Hermans ECO INC. has always done one of a kind pieces. Buying great vintage cloth that was never used and making clothes . When I first started it kept me in Business. Low cost and no outstanding debt. I have ideas for all the things I collect . I can make a beach blanket bingo pants from that or thats a pictorial, its the endangered species series ETC. I have many trims you just can't go out to the store and buy them . now it seems they are mostly ugly & polyester. Not that I'm picky !!!!!
Then you need to know how to sew. When I started I wasn't that good of a seamtress . Sewing is not valued in Amerca and it should be its hard work. My customers liked my originals it anyway. I didn't even know there was a front & back to a sleeve. Slow Eco is great because you don't have to make 500 of one thing. Its great for US production. Then I can just take a picture and put it on the internet . I can make something similair but I'm out of exactly that. The Fashion world has alwas tried to make me feel like I'm not big enough or good enough,but I am . Hey when you are getting knocked off you are good enough . The supreme complement.
So I want all of you to start and make something it doesn't have to be perfect. enjoy.
Eco Fashion is often still made in sweatshops. Just because its organic doesn't mean the people who made it were paid well. Do you think they are making ECO Fashion in LA in the Sweatshops where the illegals are being paid under the table $ 2.00 an hour ? Sure . That makes me Mad. So buy less, pay alittle more & get a ethically made pair of shorts or what ever you want. Feel free to comment . Change is coming .
Anna