What if the definition of luxury begins to shift, and we start associating the term not with logos and character-driven brand names but the prestige of well-made, artisan-produced, mindful goods that will can be worn for ages and then passed down for eons?

You know, just wondering. What if?

Brand new in two Seattle stores, Muratori Designs wants to take you a step or two in that direction—with the help of David Lawrence and you.

Step one: Designer Julie Berard’s hand-worked vegetable-tanned leather bags for him and her.

Step two: You, and the new-to-the-Bravern merchant supporting the local endeavor.

The refined, mostly classic, mostly timeless models in the just launched handbag and manbag line don’t come cheap, but hand-stitched Italian workmanship never does. At under a grand, they’re less than the iconic, instantly recognizable pieces at Hermes and Louis Vuitton, (just around the corner from David Lawrence’s Eastside outpost), and about the same price as the lower end models by DVF, Marc Jacobs, et al at nearby Neiman Marcus.

At Muratori’s first local retail outlets, the bags will be displayed near Just Cavalli dresses and Versace suits. Will the bags take on a similar status? Do they need to carry that cachet to fetch their ticket price?

Are quality, beauty, long-lasting appeal, mindful methodology and workmanship luxuries in and of themselves?

Just asking.