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His father, who worked for a garment manufacturing company, was transferred to New York in 1944.

“Any higher or lower would have been devastating,” she wrote, noting where the bullet went through the garment and into her husband.

It’s the pain of losing a favorite shirt, the remorse of giving something away too soon or the release of donating once-loved garments, offering them to new people and new perspectives.

Givhan plans to continue to grow the brand as organically as possible, recontextualizing the history of old garments and funneling them through the Compost lens.

My practice as a whole is really focused on sustainable creations that are visually interesting, because you recognize this older garment, but the way it’s been reworked, it feels more current.