Have you stored your leathers with love and care? I am sure you have cleaned your bike, polished her chrome, made sure her lines won’t freeze and your baby is ready in the spring. 1. Make sure your leathers are fully dried out hang your leather jacket or vest on a wood or plastic hanger [...]
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Tagged: chaps, custom leathers, half chaps, jackets, leather, Lemon Pledge, motorcycle leathers, Vest
I do not need a Groundhog to tell me spring is on it’s way! I have been meeting with so many women motorcycle riders getting their custom leathers ready for the fast approaching riding season. Bikers know when spring is around the corner! We are working together designing and creating riding leathers that match their [...]
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I want to take you on a brief journey of the birth of a Lissa Hill Leather custom garment. The selection of leather, the pattern, cutting and sewing. I have been buying most of my leather from a supplier Toronto since I was a fashion design student. Perfect Leather is the most amazing place, shelves [...]
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Tagged: chaps, cow, custom leathers, fashion desgn, half chaps, jackets, Lissa Hill, Lissa Hill Leather, motorcycle leathers, pattern, Perfect Leather
I have so many different clients with different styles, sizes and body types. We all have a different shape of leg and calf, I wanted to address the questions about fit and sizing of Motorcycle Half Chaps. How should my Half Chaps Fit? Your Motorcycle Half Chaps should fit snugly over your boot and [...]
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Tagged: chaps, custom leathers, fashion leather, half chaps, leather, Lissa Hill, motorcycle half chaps, motorcycle leathers, Saddle Bags
Fashion or Safety? Why not Both? We are women, we ride motorcycles…we can have it all! I am still getting questions about my half chaps…many people at the Motorcycle Shows have never seen them and are curious as to their function. What is the point? Not only do these motorcycle half chaps look hot, [...]
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Tagged: chaps, fashion leather, half chaps, Hamilton leather designer, leather, Lissa Hill Leather, motorcycle half chaps, motorcycle leathers, safety, women motorcycle riders
As I sit eating Better Made Potato Chips, drinking American Bad Ass Beer while wearing my Detroit Tigers cap it occurs to me that Michigan and Detroit have left more of an impression on me that I thought! I traveled to Michigan late last week, stopping to meet with clients with my final destination to [...]
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Tagged: American Bad Ass Beer, Cher Bell, custom leathers, Detroit, fashion leather, Hamilton leather designer, Joe Young, leather designer, Lissa Hill, Lissa Hill Leather, Motor City, motorcycle leathers, Rebel Girl, rock and roll
We are in the middle of a beautiful summer in Ontario. The days are perfect for riding! When the weather is beautiful and hot and humid most of us let the rules slide about wearing leathers when riding. Despite the warmth we still have the danger of road debris, bugs….which at even at 30 km [...]
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Tagged: 1/2 chaps, custom leathers, fashion leather, Hamilton leather designer, hot weather riding, Kevin Thom, leather, leather designer, Lissa Hill, Lissa Hill Leather, look hot, motorcycle leathers, motorcycle protection, ontario riding, Sarah Forrest, women motorcycle riders
There is nothing better in the summer than a road trip. I recently loaded up the car with cds, snacks, the GPS and some of my leathers and headed to the beautiful Michigan. The weather was perfect for driving. Mustang Sally and I headed to the border at Sarnia. My mission…to meet Cher Bell the [...]
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Tagged: bike night, Cher Bell, custom leathers, Detroit, fashion leather, female biker, Hamilton leather designer, leather, leather designer, Leatherworks, Lissa Hill, Lissa Hill Leather, Michigan, motorcycle leathers, Rebel Girl, Romeo, t shirts, women motorcycle riders
This season at the Spring Motorcycle Shows half chaps were the cause of unexpected excitement in my booth. I was surprised at how many riders had not seen them. Half chaps are one of my favorite products, they are a functional item that has been around in the horse world for hundreds of years. I [...]
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Tagged: chapettes, chaps, cow, cowboy, custom leathers, fashion leather, gaitors, half chaps, Hamilton leather designer, leather, leather designer, Lissa Hill, Lissa Hill Leather, motorcycle leathers, police uniform, women motorcycle riders
I use one of two processes when creating a garment, either flat pattern drafting or draping. I was having fun with draping and created this sheepskin jacket in a beautiful unique sage green. Draping is a great process because you are able to let the fabric or skin (in this case) do what it wants [...]
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Tagged: custom leathers, draping, fashion leather, fur, Hamilton leather designer, Hamilton Spectator, leather, leather designer, Lissa Hill, Lissa Hill Leather, motorcycle leathers, pattern drafting, rock and roll, rock music, sage green, sheepskin