacket I bought about eight years ago. I bought it on sale and it cost me about $ 2,500. It’s a gorgeous, simple, lightweight jacket made out of the most beautiful soft and subtle leather I have ever seen. Even Gary, the owner of Barnini was impressed with its beauty. But I have lost about thirty pounds since I bought it and the jacket was now huge on me. When I’d try it on I looked like a kid wearing his father’s clothes. I felt sad every time I saw it in my closet. My plan was to sell it in a resale shop. I saw Barnini’s listing on Unilocal,and after seeing all of the great reviews I thought I’d give them a try. Gary clipped the jacket using dozens of those large clips used for stacks of paper. Every part of the jacket needed to be changed: shoulders, body, arms width, arm length. Basically he was making a new jacket. I thought at the time he was a bit insane. How could he get proper measurements using this system? But he clipped and marked and did his thing. I trusted he knew what he was doing. I figured I didn’t have much to lose. Granted it was going to be a bit expensive — but nowhere near the cost of a new jacket. I was willing to pay twice as much to get my jacket back. Now the bad news: he was really busy and it would take two months.
I was pleasantly surprised when he called me about six weeks later and said it was ready. I picked it up this morning and it is perfect! It fits me better that when I first bought it! The craftsmanship is absolutely beautiful. I thoroughly examined all of the stitching and it looks fresh from Prada. One of the cool things was to see the look on Gary’s face as I tried it on. I could see a well deserved subtle smile of pride.
Gary is a true craftsman who takes incredible pride in his work and in pleasing his customers. Don’t hesitate when considering having him work on your valuable leather goods.

Gary Barini is a surgeon of leather.
He took up the sleeves on a very rare, irreplaceable $ 3K leather jacket. I had learned to live with the sleeves a bit long because I was too afraid to risk a bad alteration, but it had finally come time to fix it.
He said he could replicate the original hem and stitching and that no one would ever be able to tell it had been altered. After marking how far I wanted it taken up, he told me he could do it for $ 100 and the wait might be a month, maybe longer.
As I left, he said, «If it is before 30 days, please don’t call. If I don’t call you in 30 days, then you can call me.»
I had expected this from the other reviews so it was not an issue, and I appreciated his frankness.
Almost 30 days later on the dot, Gary called me to let me know it was ready. When I arrived, he was away from the store for a few hours, but the craftsman who actually did the alteration came out from the back and helped me.
The work was beautiful and it was clear how proud he was of it. He said that it was a tricky one for something seemingly simple to do, and he really had to take time. He showed off how he had perfectly replicated the unique original hem, shortened the zipper along the wrist accordingly, and when sewing it all back together with the silk lining, sewed into the original needle holes so it would be impossible to tell it had been altered. And he was right.
Amazing work and true craftsmanship.
A side note: when I went to pay, the craftsman asked if I had cash since he didn’t know how to run a credit card, and Gary (his boss) was out. When I said no, instead of directing me to an ATM, he thought for a second and asked if I could wait a moment. He went to a business next door and got the help of another business owner to run my card, which she happily did.
Wonderful people and I can’t speak highly enough of the work.

My friend Jeff suggested this place to me when I explained my frustration at the inability to find an MC leather jacket that could fit me properly. He said I should find the closest thing and bring it in and Mr. Barini would turn it into a piece of art. As luck would have it, two weeks later I was in NYC and found a perfect fit, but it was tore up – and not in a good way.
I brought it in and he said he’d have to replace all of the stitching, the front zipper, and the entire collar. I paid half up front, and a little over two months later he called me in to pick it up. It was completely revitalized, the new collar matched the older leather in every way except wear, and it felt rock solid compared to the rickety, fragile thing it once was. Many compliments to Mr. Barini, a real craftsman.

All the reviews you see here for this business are absolutely true. I have a horsehide jacket that I dearly love and, after a large weight loss it fit very poorly. After searching for someone to try and alter it, I came across this business on Unilocal.
I read all the reviews and decided to take a chance. This is a heavy horse hide jacket and there were a large amount of alterations needed.
This gentleman literally had to take the coat almost completely apart, remove the leather and reassemble it. When I went to pick it up I was astounded at the fit. I mean it is perfect. It fits better now than when I bought it in Scotland.
I cannot express how perfectly this alteration was done. I had my doubts it could be done when I dropped it off, but the work was brilliant.
This man is a true craftsman who takes immense pride in his work, believes in customer service and truly cares about making his customers happy.
Businesses like this do my cynical heart good and they deserve to be supported.
They have won a customer for life.

Never thought I’d be the guy who knows «a guy for that,» but if you’ve got a leather issue, I know a guy for that! Gary at Barini is the last word in leather. I first found him when I bought a very expensive motorcycle jacket at an absurdly low price because it had «some issues.» After a week with Gary that baby looked like it came right from the factory. In fact, I wore it to the manufacturer’s store and even received compliments from the staff!
So with my faith in him peaking I brought in a fashion able leather jacket I had with a huge tear in the back. Now I figured he could mend it and I’d just have to live with the scar and stitch marks — hell, could make for a good story — but when Gary brought the finished item out, we couldn’t even remember which side had the work done! It was once again, like a brand new jacket!
After seeing that level of quality and craftsmanship, not to mention service, I give Gary at Barini my highest recommendation. And after all of these 5-​star reviews, you’d be crazy to go anywhere else. My hat’s off to you, Gary. And thanks!

100% satisfied.
Great customer service
Exellent craftsmanship.
Expert in their field.
I will be returning in the future

Absolutely deserving of all the 5-​star reviews! If you need leather repaired or restored, bring it to Barini. You won’t be sorry.
I found an amazing lambskin blazer at a huge discount in a store in the city, but it had a hole at the bottom and a couple of rough patches. I went ahead and bought it, hoping to find someone who could restore it.
Now…that blazer looks better than I even imagined it could. Master-​quality work certainly isn’t cheap, but Barini was more than reasonable… and TOTALLY worth it. I am so thankful I found Barini Leather. You have made another customer for live.

I’m so glad I found this place through Unilocal!You did it again Unilocal reviewers.
I’m a petite Asian gal with short everything. For me to fit into any clothing off the rack is non existent. My whole life of issue is nothing ever fits so I never ever purchase leather jackets with zippers on the sleeves. Now I’ve found a place that can alter those types of sleeves without any issue.
I come here for all my leather alterations. Brought 3 of my expensive leather jackets here for the sleeves to be shortened. It’s costly but well worth it!!!

Happy Holidays One and ALL
I want to update my first review from 4 s
To 5 it should have been 5 STARS all along! My mistake, and I want every one to know what an outstanding Artist and Human being Mr. BARON is! I cannot say enough about his superior workmanship and his devotion to his cliental, well I guess I have?! I’d give him. 100 Stars if Unilocal would allow
Thank you for ALL you do and the only place to go with bag repairs or Leather alterations is BARINI S in Studio City!