SOURCE MATERIAL: All our garments are made from dead stock cotton, denim, spandex, windbreaker (ripstop nylon), zippers, hardware or elastic. Dead stock is materials caught in mid production at a manufacturing factory thus deemed useless when a clothing company's order is unexpectedly halted.
We gather fabric in one of three ways: We either approach manufacturers and ask them to sell us their dead stock. Or we work with a local rag trader who acts as our liasion for post production waste management. Or we sometimes rescue materials from manufacturers going out of business or already abandoned and upcycle these lost treasures into fresh futuristic apparal.
PRODUCTION: Everything you see is designed in Red Hook, Brooklyn by Ruffeo (R. Mackwell Sherman) and Lil' Snotty (Sarah Jones). Sewn By Mackswell and Sarah and sometimes cut by members of our Hearts apprentice program. Made ethically in the USA to support local economy, clothing production awareness and human progress.
