people, planet, home

I BELIEVE WE ALL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PEOPLE AND THE PLANET.

AND PARTICIPATION STARTS WITH YOUR MORNING ROUTINE.

YOUR PULLING YOUR PANTS UP ANYWAY, MAY AS WELL MAKE SURE THEY ARE THE BEST.

OUR CLOTHING SAYS ALOT ABOUT US, OUR STYLE TELEGRAMS OUR PERSONALITY, AND CAN CHANGE SOMEONES LIFE.

STYLE IS A UNSPOKEN LANGUAGE. IT TELEGRAPHS YOUR PERSONALITY, VALUES, INTEREST, AND IDIVIDUALITY. CLOTHING PROTECTS AND COMFORTS US WHILE ADDING FUNCTIONALITY. IRONICALLY THE WAY ITS OFTEN MADE DESTRUCTS AND HURTS WHERE IT ORIGINATES. PEOPLE AND THE PLANET SUFFER.

CLOTHES ARE MEANT TO PROTECT, STYLE, AND PROTECT US.

IRONICALLY THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS IS DAMAGING TO COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE, AND OUR PLANET.

PEOPLE

WE CAN USE OUR PURCHASING POWER HEAL, ENCOURAGE, AND INSPIRE.

SUSTAINABILITY IS COMMON VERBIAGE USED ALOT AROUND THE CLOTHING AND FASHION INDUSTRY LATELY

CLOTHING CAN PROTECT AND COMFORT US WITHOUT

I MAKE PRODUCTS THAT DOESNT HURT PEOPLE OR THE PLANET.

CLOTHING SHOULD PROTECT AND COMFORT WITHOUT ITS PRODUCTION LEAVING A TRAIL OF MISERY AND POLLUTION.

WE CANNOT PROTEST CENTURIES OF SLAVERY AND RACISM HERE, WHILE IRONICALLY

TAKING WANTED JOBS FROM PEOPLE HERE AND FORCING THEM ON OTHERS FAR AWAY IS NOT SUSTAINABLE.

DOMESTIC PRODUCTION

TAKING JOBS FROM WILLING JOB FORCE HERE AND FORCING JOBS ON PEOPLE ON THE OTHER END OF THE GLOBE

IN FULL TRANSPARENCY, I’M VERY SKEPTICAL OF ANYONE WHO USES WORDS LIKE '“SUSTAINABILITY”. THE USE OF THE WORD SPECIFICALLY TOWARIVE BNEEN TRYING ATTEMPTING TO FIND THE BEST WAY TO DEFINE MY THOUGHTS ON “ SUSTAINABILITY”.

STRATEGY ON

INTEGRITY IS WHAT YOU DO WHEN NO ONES LOOKING.

BUT IF YOU DONT SHARE YOUR ACTIONS HOW DOES ANYONE KNOW?

IRONICALLY I HAVE HIGH CONTEMPT FOR THIS SOCIAL CLIMATE OF EXTREME VIRTUE SIGNALING AND GREEN WASHING.

THEY HAVE TURNED TOPICS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABILITY INTO MARKETING AND PR PROFIT FUNNELS.

AND I FIND MYSELF SOUNDING OF ANGER AND CONTEMPT WHEN COMMUNICATING THESE TOPICS BECAUSE HOW CORRUPT THEY HAVE BECOME.

A ORGANIC TEE SHIRT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE IF ITS MADE WITH FORCED LABOR, FINISHED WITH TOXIC CHEMICALS, SHIPPED AROUND THE GLOBE, AND PACKAGED IN PLASTIC.

TRUE SUSTAINABILITY SHOULD COME AT THE LEAST IMPACT TO THE PLANET AND PEOPLE INVLOVED.

STRATEGIC POINTS.

IT STARTS WITH GREAT DESIGN. TIMELESS STYLE OF SUPREME QUALITY AND DURABILITY. A PRODUCT THAT CAN LAST DECADES, BE REPAIRED AND SHARED.

PUTS THE LEAST IMPACT ON THE PLANET. USING NATURAL FIBERS, DYES, BIODEGRADEABLE, AND CARBON NUETRAL.

CONTRIBUTES TO PEOPLE AND SOCIETY. SUPPORTS CIVIL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE CAUSES. PROVIDING SAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT, RESPECT, AND LIVING WAGES. (HARSH WORKING ENVIRONMENTS, UNDER PAID, AND SLAVERY ARE STILL INCREDIBLY COMMON IN THE GLOBAL WORKFORCE)

DESIGN. I DESIGN MY PRODUCTS TO BE TIMELESS, OFFER SUPREME VALUE, AND BUILD THEM TO LAST A LIFETIME. INVEST TREMENDOUS PASSION INTO MAKING MY PRODUCTS WITH EXTREME INTEGRITY. HEAVILY RESEARCH THE ITEM I TEND TO PRODUCE, ITS HISTORY, FUNCTION, AND RELEVANCE. I HUNT DOWN THE BEST MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCT WITH NO COMPROMISE BUILDING TECHNIQUES. AND TIRELESSLY TEST FUNCTION, FIT, AND DURABILITY. I OFFER REPAIR SERVICES, AND WILL BUY BACK/TRADE ITEMS.

PLANET. I USE NATURAL MATERIALS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. COTTON, WOOL, LEATHER, BRASS. AND I AM COMMITED TO SOURCING MATERIALS AND PRODUCING IN THE USA. I prefer to sell my denim products “RAW” as this means the fabric has not been put through wash and distressing processes, avoiding wasted energy, water, and pollution. Wearing a Raw pair of jeans takes a bit of patience to break in and wear down to that perfect vintage wash the long way, but this is true AUTHENTICITY and LUXURY. Raw denim is unmatched in durability and sustainability. The leather from my jeans labels to belts and accessories ARE Bark tanned. This process is long, slow, and labor intensive. It uses “vegetable” matter (tree bark) to preserve the leather as opposed to chromium salts that are extremely toxic and found in NEARLY ALL of manufactured leather goods today. Bark tanned leather ages superiorly, it gains patina and charm with age, and is ultimately biodegradable.

PEOPLE. MY COMMITMENT TO PEOPLE BEGINS WITH PRODUCING IN THE USA. I FIND EXTREME HYPOCRACY THAT AS WE HEAL FROM racism and slavery THAT was supposed to end with the Civil war and ultimately with Juneteenth, THEY ARE EXPLOITING A WORKFORCE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE. There is an immediate and direct correlation to the explosion of crime,, HARMFUL SOCIAL BEHAVIOR, AND extreme poverty here with the exporting of jobs over THERE. PRODUCING LOCALLY AND DOMESTICALLY ENSURES LABOR AND POLLUTION LAWS ARE ENCOURAGED OR ENFORCED. AND SHIPPING DISTANCES SHORTENED TRANSLATING INTO LESS POLLUTION, WASTED ENERGY, AND LESS DISRUPTION OF NATURE ALONG SHIPPING ROUTES.

 Additionally maybe its related to being an artist and mechanic I have a fascination with vintage machinery and strong sentiment. As Michelangelo believed a soul or Angel to be trapped in a block of marble for him to carve out and set free.

“The greatest artist has no conception Which a single block of marble does not Potentially contain within its mass, But only a hand obedient to the mind can penetrate to this image.”

My collection of vintage machines adds charm and character to my workspace and products. They may not be as alive as the marble but they have sentiment and life of their own. And are technically recycled as a few I salvaged and saved from shuttered factories.