Lindy McDonough starts her own brand, lindquist (the full version of her Swedish middle name), with a rule about glue. It must be of high quality, holding the layers of her unique bag together, but free of VOCs – a toxic compound used by most leather bag brands – and all other toxins. The rule was a non-starter because it is both a nexus and a metaphor for the brand’s ethos.
In 2020, McDonough started Lindquist in a small factory in Providence, Rhode Island with her husband, Connor McKeown, a mechanical engineer, and Kate Groner, head of production. “We had dreams – we still have big dreams – of what we wanted to do, but we wanted to do it the right way,” she explains. Trend. meaning of right way from a moral point of view Handmade bags made by a team that earns a competitive salary with full health care and benefits. This also means no toxic dyes, no waste and only high-quality, vegetable-tanned leather. “(We thought) if we make a beautiful thing and treat people well, it will work,” she says of the early stages.
Designer Lindy McDonough in her Rhode Island studio.John Hasselbarth and Kate Foster of Apparition
