DAVID L. RYAN/GLOBE STAFFRoseanna Ansaldi (left) is a leather designer and teacher at two schools. (DAVID L. RYAN/GLOBE STAFF)
Not many designers can boast they’ve created for Steven Tyler, Snoop Dogg, and Mariah Carey’s Jack Russell terriers. But Roseanna Ansaldi – one half of the Antonio Ansaldi hip-hop design team and a teacher at the School of Fashion Design and Bay State College – has enjoyed an incredibly diverse two-decade career. A leather specialist, Ansaldi has created upscale children’s clothing and major league sports jerseys. She now divides her time between the Antonio Ansaldi shop in Dorchester, her Andover studio – where she also does custom work and alterations for Louis Boston and Coach – and her students. She talked with us recently about her love of leather.
