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Lannie Bryant started in the
leather business in the early 70’s. Lannie taught himself
the craft of creating leather products and was soon selling
many of his crafts at various prestigious arts and crafts
fairs throughout West Virginia.
Lannie’s first store front
was called Moontan Leather and spanned a period of ten years.
Moontan Leather was a clever mix of Lannie’s leather
crafts and eclectic jewelry. In the early 80’s Lannie
opened Lagrange Leather, which was a mix of hip western leatherwear.
In 1987, Lannie was voted Top 5 Entrepreneur Of The Year
by Ernest & Young of West Virginia.
Babs, Lannie’s wife, has
been creating designs since the age of 12. She continued
her designs throughout her college career. Upon graduating
from the University of Charleston with her Bachelor’s
of Science Degree in Nursing she realized that her heart
and soul was in the fashion industry.
In 1993, Babs had incorporated
her own ideas and started selling at Equestrian events throughout
the United States. The concept was to develop a traveling
boutique which offered hip fashion-forward merchandise that
would appeal to not only the equestrian crowd but to the
general public.
Lannie came up with the idea of
creating their own boot label when he noticed that at the
end of the day many horse people were taking their boots
off because they were uncomfortable. He knew that with his
knowledge of boot wear he could design boots that were not
only comfortable to wear, but at an affordable price. The
label started with only 15 pairs and has now grown to over
120 styles. Lagrange is known to start trends and be a step
ahead of the rest.
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