Devin's Dapper Stitching

       Illustration: Qianhui Yu for Bloomberg Businessweek     Today I'm writing about clothing sustainability and circular fashion efforts that have flopped with big clothing brands. This is a topic that is important to me as a tailor. I am careful in selecting the fabrics and thread that I use, I strive for biodegradable materials (like wool and cotton) and ones with ethical practices. High quality fabric is also important because I like to make garments that are long lasting so I can wear them for as long as possible. Wool is a great fabric for this endeavor because it's naturally odor resistant and can be worn longer before washing is needed.     Circular fashion is a concept of reselling used garments so they stay out of the landfill and reduce the demand for new garments. You might of heard of the commonly cited statistic that a garment is only worn seven times on average before being discarded. If you search " how often is a garment worn before being thrown out"

Hello! I'm Devin, I'm an accounting technology major at Linn-Benton Community College. I'll be receiving an associates degree at the end of fall term 2023 (yay!) and transferring to OSU to pursue a bachelor's degree in accountancy and become a CPA.  My initial goal when re-entering college was to get some practical business education since I was floundering with trying to make my sewing business flourish. Marketing was a nightmare for me. I'm a tailor not a photographer! Turns out you have to be a lot of things when you're a sole proprietor.  If I go back to sewing as a business in any capacity in the future, I think it will look very different than it did two years ago. I'm hoping to learn some fundamentals of marketing in the lens of a sole proprietor so I can learn the best ways to market my niche business.  Sewing is my passion, and my sewing business is on hold while I work on school.  In the meantime I sew for fun and an occasional old client or friend