if I was just to say, yeah, we started our business and everything's been great.

And then what it happens is that, you know, people would envy that, but then they'd go to do it

themselves and not be ready for the hardships.

From Seamwork Magazine, I'm Sary Mnick and this is Seamwork Radio, where we tell stories about designing,

making, and wearing our own clothing. Cheap fast fashion is huge these days. There's no doubt about that.

But while these big box fashion stores have grown to enormous proportions, there's been this

other smaller movement.

A lot of women are rebelling against the idea of constantly changing trends and all of this

disposable clothing.

They're more interested in quality over quantity, and really understanding how the clothing

is made. Sadie Roberts thinks this is more than a trend.

In fact, she's based her company on that idea.

She and her husband Jeremy run Tradlance, a clothing label focused on menswear-inspired,

simple, classic, well-made shirts that are produced here in the U.S.

So picture classic crisp shirting,

Oxford cloth, herringbone,

maudress plaid button downs,

but made to fit a woman's body instead of a man's.

So how does someone go about creating an American-made manufacturing company

in this day of cheap imported goods? And how do you do it without outside funding,

about a fashion degree, without much manufacturing experience? It all started when Sadie took a job

at a tiny apparel company in San Francisco. I hated that job. It was terrible. This was actually

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