Before moving to New York to launch the very first Hobo collection, Toni was the co-founder of some cool Washington DC leather shops. In 1991 she cashed in her life savings and moved to the "big city" with her daughter, Koren Ray and David Brewer.

Toni's goal was to create practical designs that were also quite stylish. Those values shine through today by the fashionable and yet practical handbags created by Hobo International.