Proximity Manufacturing Company

General Updates: We've been working with several small businesses on their initial orders, and will be excited to share what various brands and start-ups are making with our cloth.

We've been actively producing broken twill and right hand twill with a variety of nuanced differences in design.

Last month we wrapped up sampling with USA-grown and spun cotton/hemp blend yarns. These yarns were all produced right here in NC, and we have since produced the first collection of sample garments for the sponsoring company, including jeans, skirts, jackets, hats, and sneakers, all designed, cut, and sewn on the east coast in the USA.

Additionally, we have been test weaving with three different styles and blends of Sally Fox's naturally colored cotton yarns. These are unique, and have a lot of potential for future production use.

Working on getting plain weave cams and change gears for 2024, as well as a few new warp weights to expand our offerings.

Winter restock is in the works on HARDENCO x HH 003 jeans in the three existing styles, along with a double knee work jean, and a maxi skirt.

Cut and sewed some chore coats with raglan sleeves based on a 1940's pattern last month, in two sizes, and put them in Hudson's Hill, which now has three fabric variation of 5-pocket jeans, zip pouches, tote bags, hooded parkas, and the aforementioned chore coats, all made using Proximity Denims. For folks not ordering cloth directly from us (B2B), it's a good opportunity to show the cloth in garment form in-person.

Stocktank Supply has been selling through their Royal Blue broken twill jeans and jackets, and is hosting The Shindig coming up soon with a variety of other small west coast-based brands. Should be a good opportunity to see product in-person for folks on the other side of the pond.

Last thing for now, we have been filling up our Denim 101 class for March 12-13, 2024, and I can let you in on a bit of insider information: Tracy Panek, historian of Levi Strauss & Co. will be attending this particular course, and we've asked that she be our guest speaker during our social evening on the 12th. Should be a great opportunity to learn about the history of their brand, and perhaps she'll even bring some items with her, but no promises on that.

Happy Thanksgiving to all the denim-bros and denim-sis' out there!

Sincerely,

Proximity Manufacturing Company

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	My beat to piss Runabout Goods Brander made with Proximity Denim

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	My apologies for a lack of updates on PMC activity. We have been busy, weaving R&D projects, working on new production runs for brands, and building the backend of the business. We are headed to Kingpins NYC next week, where we will be set up showcasing A LOOMSTATE OF MIND. If you are in the greater New York area, this is a great opportunity to see the cloth we produce, and we will be selling by the yard some rolls that we specifically produced for the show, no minimums. If you're not attending Kingpins, but in the greater NYC area, we will be in the city all week with examples of product we readily produce, and will have some small rolls for sale, an anomaly of our made-to-order business model, but one we thought fruitful. Sincerely, Proximity Manufacturing Company

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	General Updates: We've been working with several small businesses on their initial orders, and will be excited to share what various brands and start-ups are making with our cloth. We've been actively producing broken twill and right hand twill with a variety of nuanced differences in design. Last month we wrapped up sampling with USA-grown and spun cotton/hemp blend yarns. These yarns were all produced right here in NC, and we have since produced the first collection of sample garments for the sponsoring company, including jeans, skirts, jackets, hats, and sneakers, all designed, cut, and sewn on the east coast in the USA. Additionally, we have been test weaving with three different styles and blends of Sally Fox's naturally colored cotton yarns. These are unique, and have a lot of potential for future production use. Working on getting plain weave cams and change gears for 2024, as well as a few new warp weights to expand our offerings. Winter restock is in the works on HARDENCO x HH 003 jeans in the three existing styles, along with a double knee work jean, and a maxi skirt. Cut and sewed some chore coats with raglan sleeves based on a 1940's pattern last month, in two sizes, and put them in Hudson's Hill, which now has three fabric variation of 5-pocket jeans, zip pouches, tote bags, hooded parkas, and the aforementioned chore coats, all made using Proximity Denims. For folks not ordering cloth directly from us (B2B), it's a good opportunity to show the cloth in garment form in-person. Stocktank Supply has been selling through their Royal Blue broken twill jeans and jackets, and is hosting The Shindig coming up soon with a variety of other small west coast-based brands. Should be a good opportunity to see product in-person for folks on the other side of the pond. Last thing for now, we have been filling up our Denim 101 class for March 12-13, 2024, and I can let you in on a bit of insider information: Tracy Panek, historian of Levi Strauss & Co. will be attending this particular course, and we've asked that she be our guest speaker during our social evening on the 12th. Should be a great opportunity to learn about the history of their brand, and perhaps she'll even bring some items with her, but no promises on that. Happy Thanksgiving to all the denim-bros and denim-sis' out there! Sincerely, Proximity Manufacturing Company