Back in the mid 1950’s, Teddy and Arthur Edelman fell in love with the family’s specialty reptile leather business, creating works of art from animal hides. In 1964, with their new friend, Andy Warhol doing their graphic design, they became the leading leather source for the fashion industry, winning the Coty Award and the Neiman-Marcus Award. In 1981 they launched their newly formed company, EDELMAN LEATHER – making a superb leather collection for architects and interior designers whom they felt were looking for the Best of the Best. The EDELMAN LEATHER is the premier brand of luxury leather