HBTV SPECIAL EDITION: CUSTOM EXCELSIOR

In this episode of HBTV, David Himel delivers some of his most insightful, nuanced commentary ever (stick around for the last few minutes) on the history of customization in leather jackets. With trademark cantankerous wit, he covers every detail of one of the finest showpieces in the Himel Bros. Leather arsenal: a fully customized, chainstitch embroidered Excelsior, with a customized camouflage hand-painted on its steerhide surface. 00:00 Introduction—Creativity 01:30 Customization, A History 08:18 Chainstitching is Cool 13:11 Sukajan Souvenir Jackets 15:21 Himel Gets Ripped Off... Again 15:51 The Jacket Itself 18:22 Art During Wartime