Progress on this venture has slowed in the recent weeks, but I’ve still managed to get quite a bit of work done. Turns out 18 hours of class (actually 24 hours of required class time plus outside work), 17 hours of work a week, two side design projects, and developing 1813 has taken me to new levels of time management I’ve never thought possible. However, doing small portions of work everyday has actually allowed me to push forward more efficiently than ever, allowing me to “think twice, cut once,” if you will. Read on to find out more about 1813′s progress as a growing collection.
A few recent noteworthy advances:
- located a supplier and manufacturer for future apparel, specifically crew/v-neck t shirts and button downs, possibly even outerwear. A 100% American Company founded in the early 1900s, the garments are produced in one of five companies located in Pennsylvania.
- Located a separate private label jeans manufacturer in the Los Angeles Garment District that will use denim from any supplier I choose and cut them to the measurements I specify. Also a 100% American Company.
- began a relationship with Fauribault Woolen Mills for a high quality 100% wool blanket design.
- Began drafting patterns for the first fit of a slim-fit 1813 Jean.
- Began drafting a new v-neck/crew neck silhouette with a slim, yet comfortable fit, using Supima Cotton.
- Received samples from Hermann Oak Leather (separate post to follow. 100% USA made, vegetable tanned leather)
In other news, 1813 is currently in the process of designing a logo that represents the nature of the company: traditional, with a modern twist. It has proven to be one of the most challenging aspects of this whole process.
In the next few weeks, I’ll be going to both Charleston, SC and SteamboatSpring, CO, and hope to find inspiration for future design through differences in these two extremes. A little photographic love from my last trip to the mountains in Switzerland.
