Ltd. Designs that travel the world. Our sources are classic, and we return to them again and again. Everything that we make is an echo of something that we saw, felt or already knew, but the echo is muted and each expression newly made.
Innovation is the byproduct of the pursuit of the ideal and inspiration the reward of diligence.
Our designs are meant to be worn and to show wear, to reflect the character of the wearer, to attain the status of heirlooms. James Reid, Ltd. is Santa Fe's best known maker of buckles and accessories by virtue of integrity of design and quality of execution. Born in Texas in 1944, James Reid spent his childhood and adolescence in a number of communities from Fort Worth to the Panhandle to Houston. College was several abbreviated experiences. For most of the 60's he traveled the U.S. as part of that generational experience supporting himself by a variety of odd jobs, self taught crafts, and living off the land.