Made in Bali

The first thing Gil Cowen sees when she looks out of her Balinese villa each morning are rice fields and palm trees as far as the eye can see. But it’s not just the lush landscape or proximity to one of the world’s best surf breaks that lured Cowen to the village of Canggu three years ago. As the owner of Australian leather accessories company Mogil, Cowen also sees Bali as an ideal manufacturing base for her handbags, belts and shoes.