An introduction to sporting elegance

摘要

There are some companies which have evolved to fill a particular niche or supply a particular product in the ever-changing and evolving consumer sector. World Leather was recently privileged to visit one such company at its premises in Cambridgeshire, UK. At first sight one of the company's specialities would seem to have an inexhaustible demand, given the reputation of a typical English summer, in that it has long been one of the leading makers of umbrellas. The company in question, Swaine Adeney Brigg, has developed over many years from umbrella and whipmaking to carve itself a niche in the luxury leather goods market.