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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

Under the Skin: What, Why and Quality

By David Himel on July 7, 2011

I seem to get a lot of questions regarding the “cost” of my jackets. I have noticed a rather disturbing trend regarding the use of the term “vintage” and worse, the use of the designs from the past. I rarely focus on the negative regarding the emerging new brands that are either heritage brands, or [...]

Posted in Materials, Sewing and Techniques | Tagged authenticity, branding, design, Horsehide, leather, sewing technique | Leave a comment

Where Did I Come From: Designing Herons

By David Himel on May 17, 2011

I sometimes loath to write blogs. I feel tired, run down, exhausted and weird about sharing. I am trying to win people over, get fans, find followers and mostly explain the things I think about all day long. Sometimes I just don’t feel like sharing. Today is the opposite. I was photographing jackets that I [...]

Posted in Design, Uncategorized | Tagged 1920s, 1930s, design, heron, Horsehide, Vintage Jacket | 4 Comments