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The Patrons: Profiles

By David Himel on November 7, 2011

My new friend Eric is one of my many repeat customers. I am very very proud when I can make and sell a jacket. I am ecstatic when a customer comes back and orders more then one. Usually customers approach with trepidations via the web. Many are concerned that they cannot possibly get the correct [...]

Posted in Customer Profiles, Uncategorized | Tagged avro, Eric, Horsehide, kensington | 2 Comments

New Jackets: Oil Skin Avro and Brimaco

By David Himel on November 7, 2011

Ive been working hard over here making jackets for my clients. Every month I am inspired to work on new experiments, purchase new tannages of leather and try new design ideas. Part of the prototyping process is about finding the right combinations of design features, materials and colour combinations. These two are recently made and [...]

Posted in prototype designs | Tagged avro, Horsehide, Japan, oil tan | 2 Comments

New Designs: Prototyping

By David Himel on April 11, 2011

I have been sweating away over here in the creative tank so to speak working on 6 new jacket designs. Many of my jackets are my own interpretations of original work, or simply inspired by the techniques of original work. On occasion there are original jackets that are so amazing and so perfect that I [...]

Posted in prototype designs | Tagged avro, design, Horsehide, kensington, pattern making, prototype | 8 Comments