Garment production is a thing customarily reserved for China– we are starting to see some American factories surface, but most of them are either in L.A. or NYC and tend to be either prohibitively expensive or too far away from home-base to allow for effective quality control. Not a moment too soon, Motor City Sewing is breathing some relief into our domestic apparel production deficit. Located in the Russell Industrial Center in Detroit, Motor City Sewing has high aspirations to become a Midwestern hub for high-end, small batch garment production. Owners Sarah Lurtz and Sarah Lapinski are driven to that end, and seem to possess the ingredients for success (they’re intimately familiar with this type of production through their own menswear line, ‘Wound‘). Spurring an industry in Detroit is certainly a challenging endeavor, and if it can be done, it’s going to take seriously dedicated efforts from people like the Sarahs. Our buddies over at Wrath Arcane have recently moved their production to Motor City Sewing, and have only good things to say about the whole operation; I’m certainly rooting for them!

Via Metromode