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Welcome to Aquila Fashions Pte Ltd
Welcome to Singapore and welcome to Aquila Fashions, Singapore’s one and only custom tailor for belts.
Aquila Fashions Pte Ltd was established in 1980 and we have since grown from supplying the growing number of Singapore’s visitors with exceptional quality full-grain leather belts, to securing a niche market [...]
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Singapore’s only custom tailor for belts
September 8, 2010 – 4:23 pm
Locating Aquila Fashions Pte Ltd
September 7, 2010 – 6:25 pm
Locating us
1. at our retail shop
To be updated
Co-opened with TPY177 Furniture, find our belts display stands organized by types of leather in our retail shop. Gain an insight into belts commonly sold in the departmental stores by comparing with Aquila Fashions’ genuine leather belts.
Opening in 3 months in October 2010.
Address: Blk 218 Bedok North St [...]
New addition to website: Mobile site
September 5, 2010 – 4:54 pm
New website addition: mobile friendly site
We have created a mobile friendly site to allow our customers to browse our products more conveniently. Keching thanks his Thai language classmate Jeremy for the photo as seen on his iPhone.
Begin browsing now at:
http://www.aquilafashions.com.sg/mobile/
Date posted: 5th September 2010
Belt strap replacement service
June 17, 2010 – 10:13 am
Belt strap replacement service
The belt is an essential item – but the buckle outlasts the belt strap in most cases. Aquila Fashions provides belt strap replacement services for customers who wish to keep their beloved buckles. To have your belt strap replaced with AF’s full-grain leather belt straps, you can:
bring your current belt directly down [...]
Some belts trivia: why buy full-grain leather belts
June 16, 2010 – 5:43 pm
Some belts trivia
Why buy full-grain leather belts
Other reasons aside, belts made of full-grain leather are the best because they are most durable.
Departmental stores mostly sell belts that are made of “coated split”, which is also genuine leather. However, a “split” is but genuine leather with its most valuable epidermis removed. This causes a cosmetic problem [...]
Page update: Understanding natural leather
June 3, 2010 – 10:55 pm
Page update
Fun facts: addition of new article
We have added a new article titled “Natural leather” into our Fun Facts page to assist customers to better understand, in laymen terms, how the term “natural leather” come to being, despite leather being the result of an “unnatural” industrial process called tanning.
Please click on “Fun Facts” in the left [...]
Page update: new look for vintage belts page
May 15, 2010 – 8:12 pm
Page update
Leather vintage belts: new look for page
Like our leather fashion belts page, this page previously held a mix ‘n’ match function but we have decided to feature individual leather fashion belts instead, putting them side by side. The comparison will allow our customers to better understand their choices and self-assemble their belts together more [...]
Page update: new look for leather fashion belts page
April 15, 2010 – 6:27 pm
Page update
Leather fashion belts: new look for page
This page previously held a mix ‘n’ match function but we have decided to feature individual leather fashion belts instead, putting them side by side. The comparison will allow our customers to better understand their choices and self-assemble their belts together more effectively. Please click on the red [...]
Page update: new colours for leather mouse pads added
April 1, 2010 – 6:17 pm
Page update
Leather mouse pads: new colours
From the previous collection of 3 leather mouse pads colours, we have increased it to 6. Please click on mouse pad below to view entire collection.
Date posted: 1st April 2010
New product: Checker leather laptop case, leather laptop sleeve, leather laptop bag
March 13, 2010 – 4:21 pm
New product
Leather laptop sleeve (Checker)
Inspired by Keching’s shoes, we overcame a manufacturing difficulty using the weaving technique, which allowed us to use our premium oil-tanned leather in this preppy-look leather laptop sleeve.
Date posted: 13th March 2010
New product: Maroon leather laptop case, leather laptop sleeve, leather laptop bag
January 26, 2010 – 1:05 pm
New product
Leather laptop sleeve (maroon)
In complement to our current brown oil-tanned nubuck leather laptop sleeve, Aquila Fashions presents our new maroon leather laptop sleeve for customers who prefer a professional corporate look. Please click on image below to view more pictures.
Date posted: 26th January 2010
Aquila Fashions assisting business students of Ngee Ann Polytechnic
January 11, 2010 – 8:52 am
Special event: The Game of Life
Aquila Fashions Pte Ltd is proud to present “The Game of Life”! A group of year 3 Ngee Ann poly tourism students, working on their retail sales school project, will put their skills to the test selling leather products from Aquila Fashions! For more details please click on window display [...]
Featured full-grain leather belts – Aquila Fashions Pte Ltd
May 5, 2009 – 12:34 am
Featured leather belts
Aquila Fashions’ manufacturing capacity yields a vast permutation of variety. This feature page highlights some aspects of belts design such as colour and shape of buckle, colour and type of leather, age and status-appropriateness etc. Before getting lost in the variety, bear in mind AF’s only choice in belts making – full-grain leather.
Featured [...]
Featured ladies’ and gents’ business belts – Aquila Fashions Pte Ltd
May 4, 2009 – 4:34 am
This page is undergoing revamp. Click here for our business belts catalog. Yours sincerely, Keching.
Leather business belts
Featured full-grain leather business belts
Click here for catalog.
To purchase
Choose from:
the featured belts above, or
mix ‘n’ match in two simple steps:
Choose your buckle
Choose between premium, roughback, calf premium and stitchless models
We welcome belt strap replacement and retrofitting requests for customers’ [...]
Full-grain leather vintage belts
May 3, 2009 – 3:31 am
Vintage belts
A contemporary fashion belts collection boasting unique and effective complement between the colours of canvas and leather.
Click here for catalog.
To purchase
Choose from:
the featured belts above, or
mix ‘n’ match in two simple steps:
Choose your buckle
Choose colour of leather for leather vintage belt, or canvas model for regular vintage belt.
We welcome belt strap replacement and retrofitting [...]
Leather laptop sleeves – Aquila Fashions Pte Ltd
May 2, 2009 – 8:43 pm
Leather laptop sleeves
Aquila Fashions leather laptop sleeves sport minimalist designs, employing minimal components and stitches. This accentuates the qualities of our leather in their full glory.
Doubles as a leather document folder.
Our pride: the prototype
We thank Ms Cheryl for requesting a leather laptop sleeve tailored to her laptop on Valentines’ Day in 2007, at the National [...]
Leather wallets – Aquila Fashions Pte Ltd
May 2, 2009 – 2:52 am
Leather wallets
Our leather wallets collection features functional designs ideal for personal use or as a practical gift. Choose between 3-card+coin-pouch and 6-card wallets.
Click here for catalog.
To purchase
Price of one wallet: SGD 30.00
We provide free delivery in Singapore for all purchases.
We ship internationally.
Please order with Keching via:
his email at keching@aquilafashions.com.sg, or
his mobile at +65 96637673
Leather mousepads – Aquila Fashions Pte Ltd
May 1, 2009 – 7:58 am
Leather mousepads
Aquila leather mouse pads are ideal for personal use, door gifts and corporate gifts because it is a practical item used everyday. Pay particular attention to the immediate region surrounding the stitches. Impressed by a priced sewing machine, it adds a subtle touch of class to our all-leather mouse pads.
Dimensions:
8.5 inches by 6.5 inches
Other [...]
Understanding the models – full-grain leather belts
April 30, 2009 – 9:55 pm
Understanding the models
Our belts are categorized into four models. When browsing our belts, you might like to refer to the following:
Premium:
Standard model of all our belts
Both surfaces of the belt are made of the epidermis, ie the outermost layer, of the cow-hide. Compared to the roughback, essentially two times of the material is used
Roughback:
Budget version [...]