ABOUT THE DESIGNER

Apaulo Hart is a queer artist, craftsman and fashion designer based in Alameda Ca.  Being a self-taught artist he uses his intuition pure passion and creativity to build his work.  Having a rodeo-rider cowboy for a grandfather he learned to love leather at a young age. He found refuge from a christian home as a queer trans youth in the arms of the punk and kink underground of Arizona where he grew up. In the 90’s underground he found his passion for leather style and function by thrift-store shopping and teaching himself to alter leather clothes for his fetish gear. After moving to the Bay Area Oakland California in 2006 he was able to fine-tune his craft while working at Mr. S. Leather in San Francisco as a production worker and tailor for 11 years.  

Founding Leatharcore in 2016 his queer eclectic, artistic, performer, entertainer and BDSM kink community experience assures his understanding of what people want and need while wearing and using leather. He has created for drag queens, runways, television, music videos, and for musicians, fashionistas, and queer kinky professionals of all kinds.