Home Again

We returned home to Driggs last week after our final show of the year in Chicago. It really soothes the soul to be back in our little snow covered valley and gaze again on the magnificent Teton Range. The very first thing we did the minute we arrived home was grab our skis and enjoy a few late afternoon runs. After weeks of no days off, these couple of hours in the sun , breathing the fresh mountain air and using long neglected muscles were heavenly and very rejuvenating.


Here's an early winter view of the Tetons with the higher peaks cloud shrouded.


Late fall is our most hectic time of the year as customers wisely get more serious about dressing for winter. Our sales of garments and hats accelerate, orders pile up and the busier shows stress our inventory. We try our very best to get out as many orders as we can to customers who would like them before Christmas, but we just don't have enough elves, and I guess our suppliers don't either since shipments of leather to us have been slower than usual this fall.

In spite of the dire economic news we are all bombarded with these days, we found attendance at our last shows in Marlborough, MA. outside Boston and in Chicago was robust. Some potential customers passed on buying, citing economic worries, but we came home very pleased with this trip and excited to have further confirmation that our designs are very appealing in the urban markets as well as in our traditional resort markets.In Chicago one of our favorite customers came to visit us, happily wearing a coat we made for her two years ago.