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- Photos by Elizabeth Daniels
- Graf & Lantz.
- A small sampling of the women’s collection.
- Designers Holger Gräf and Daniel Lantz with the resident boss lady.
- Graf & Lantz inspiration and vision wall.
- Men’s bags.
- Rolls of felt ready to be made into handbags.
- The designers hard at work.
- Lantz cutting pieces of felt to be used in one of the bags.
- Extra felt is used to make keychains and coasters.
- One of the company’s very first sewing machines.
- Wood patterns hang from the walls.
- Team Graf & Lantz cutting and sewing away.
- Designers right outside their Silver Lake digs.