September 2012

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Designing a Pattern: Handmade and Hand Grade!

By David Himel on September 20, 2012

Many times a month I am emailed or requested to create a specific design or modify a jacket to make some special edition for a customer. As much as I would like to be able to do this I find myself explaining the impossibility of it and the complexity of the process of developing a [...]

Posted in Design, Materials, prototype designs | Tagged design, Gerber, Grading, Optitex, pattern making | 2 Comments

Summer Projects: New Clients, New Ideas.

By David Himel on September 11, 2012

This summer was very busy for HBL. I participated in my first serious collaboration with Imogene and Willie. Matt and Carrie were awesome and we created a gorgeous buffalo hide womans d-pocket jacket using rare and limited 1960s brass Lightning Zippers. The jackets turned out beautifully! I worked with Kiya and The Self Edge and [...]

Posted in Design, Materials, prototype designs, Retail | Tagged 14 oz, berlin, blanket liner, buffalo, himel bros, Horsehide, Imogene, Messenger Bag, The Self Edge, Willie | 3 Comments

Bread and Butter Berlin 2012

By David Himel on September 10, 2012

This was a very exciting summer for me. I had the chance to attend and show Himel Brothers Leather at Bread and Butter in the beautiful city of Berlin. Having never been to Berlin Nancy and I jumped on the chance to find new customers and meet supporters. It was the perfect choice as many [...]

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