Our first round of samples are done!
In “How to Make it in America”, the lead character shows up to a party, suddenly wearing a pair of their jeans. It’s not quite that easy to make a sample - it’s been quite a journey to get to this point.
- Picking out the fabric - deciding how much stretch, what colors
- Designing the threads, stitching
- Choosing a wash recipe - making sure the jeans keep their dark color while feeling soft enough to be comfortable
- Picking out our temporary buttons - we’ll need ones with logos soon, but we chose plain copper for now
- Conducting fittings with professional fit models to figure out how the jeans should fit
Next, we’ll have to make sure we like these samples and so some tweaks to fit and design before the next round. And the next round. And the next round…