Designer’s Diary

Monthly Archives: January 2010

Beat the recession: take in a pair of Lodgers

2009 was an interesting year to have a start-up business. I have had an interesting time meeting interesting people in the same boat…
Not least, the lovely Nathan Brown, founder of one-year-old Lodger bespoke mens shoes… a new company which recently won Brand of Tomorrow from the Walpole committee (well done!). Nathan is a breath of fresh, [...]

Lovely Lily and the Leap of Faith

Sometimes a new customer will contact me with concern over how to look after vegetable tanned leather. The most common question is: I’ve got a scratch on the leather.. what should do?!
Well, surface scratches are very easy to rub away on vegetable tanned leather. Technically, all it takes is gently massaging the displaced oil [...]