I think this guy is an awesome leather goods maker. I think his stuff is so unique in both the the leathers and combinations thereof that he uses, and bag designs.
http://www.henrycuir.jp/cover.html
1947 | 1947 HENRI BEGUELIN was born and raised in Rosanne, Switzerland | |
1968 | 1968 HENRI spent his adolescence playing for a professional Swiss soccer league, Serie A, which had a great influencein his life. There was a big hippie movement in the world around this time. | |
1969 | 1969 HENRI has a fateful encounter with a harness maker. This marked his starting point as a leatherworker. | |
1970 | 1970 HENRI moves to Elba, Italy. | |
1971 | 1971 HENRI opens a craft center-cum-shop in a little corner of a square that overlooks the sea. It was named "HENRY CUIR". | |
1981 | 1981 His products were sold at PUPI SOLARI, a shop in Milan. He felt that he'd reached the limit of what he could do on his own so he decided to enlarge his craft center and gathered more workers. | |
1982 | 1982 HENRI meets a shoe maker. A comfortable-to-wear moccasin was invented, which later became one of the vital items. HENRI gradually developed his interest in making interior products/furniture such as cushions, mini-tables and chairs. The company gradually expanded. | |
1985 | 1985 The first shop opens in Milan. His name was used for the label except the spelling was changed into HENRY BEGUELIN. He has a crucial encounter with BARNEYS NEW YORK. As they were strongly impressed with HENRI's products, BARNEYS displayed them in show windows, which led to the recognition of the label in the American market. | |
1997? | 1997 He developed doubts about the direction of the expanding company, and also the way his partner was managing the company. He decided to leave his job. | |
1998 | 1998 He launched a new label. As a departure from HENRI BEGUELIN and to restart his creative production, it was appropriate to take the name of the little craft center-cum-shop in Elba, "HENRI CUIR" which was his starting point. "Cuir" means leather in French as well. In the same year, his first shop opened in Minami Aoyama, Tokyo. His products are also available in some outlets in Europe and Barneys, New York. | |
1999 | 1999 Milan store opens. | |
2002? | 2002 HENRI CUIR Aoyama flagship store opens in Kotto-dori, Aoyama. More shops opened in Kyoko, Osaka and Nihonbashi, Tokyo. |
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