Design preview for La Cuarta. Not the live shop.
Made entirely by hand in Argentina, from local leather and plant dyes. Designed in Zürich. Worn for years.
Every belt is a different pattern of stitched diamonds on vegetable-tanned leather. Orders are handled one by one, so ask for your size and we reply personally.
All prices in CHF. Orders and questions by WhatsApp: +41 77 437 21 12.
Almost everything about a La Cuarta belt happens in Argentina: the leather, the plant dyes, the tanning, the stitching. Only the design begins in Zürich.
Leather and dyes come from Argentina, not from a catalogue. Nothing is shipped across the world to be finished somewhere else.
From the moment the leather arrives to the final quality check, the whole production chain is handled in one place, in the province of Buenos Aires.
We work directly with the people who make our belts, learn from how they work, and keep the skill and the work in the place that practises it.
La Cuarta is the story of a dreamer deeply attached to the true values of Argentine know-how. Thanks to the support of high-level suppliers who believed in the project, Yann Menge's determination and passion turned his designs into timeless belt collections.
The direct collaboration with everyone involved in making the belts helps us understand how they work and keep the quality high.
Fer began with scant resources in his mother's garage: 24 buckles and some strips of leather. After a few years he set up his own workshop, with collaborators for the artisanal weaving of the figures on the belts he designs.
He chooses his materials with great care to reach the best quality. The excellence of his work has given it a global reach.
At the end of the journey, we remember only one battle: the one we fought against ourselves, the original enemy, the one that defined us.
The leather comes from male pampa steers. It is tanned naturally with oils and pigments from grape, beetroot, tea and yerba mate, all from northern Argentina. No chemicals.
Then it rests for 90 days in the open air. Nothing is added afterwards: no coating, no backing layer. What you see is leather.
Each diamond is embroidered stitch by stitch. Every pattern is different.
Every belt carries the hand-made stamp, pressed into the leather. Then it makes its way from Argentina to you.
La Cuarta was founded in December 2019 in Zürich by Yann Menge. The idea was simple: design in Switzerland, and make every belt in Argentina, where the leather and the craft come from.
Each belt is made in the province of Buenos Aires by people who work with leather every day. We chose to keep it local, to support the craft and the community behind it, and to make something that lasts.
Our belts are originals, as you are.
Abrazo, La Cuarta
Tell us which belt and your waist size. We reply personally and arrange payment and delivery with you.