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I'll Lock Up
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Honestly that makes me want a LW.None, Stu takes care of the sales, jacket design, website, QC. He is also part owner of a tannery and deals with finding the hides, getting the leather to his spec, sourcing hardware, etc.
The LW "vision"/brand is his.
He has been working with the same pattern maker/cutter/machinist since the early 90s (94 i think), his name is Fausto he is also in his 60s.
It is a two man opperation, front of house is Stuart, jacket making is Fausto.
Every LW jacket made since then has been entirely made by Fausto. They make between 300 and 400 jackets a year i think. That number was slightly bigger a few years back when they used to wholesale to Japan.
It's interresting to hear Stuart talk about Fausto, you can hear he respects his work immensly, to him Fausto is the Michelangelo of jacket making.
He told me "My guy is the best in the world" many times, and he firmly believes it.
Basically Stu is obsessed with making the best leather jackets in the world.
To achieve that he found the best machinist in the world and is doing his best to privide him with what he is convinced are the best materials in the world. You can hear that's his number one goal in life.