Leather bound: Jim Metellus on preserving a fashionable fabric.(In Fashion)

Black Enterprise | October 1, 2004| | Copyright

Unlike mohair and go-go boots, some fashion looks never go out of style or out of season. Take leather, for example Versatile and stylish, leather is getting printed, embossed, stamped, and boldly Colored across product categories this season.

Jim R. Metellus, product development manager for footwear at Kenneth Cole Productions, loves the design challenge that leather presents. "For me, it's the richness of it and being able to manipulate it versus dealing with cloth," says the 29-year-old Harlem native, who has also helped develop footwear for Frye Co., Tommy ...

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