How I Created A DIY Shirt Tailor And Raised $60K On Kickstarter
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?
Hello! My name is SiDi and I’m the inventor of the ZipSeam, a product that lets you tailor your baggy shirts in minutes. I launched the product 5 years ago to help young professionals dress better without breaking the wallet.
What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?
Looking back, I never really had a sense of style. All of my clothes were oversized, some unfortunately on purpose #blunderyears, the colors were tacky, and I was just overall a poor dresser.
After getting a job out of college as a Chemical Engineer, I needed to dress more professionally, but having a ton of student loans, my shirts were right off the clearance rack, basically in the $10-20 range.
One day, the boss man passed out a form for work uniforms, the only measurement on there was just the neck size. I put in 15.5 and a few weeks later received this sail of a shirt that fit me at the neck, but a heap of fabric in the body. That was when I realized just how poorly fitting the rest of my wardrobe was.
Once again with the out of state tuition, I couldn’t afford to get my wardrobe tailored nor did I know how to...
