[1] Harder's business with Hidesign soon outgrew its market stall setting and needed increased investment and infrastructure which was supplied by the handbag company Tula Group in 1991.
With the backing of the Tula Group, Harder was able to continue with Hidesign and in 1997, with a new working partner, develop a new women's accessories brand, Radley.
In an October 2012 interview with Drapers trade magazine, Radley founder Lowell Harder said of the conception of the brand's dog shaped logo 'we were experimenting with different things and one of the designers came-up with it.
In her October 2012 Drapers magazine interview, she explained why the original design of the logo was reinstated on her return 'He was changed after I left and was made too butch.
Tula and Hidesign were maintained as brands[1] Phoenix Equity Partners purchased a majority stake of Radley in a £45m deal in March 2006.
[1] Radley is currently stocked in Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Russia, South Africa, Australia, Thailand, New Zealand and The Netherlands at Bataviastad Outlet Shopping Center.
The brand currently produces handbags, small leather goods, luggage, hats, scarves, gloves, eyewear, casual footwear, watches, gifts and stationery.