A JOURNAL BY SHINOLA DEDICATED TO JOY OF CRAFT

IN THE HEART OF IT ALL: TALKING MOTOWN, MOVING, AND MANUFACTURING WITH SHINOLA LEATHER VP JENN G.

Have you always worked in leather goods? I’m from California. I started as a fashion illustrator, and then I became a designer. I then went about learning the manufacturing and business side of fashion. Next, I got into brand management and the marketing of fashion. Finally, I put all those to things to work when I […]

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The New Face of Shinola Leather

In honor of Men’s Fashion Week, and Shinola’s inaugural collection by co-Design Directors of leather accessories, Richard Lambertson and John Truex; we’re bringing you a behind-the-scenes look at the people and processes behind Shinola’s handcrafted leather.  For our Fall 2015 collection, the pair expands on Shinola’s classic silhouettes and delivers the same modern attitude and […]

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Meet Our Leather Goods Seamstress

With a background in making theater costumes, Katie O. creates the finished sample products for our leather collection, which includes a lot of trial and error and a much needed go-with-the-flow attitude. Katie has been seamstress of Shinola leather goods for nearly a year, and her passion for sewing is always present in her life, from the […]

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Style That Never Fades

While it seems like every color on the wheel has at one point declared itself the new black, black has never needed to declare itself the new anything. We admire that steadfast attitude here at Shinola, and it’s in that spirit we’ve created the All Black Collection. Introducing The Birdy 34mm and The Brakeman 40mm, […]

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