Do you really never repeat a piece?
        Do you do custom work?
        Why so expensive?
        Is there a 'warranty'?
        Who's behind all this?

        A few parting words

Q) Do you really never repeat a piece?
A) I really never repeat a piece.

Q) Do you do custom work?
A) Yes, I can do a range of custom work, from designing you a brand new pack from scratch, or using your supplied fabric with a construction pattern we already use, or simply choosing colors with you. Get in touch with me and we'll take it from there.

Q) Your stuff is expensive. I can get a bookbag or a chalk bag for way less from a department store.
A) I know, but it's different. In fact, I think it's a bargain, all things considered. A quick run down of why I have to charge so much? For every pack, there was the time to design it, making a pattern, drafting the first bag, correcting the pattern, and re-drafting the bag. Then, every individual piece is designed on paper. The fabrics are found from a combination of local sources, fabric stores in the New York fashion district, and from the internet. Fabrics cost anywhere from 10 dollars to 120 dollars a yard. Zippers, buttons, webbing, thread, cordlocks, and buckles all add up. Then I have to cut out each individual section of the piece by hand with scissors. Then I assemble it, a process that takes hours because I can not automate anything, or even practise, really. I then build a webpage to show it to you, and... And you get the idea. With the committment I have to each piece I can not, and do not try to, compete with mainstream pack suppliers. The good news is that if you choose to buy from Pr:1 directly, instead of finding bags I have sold to retail stores, you are saved the 45-50% markup retailers add on top.

Q) What happens if I rip something, or the stitching fails?
A) Let me know. I will probably ask you to send it back to me. I am a reasonable person.
        If you have a delicate lacy cocktail-party bag, and you took it caving one too many times, slammed it in the car door, or really treated a bag in a way it wasn't meant to be treated, then we'll let you know what we feel is a reasonable charge to fix it, and you let us know whether you would like us to go ahead. We must let you know however- that some fixes require us essentially dissassembling and re-assembling the entire piece, so it may not be an easy thing. In addition, anything that gets used will have some wear and tear. Please keep that in mind.
        Do know, however, if you have a hardcore piece of gear that should have lasted years, but a seam popped after a couple months, I'll sew it up, and send it back to you. If there is some grave 'manufacturing' error (though we have yet to see one), I'll take care of it.

Please: Do not send anything to me without letting me know what the problem is first! Thanks

Q) Who is behind all this?
A) I thought you'd never ask ;)         All about Anthony.

A Few Parting Words

Please understand that I am providing something different.

        America is awash with seemingly unique sewn products, such as bookbags and chalkbags. They work fine, generally, and they are inexpensive. However, the consumer must know that these are rarely creative designs, are one of many identical copies, and will certainly never be considered artwork.
        Almost all sewn products bought in America are imported from ultra-cheap foreign labor sources with controversial labor practises (I'm sorry. It's true. And I wear the same clothes as you.). I will not get into a discussion of the ethics of exported labor, because it is an unbelievably complex issue, and one can not pass unequivocal judgement on it. That said, I will mention the following as a way of setting Pr:1 apart from the mainstream sewn goods market. Mainstream sewn gear production runs are in the thousands. Each of these mass-assembled products are constructed in an assembly-line process where one worker sews one seam over and over, and another worker sews a different seam over and over. The prices are low because of volume discount, essentially, and beyond the initial design there is absolutely no creativity in the process (and some might admit that some commercial designs lack creativity even in those first stages)
        There is a special joy in having an original, and to be able to use it- to be able to take your original out into the world and use it in your daily life is icing on the cake. These are designs that I enjoyed making, and that you can enjoy using.