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Tag: Leather

MAKING MOVES IN THE LEATHER FACTORY, ONE BAG AT A TIME

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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 […]

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Men’s Lookbook: Heading to work in style

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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 […]

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The Team Player: Tarez Franklin, Line Leader at the Leather Factory

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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 […]

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Lifelong Detroiter and Leather Artisan Valisa McTaw Tells it Like it is

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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 […]

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Take it From a Local: Meet Tiara Tucker, Lifelong Detroiter and Head Utility Artisan

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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 […]

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TAKE IT FROM A LOCAL: TALKING DETROIT WITH CLINT JACKSON

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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 […]

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