Guidi is deliberately anti-glamour. This is the stuff you can throw around and beat up, only to make it look better with age. In the world of mass manufacture, mass marketing, and massclusivity, Guidi cuts out a little corner of a universe where quiet elegance stands in opposition to pomp and garishness. No wonder Guidi’s back-zipped boots and weekender bags have been a bestseller at stores like Atelier in New York, The Archive in San Francisco, and Pollyanna in England.