Brand Q&A: Glad & Young
Meet Anna and Erica, the founders of Glad & Young Studio: A leather goods company with an open studio in Ponce City Market.
Q: Tell us a little about yourselves and your company.
A: We produce fun-loving leather goods that are dreamed up and created by hand, by us and our team with great joy. Since 2015, we have set out to make bags and accessories that are daring, colorful, and full of personality..
The world of leathercraft leans utilitarian and masculine, and we inherently break that mold. Our line of hand-marbled, vegetable-tanned items range from neutral to neon, and our hand-speckled straps, signature hand-painted teal edges, and our crowd favorite matcha leather allow for customized products that are as interesting as our customers.
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Q: What are three fun facts about you?
We have matching tattoos
We have a "company car" that is a classic 1980s Suzuki Sidekick that we drive around in the Summer and are obsessed with.
We will always gladly drink Campari.
Q: What are a few of your favorite brands?
Atlanta has so many small business owners that we love and admire, this is so hard!
Archel of Bombchel Factory is always inspiring to us and we've loved supporting their business during this time as they give masks to Atlanta's most vulnerable (homeless and elderly) while continuing to employ women in Liberia.
Atlanta's own Megan Huntz is a darling human who is working to offer some out-of-this world high quality clothes that are timeless and always perfectly considered. We live in her sweatshirts and wear our Carrie Jumpsuits any time we get a chance to dress up.
Our friend Mariana helped launch Atlanta Food Bingo. It's a super easy way to support local restaurants and Round 3 is going until June 1st! You can win all sorts of things by playing, and they make it very fun.
Q: What have been some of the most fun and inspiring projects/collaborations you have worked on?
A: We are big fans of ATL Girl Gang and their constant support of local women-owned businesses. We've worked with them by participating in their markets and speaking at some of their events, and every time we leave feeling empowered and supported. They offer a great index of Atlanta-based businesses and resources, and we highly recommend checking them out on IG and their site.
We had the opportunity to partner with Adult Swim. They filmed an episode of the show How To Draw with us in the studio! Being from Atlanta, Adult Swim is the epitome of cool, so it was a very exciting day for us.
Muse Denim is an Atlanta-based fashion technology startup that is working to create custom clothing patterns for the perfect-fitting jeans. We partnered with them to make branded keychains for their Magical Muse Boxes — empowering and affirming gift boxes that are full of really thoughtful pieces, and a collab that we are really proud of.
Q: What is Get 15 / Give 15?
A: We have recently launched our Get 15 / Give 15 initiative! When you shop on our website, you'll get 15% off of any order, and we will give 15% of all sales to a non-profit. In April, we gave to the Metro Atlanta Boys and Girls Club, which is working to feed the most at-need communities here in metro Atlanta during quarantine. In May, we gave to Mom's Demand, which is working to put an end to gun violence.
Q: Where can we follow along on your journey?
A: Our website, Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, and (lol) TikTok! We're definitely online.