Mike Elias

Just ever so slowly decided that the shop had to grow and Und jetzt... Du kaufst noch mehr Nähmaschinen? Ich kaufe noch mehr Nähmaschinen und habe angefangen, Mitarbeiter zu holen. Bist du immer noch der Hauptdesigner? Ja, ich designe alles.

They don't even bother? So it's cool to have trusted folks to bounce those ideas off. Jacob, who you met a couple times. He's really cool in that he studied a lot of the history of garments. He's collected like vintage band t-shirts for the last fucking 25, 30 years. So he's a garment historian now. He kind of is, yeah. And he knows a lot about fabrics and the history of them.

They don't even bother? So it's cool to have trusted folks to bounce those ideas off. Jacob, who you met a couple times. He's really cool in that he studied a lot of the history of garments. He's collected like vintage band t-shirts for the last fucking 25, 30 years. So he's a garment historian now. He kind of is, yeah. And he knows a lot about fabrics and the history of them.

They don't even bother? So it's cool to have trusted folks to bounce those ideas off. Jacob, who you met a couple times. He's really cool in that he studied a lot of the history of garments. He's collected like vintage band t-shirts for the last fucking 25, 30 years. So he's a garment historian now. He kind of is, yeah. And he knows a lot about fabrics and the history of them.

So he'll like do these little searches for neat fabrics that are available and kind of throw some stuff in front of me. And I'm like, nah, that one feels this way or feels that way. So I make the final calls.

So he'll like do these little searches for neat fabrics that are available and kind of throw some stuff in front of me. And I'm like, nah, that one feels this way or feels that way. So I make the final calls.

So he'll like do these little searches for neat fabrics that are available and kind of throw some stuff in front of me. And I'm like, nah, that one feels this way or feels that way. So I make the final calls.

Yeah, those things are not forgiving.

Yeah, those things are not forgiving.

Yeah, those things are not forgiving.

Making the wheels, shirts. It's kind of the same thing, like I mentioned earlier. I wanted the duffel bag. So I started to design and make duffel bags and the shirts and the jeans. But that's later, right? Yeah, it starts to grow in the...

Making the wheels, shirts. It's kind of the same thing, like I mentioned earlier. I wanted the duffel bag. So I started to design and make duffel bags and the shirts and the jeans. But that's later, right? Yeah, it starts to grow in the...

Making the wheels, shirts. It's kind of the same thing, like I mentioned earlier. I wanted the duffel bag. So I started to design and make duffel bags and the shirts and the jeans. But that's later, right? Yeah, it starts to grow in the...

Yeah, yeah. It's one, two, three, it's five 12-inch curves that I laid out.

Yeah, yeah. It's one, two, three, it's five 12-inch curves that I laid out.

Yeah, yeah. It's one, two, three, it's five 12-inch curves that I laid out.

The Union Special, the 43800G... Es ist für das Hemmen hergestellt. Und das ist wie ein altes Levi's Ding, oder was ist es? Levi's benutzt fast alle großen Jeansfirmen. Aber es ist eine manuelle Sache. Du musst da sitzen und es machen. Ja, ich meine, es hat einen Motor. Es ist nicht wie Treadling oder Handkranke. Ich mache es mit den Augen. Manche Leute hemmen es ein bisschen vorher aus.

The Union Special, the 43800G... Es ist für das Hemmen hergestellt. Und das ist wie ein altes Levi's Ding, oder was ist es? Levi's benutzt fast alle großen Jeansfirmen. Aber es ist eine manuelle Sache. Du musst da sitzen und es machen. Ja, ich meine, es hat einen Motor. Es ist nicht wie Treadling oder Handkranke. Ich mache es mit den Augen. Manche Leute hemmen es ein bisschen vorher aus.

The Union Special, the 43800G... Es ist für das Hemmen hergestellt. Und das ist wie ein altes Levi's Ding, oder was ist es? Levi's benutzt fast alle großen Jeansfirmen. Aber es ist eine manuelle Sache. Du musst da sitzen und es machen. Ja, ich meine, es hat einen Motor. Es ist nicht wie Treadling oder Handkranke. Ich mache es mit den Augen. Manche Leute hemmen es ein bisschen vorher aus.

Aber ich mache es, ich nenne es den alten Hairy Eyeball Method. Ja. Du rollst es und dann gibt es einen kleinen Folder, der es in den Ort hält. Die Leute lieben diese Maschine, weil sie das Hemd ein wenig wickelt. Wenn du dich an den alten Levi's von den frühen 70ern ansiehst, Die Unterseite des Hemms hat einen kleinen Winkel an den Fäden. Das nennt man Rope Hemm.