When Shinola’s Detroit leather factory was built in 2014, Vice President of Manufacturing Jennifer Guarino moved her desk from the corporate office space right to the factory floor. “I purposely moved my desk out here because I really like to be where people are working on our products, and I like to be in the […]
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MAKING MOVES IN THE LEATHER FACTORY, ONE BAG AT A TIME
Here in Detroit, our leather team has been busy producing high-quality leather watch straps and small leather goods ever since the factory opened in 2014. Today, we’re proud to announce our latest hand-built creation, Shinola’s most popular women’s bag — the Accordion Crossbody. This is just the beginning of bringing more leather production in-house. Using American leather […]
Men’s Lookbook: Heading to work in style
Detroit is full of architecturally stunning buildings — both old, and new. Look how photographer Joe Gall, better known as Camera Jesus, took our products around town to some of the city’s most overlooked beauties. [[{“type”:”media”,”view_mode”:”media_original”,”fid”:”2104″,”attributes”:{“alt”:””,”class”:”media-image”,”height”:”540″,”typeof”:”foaf:Image”,”width”:”960″}}]] Discover the Slim Briefcase and The Canfield 43mm. [[{“type”:”media”,”view_mode”:”media_original”,”fid”:”2105″,”attributes”:{“alt”:””,”class”:”media-image”,”height”:”540″,”typeof”:”foaf:Image”,”width”:”960″}}]] Inside the Fisher Building, one of Detroit’s treasures. View the Slim Briefcase, The Canfield 43mm […]
A Conversation with Stylist Lauren Goodman
As a fashion stylist and journalist with experience working for well-known brands like Vogue, Elle, and Nowness, to name a few, we’re excited to introduce Lauren Goodman to you all. She’ll be joining us at our new San Francisco store for a special event this month, and we sat down with her to hear her […]
The Team Player: Tarez Franklin, Line Leader at the Leather Factory
Today Tarez works in our Leather Factory as a line leader, and he’s one of the many faces behind Shinola’s leather production team inside our 12,000-square-foot leather factory. Watch the video and read more about his story below. Video courtesy of Vice. How old are you and how did you become interested in working for […]
Meet Our Leather Apprentice: Carolyn Schief’s Trek to Detroit for her Dream Job
How long have you lived in Detroit and what is your position at Shinola? I’ve lived in Detroit for four years now. Two years ago I got this job, and the two years before that I was sewing car covers. When I first moved here, I was living in the suburbs, and it took me […]
Lifelong Detroiter and Leather Artisan Valisa McTaw Tells it Like it is
As a lifelong Detroiter what sort of changes have you noticed? I’ve lived in Detroit my whole life and I’ve noticed a lot of growth and attention, positive attention for change as far as Detroit goes. Many different businesses are popping up in the city and a lot of independent people are getting the chance […]
Take it From a Local: Meet Tiara Tucker, Lifelong Detroiter and Head Utility Artisan
Tiara is of the many faces behind Shinola’s leather production team inside our 12,000-square-foot leather factory. Read more about her story below. As a lifelong Detroiter, what sort of changes have you noticed in the past few years? I was born and raised here, and I live here still. I think all the changes are great […]
New Men’s 2016 Leather makes its debut in Detroit
Find us next week at New York Fashion Week: Men’s, where our friends at Pitchfork Radio will be with us to broadcast live from our booth all week long. Find all the details, here. Check out Marcus and Maetha from Reforming Refined below to view our newest leather color, Bourbon, and some of their favorite leather […]
TAKE IT FROM A LOCAL: TALKING DETROIT WITH CLINT JACKSON
Clint is of the many faces behind Shinola’s leather production team inside our 12,000-square-foot leather factory. Read more about his story below. As a lifelong Detroiter what sort of changes have you noticed in the past few years? I was born and raised here. I’ve seen the good and the bad, and I still haven’t been […]