The Woman-Helmed Leather Shop Making Timeless Handbags in Rhode Island

Lindy McDonough knows leather. She’s been making handbags for 15 years — for a decade, she worked at nearby Lotuff Leather, as co-founder and creative director. She’s taught at her alma mater, the Rhode Island School of Design. (She’s the first Rhode Island-based designer to become a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.) Her favorite designer is Charlotte Perriand, and she refurbishes mid-century furniture for fun. It’s fitting, then, that McDonough’s latest endeavor is a leather shop based in East Providence making vegetable-tanned, naturally-dyed objects meant to last a lifetime. The project is called Lindquist, which is… Read Full Article