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Patrons Profiles: Bret Viberg and Collaboration

By David Himel on November 28, 2011

A big part of my Himel Brothers project was to create a brand that celebrates being Canadian. So many clothing brands are secretly made here in Canada and so many Canadians are secretly living prominent lives in the good ole U.S.A. hiding their Canadian identities and I didn’t want to be one of them. The [...]

Posted in Customer Profiles, Materials, prototype designs | Tagged boots, canadian, himel, Horsehide, jacket, leather, tannery, Viberg | Leave a comment

Himel Brothers Leather: The Family Story

By David Himel on September 30, 2010

Well, … summer is over and fall has begun. I found out this year that my dad had cancer. This started a long process of trying to treat the cancer and then the realization that death was at our door. My dad died in July and I still find myself drifting about here and there [...]

Posted in family history, Uncategorized | Tagged ben himel, butch himel, calvin himel, himel, Issy himel, leo himel, max himel, Vintage leather jackets | 6 Comments