Milestones
Yesterday the Founder’s Circle letters went out. It was a monumental task making the photo sample, styling it, commissioning photographs from the talented, Charleston, WV-based fashion photographer, Rafael Barker (@raphaelbarker…
Thanks Giving
As I began preparing and gathering items for our Thanksgiving feast this year I listened to the Ezra Klein Show podcast on “The Case Against Loving Your Job”. The guest,…
Red Light/ Green Light
Timelines have been on my brain lately. OK always. It is not my talent with patience that attracts me to sewing. And for those of us who are impatient, Covid…
Day of the Dead Remembrance
A few years ago my partner and I started to celebrate Dia De los Muertos – The Day of the Dead, the Mexican tradition to remember those who have passed…
The Heart and Soul of it
Over the past month our apprenticeship program was postponed for 3 consecutive weeks due to Covid quarantines. I found myself at home in my creativity room trying to catch up…
Extreme Persistence
Several years ago, in the early days of Reid Miller Apparel, when I was first confronting challenge after challenge making my first garments: suppliers, shipping, sampling, retail, etc. – I…
When You Believe (and are 37)
Last week I turned 37. For the first time that I can remember -maybe ever – I looked back at my path from the top of a mountain, literally and…
The Experiment
Last Thursday we launched our Apparel Tailoring and Manufacturing apprenticeship program in a modest, light filled room in local tailor, Lisa Lambert’s tailoring shop. It was the first step in…
Doing it with the community
The apprenticeship begins this Thursday. After 8 months of hard work the date is upon us. And of course, there is so much to do – get the space ready,…