Earth Day 2020 - 50th Anniversary

Choosing Sustainability Together This year marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. When Earth Day was first officially celebrated on April 22, 1970, not only did it spark a movement to raise awareness of the impact our actions have on the environment, it also marked a rare achievement in political...

Earth Day 2020 - 50th Anniversary

Walking and Rolling for a Cure.

A lot of good things are happening at Anson Calder. It’s been both busy and exciting, but I wanted to take a minute to recap Utah’s Walk & Roll to Cure FSHD, an event we were fortunate enough to sponsor last weekend. Earlier this year, Anson Calder Co-Founder, Allison Calder...

Walking and Rolling for a Cure.

THE MANUAL: Anson Calder Founder Turned a Bad Diagnosis into a Better Wallet and Bag Design

Anson Calder Founder Turned a Bad Diagnosis into a Better Wallet and Bag Design ORIGINAL ARTICLE In 2013, Curtis Calder was diagnosed with a condition called facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). Estimated to affect 1 million individuals worldwide, the condition gets its name from the progressive loss of all skeletal muscle, especially...

THE MANUAL: Anson Calder Founder Turned a Bad Diagnosis into a Better Wallet and Bag Design

ALLISON NAMED AS CHAPTER DIRECTOR FOR THE FSH SOCIETY

I’m excited to announce that the FSH Society has announced a Utah Chapter and named Allison, my wife, as the chapter director. She’ll be using her medical experience as a nurse and her passion for helping those with FSH Muscular Dystrophy to create a local support network to impact thousands of lives.
ALLISON NAMED AS CHAPTER DIRECTOR FOR THE FSH SOCIETY

KUTV NEWS Inside the Story: Utah man goes from Wall Street to wallets after devastating diagnosis

Inside the Story: Utah man goes from Wall Street to wallets after devastating diagnosis BY DAN RASCON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16TH 2019 WATCH Dan Rascon's interview with Curtis Calder of Anson Calder HERE.   (KUTV) — A devastating disease, and a handmade paper wallet, has led a Utah man on a path he never imagined....

KUTV NEWS Inside the Story: Utah man goes from Wall Street to wallets after devastating diagnosis

DESERET NEWS features Curtis Calder

Health concerns take Utah native from high-end banking to exclusive leather goods By Art Raymond @DNTechHive Published: December 30, 2018 9:00 pm Original article   SALT LAKE CITY — BYU grad Curtis Calder was a rising star at banking giant JPMorgan Chase, making a name for himself as an investment strategist, when...

DESERET NEWS features Curtis Calder

THE DAILY UNIVERSE features Curtis Calder

BYU alumni follow untraditional routes to business success By Holly Ferguson December 12, 2018   BYU alumnus Curtis Calder worked 90 hours a week at JP Morgan when he was told by doctors he had facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). The diagnosis obliged him to temporarily leave his job on Wall Street, eventually leading...

THE DAILY UNIVERSE features Curtis Calder

UTAH BUSINESS features Curtis Calder

TURNING ILLNESS INTO A BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY by Curtis CalderDecember 18, 2019   People usually don’t make the career transition from banking to design. After all, the two seem diametrically opposed. Different halves of the brain, opposite personality types. Things that shouldn’t exist together. But that’s our story, and I believe...

UTAH BUSINESS features Curtis Calder

COOL HUNTING features Anson Calder

ANSON CALDER’S HANDMADE LEATHER BAGS AND ACCESSORIES HOW TINKERING WITH PAPER TURNED INTO A LUXURY BRAND WITH PURPOSE Original Article Posted by Evan Orensten and Evan Malachosky Posted on 6 December 2018 Minimalist leather goods (bags especially) are a dime a dozen, but Anson Calder‘s hand-crafted bags and accessories emphasize modularity and functionality, making them...

COOL HUNTING features Anson Calder

Our Partnership with the FSH Society and 6 Ways You Can Support Its Mission

We have always felt a responsibility to help others, whether through business or personal efforts. We hope you’ll join us in our support of the FSH Society-- and look forward to seeing your selfies on World FSHD Day!
Our Partnership with the FSH Society and 6 Ways You Can Support Its Mission

From Investment Strategist to Fashion Designer: Curtis Calder's Unlikely Leap from Banking to Luxury Accessories

This is the first interview in a series of discussions around what makes Anson Calder unique, where the company came from, and where it is headed in the future. Stay tuned for more to come!
From Investment Strategist to Fashion Designer: Curtis Calder's Unlikely Leap from Banking to Luxury Accessories

Press Release on PR Web

Luxury Accessories Company Anson Calder Announces Partnership with FSH Society to Raise Awareness of Muscular Dystrophy BOSTON, MASS (PRWEB) FEBRUARY 03, 2016 Anson Calder, a New York City-based travel accessories company, today announced that it will be partnering with the FSH Society to raise awareness and funds for facioscapulohumeral muscular...

Press Release on PR Web

A Ghostly Gala

We are looking forward to supporting A Ghostly Gala to Vanish FSH muscular dystrophy on Sunday, October 18th, 2015. Anson Calder will be donating several products for auction—be the first to own an Anson Calder bag! Please join the FSH Society LA Gala Committee and host  Wendy Liebman for an evening of...

A Ghostly Gala