Bayard Winthrop

If you'd asked me that a year and a half ago, I would have said, no way.

If you'd asked me that a year and a half ago, I would have said, no way.

If you'd asked me that a year and a half ago, I would have said, no way.

My name is Bayard Winthrop, and I'm the founder of American Giant.

My name is Bayard Winthrop, and I'm the founder of American Giant.

My name is Bayard Winthrop, and I'm the founder of American Giant.

We are an entirely made-in-America clothing company that started about 12 years ago. And we're primarily online, though we've got six retail stores, but primarily a direct-to-consumer e-commerce business.

We are an entirely made-in-America clothing company that started about 12 years ago. And we're primarily online, though we've got six retail stores, but primarily a direct-to-consumer e-commerce business.

We are an entirely made-in-America clothing company that started about 12 years ago. And we're primarily online, though we've got six retail stores, but primarily a direct-to-consumer e-commerce business.

I am.

I am.

I am.

I'm typically dressed head to toe in American Giant as I am today, except for my shoes and my underwear. So everything else I have on my body is American Giant.

I'm typically dressed head to toe in American Giant as I am today, except for my shoes and my underwear. So everything else I have on my body is American Giant.

I'm typically dressed head to toe in American Giant as I am today, except for my shoes and my underwear. So everything else I have on my body is American Giant.

American Giant came out of what had become, I think, a growing frustration of mine, both in terms of my disconnection from the product that I was making and getting further and further away from the men and women that made it.

American Giant came out of what had become, I think, a growing frustration of mine, both in terms of my disconnection from the product that I was making and getting further and further away from the men and women that made it.

American Giant came out of what had become, I think, a growing frustration of mine, both in terms of my disconnection from the product that I was making and getting further and further away from the men and women that made it.

But also just kind of a growing concern about the impact of that on America at large and just feeling like I was participating in the abandonment of our ability to make things. And so American Giant kind of came out of that, just sort of a desire to stand in defiance of that.

But also just kind of a growing concern about the impact of that on America at large and just feeling like I was participating in the abandonment of our ability to make things. And so American Giant kind of came out of that, just sort of a desire to stand in defiance of that.