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A TikTok video turned Pierre Laborde's handmade leather bags from a local street-market staple into a sought-after fashion accessory. Demand now exceeds his small team's production capacity, but Laborde says he will protect the designs' individuality and craftsmanship instead of mass-producing them or partnering with major retailers.
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Richard Avedon began at Harper’s Bazaar, where his striking early fashion shoots transformed the form issue after issue. He later became The New Yorker’s first and, for a long period, only staff photographer.
6:00 AMThe New Yorker — Books & CultureSummary
A TikTok video turned Pierre Laborde's handmade leather bags from a local street-market staple into a sought-after fashion accessory. Demand now exceeds his small team's production capacity, but Laborde says he will protect the designs' individuality and craftsmanship instead of mass-producing them or partnering with major retailers.
Viral attention has created more demand than Laborde can fulfill, forcing a choice between controlled
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For independent designers, virality can bring global demand before they have the capacity, capital, or desire to scale.
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Richard Avedon began at Harper’s Bazaar, where his striking early fashion shoots transformed the form issue after issue. He later became The New Yorker’s first and, for a long period, only staff photographer.
The decisive shift came before Avedon’s New Yorker tenure: his Bazaar work made the fashion
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Avedon helped turn fashion photography from product presentation into a defining form of visual culture.
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