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Detroit, MIBrand · Clothing

I built a factory with my bare hands. I was 24 and dumb enough to not know any better, and with a few thousand dollars in my pocket, I set out on my next great adventure. I had been making t-shirts in one form or another since I was 12 years old. Iron-ons at the kitchen table with mom turned into screen printing band merch in my parents basement. Teaching myself to sew in college led to tailoring suits for my fraternity brothers and ultimately landed me a job in corporate fashion where I bought 6 million pair of boys underwear in the single year I worked there. Not for me. In 2017 I decided to call it quits and bet on myself. I left the corporate world for good, moved back in with my parents, and bought 3 used Juki’s and a cutting table, setting up shop in a second story warehouse in Corktown, Detroit’s oldest neighborhood. I wanted to build something in my hometown that actually made a difference. By starting a garment factory, I would not only get to do something I loved, making great clothes, but I could create real jobs and real opportunities for Detroiters, being part of the comeback of this iconic American city that I loved so dearly.