Douglas & Co. Detroit

We consider ourselves a lifestyle brand. Shane and Melissa Douglas are in the leather goods business. They just opened their Douglas and company store in Detroit's Milwaukee Junction neighborhood. It sits near the corner of East Milwaukee in Saint Antoine Street. We wanted to be in the city. Our hearts beat for the city. It is 800 square feet of a former garage, but only 200 square feet is used for retail space you get to see the process. You could see the products. You get to see the makers. It may be hard for some couples to work together, but this husband and wife duo compliment each other so she has an artistic feel that she brings to the company and I bring some of the logistics and the sales n So it's a good. It's a good mix. It can definitely be tense, but we love doing it and we're happy to run the business together. Their original dream was to create shoes, and as they continue to perfect that, they've decided to sell other leather items Funny story about that. Melissa needed a new purse, so she asked Shane. Make me a bag or I t So he had some ideas that he had been going through and before He's a few hours later. He had made me. A bag similar to t It's called the tuck and so that was our launc Shane and Melissa really enjoy showing off the process from just materials to finished products, w People can get their hands on somet I t If you buy a bag and you leave with that bag, you would have the whole experience following right with you in Detroit. Simon Chowdry for the now Detroit.