THIS IS EARLY

 
IN 2012 EARLY CAME TO LIFE WITH A COLLECTION OF HIPBAGS AND POUCHES MADE OUT OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT EMBOSSED VINTAGE LEATHERS WHICH I FOUND AT A TRADITIONAL WORKSHOP IN A SMALL TOWN NEAR FRANKFURT. WHEN THE TREASURE TROVE OF THIS MESMERIZING MATERIAL WAS COMPLEATELY USED UP I STARTED DREAMING ABOUT MAKING THOSE EMBOSSEMENTS MYSELF, MOSTELY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO EMBOSSED VEGETABLE TANNED LEATHER ON THE MARKET, AND CERTAINLY NOT A MADE IN GERMANY ONE.
I RESEARCHED EMBOSSING COMPANIES AND ONLY FOUND ONE IN GERMANY, BUT THEY DIDN’T HAVE THE RIGHT PATTERNS.
ONE DAY I SPOKE TO ONE OF MY PRODUCERS ABOUT IT AND SHE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD DONE EMBOSSEMENTS LIKE THIS MANY YEARS AGO AND MIGHT HAVE SOME PATTERNS IN THE BACK OF THEIR GARAGE SOMEWHERE... A FEW WEEKS LATER SHE GAVE ME A BOX WITH SEVERAL PATTERNS, FOR EXAMPLE THE AMAZING RHOMBOID ONE THAT I USED FOR THE CLASSIC HIPBAG YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE ABOVE. I WAS EXTREMLY HAPPY ABOUT THIS DISCOVERY AND THEN TOOK IT A STEP FURTHER BY MAKING A NEW STRIPE PATTERN FROM BRASS BARS WHICH I GLUED TO A STEAL PLATE.

FORTUANTELY THE OLD EMBOSSING MACHINE IS ALSO STILL WORKING AND I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT IT DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. IF YOU LIKE TO SEE HOW THE EMBOSSEMENTS ARE BEING MADE CHECK OUT THE MAKINGSECTION IN OUR INSTAGRAM STORY HIGHLIGHTS. @THISISEARLY

YOU CAN EXCLUSIVELY BUY THOSE EMBOSSING EDITION PIECES AT OUR LAUNCH EVENT OR VIA PERSONAL MESSAGE ON OUR SOCIAL CHANNELS.

SO NOW YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THIS EDITION MEANS TO ME, AND I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING IT WITH YOU!
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