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As Carmakers Go Vegan, This Old Family Company Likes Leather
Bridge of Weir Leather in Scotland is working hard to make hides seem hot again.
Alister MacDonald inspects leather, using an instrument that helps highlight the panel sizes when cuts are due.
Source: Bridge of Weir
James Muirhead likes to tell the story about the time Rob Dickinson walked up to him with a yellow leather purse.
Dickinson is the founder of the Singer Vehicle Design, a vintage car restorer and modifying company. He wanted Muirhead—the seventh-generation son of the family that runs Scotland’s premier automotive leather company—to match the hue of the bag for the interior of Singer’s new sports car, the DLS.