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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

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