What's New. What's Not. It's All About the Leather and Love

The Heaven Halter is one of my very first designs that I made using leather as my medium. And it was actually an accident! I'm chuckling as I write this because I'm getting flashbacks of just how this design came about. The first couple of prototypes B.O.M.B.E.D. There was a time crunch. I felt the pressure to think quick and think on my feet. I worked with what I had, a tweak here, change this there, move that over there, and "voila!". A beautiful and unique leather halter that ended up being my most popular design to date. Go figure!!!...

Custom Designed Leather Biker Vest by Lisa Cantalupo

The boat load of talent? That would be Magic Dick from the legendary J. Geils Band. And the leather? Well, that's all me.

And looking good while doing it. Magic Dick is wearing a custom leather jacket by Lisa Cantalupo

Magic Dick & Shun Ng - Glide Magazine

Magic Dick and Shun Ng team up - creative genius times two.

Glide Magazine - Magic Dick & Shun Ng

Magic Dick and Shun Ng - creative genius times two

Magic Dick & Shun Ng - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (James Brown Cover)

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Heaven Cannot Wait

Some Leather and a Boat Load of Talent

Ingenious Collaborations