(The catalog still refers to leather lining as a “gun pocket.”) Langlitz Leathers moved to its current location on Southeast Division Street in Portland in 1972. Langlitz retired in 1982 and died a ...

, the homegrown maker of motorcycle apparel operating in a low-rider building on Southeast Division Street. Over by the worktables, a crew from a Swedish high-fashion television program, is ...

Family-owned Langlitz Leathers keeps a low profile in its retail and production shop in southeast Portland. For more than 60 years it has constructed high-end custom biker apparel that has attracted a ...

2443 SE Division St., 503-235-0959, langlitz.com. Closed Saturday-Sunday. Founded by motorcycle racer Ross Langlitz in 1947, not much has changed in this custom leather shop and shrine to motorcycle ...