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Ice cube once said " Today was a good day". Well, today is that day.   The Italians have shipped the pre-order shirts. The shirts are on their way to me, on time. The sweatshirts are finishing up as well.  We are in queue for the bottoms, including the chinos. What my might be a first, some of the "Spring 2017" fabrics from Albiate are early. The fabric has already shipped to my shirt maker. This means, I will do an early release. The shirts will be ready at the end of June, perfect timing.  The fabric is pretty amazing....

I am a huge fan of sustainable resources. It's one of the reasons, I dig cellulose fibers.  Without get to technical, a cellulose fiber is made from esters of plant based material, i.e. corn, wood, leaves, and bark. The first artificial fiber was created in 1838 but wasn't used for textiles until the 1890's. Since then technology has changed, a shit load. With today's technology we have Tencel,  Sorona, Kopak, Bamboo, and Modal.  Because all of fibers are cellulose based, they all share some kick ass qualities. Some fibers have additional properties that help you, the client have a better...

I went to visit an old friend last week in NYC. He is the rep for a few Japanese mills as well as some other Asian countries. I scored some good stuff. Have a look at what's going up for pre-sale. I hope everyone is as excited as I am. The only problem I am having is if I should have the shirts made in the states or in Italy. If I make the shirts in Italy, I will use a different factory. The factory has a minimum of 200 units but the turn around time is faster than the...

I was about to give up hope and write off the Bamboo Sorona fabric. It would have sucked, hard. Right, when I was about to let it go, what appeared on my doorstep? You guessed it, the swatches.  Before, we go any further, I am putting a disclaimer.  The swatches are just swatches. I will buy the fabrics, prepared for dye. The sample colors shown are what was given to me. Not the colors, I am thinking of using going forward. All of the swatches, are amazing in their own way. I will end up using all of them, at...