“Menswear is, in my opinion, generally pretty boring. People that wear menswear want something that’s beautiful, but don’t really know what that looks like."
Did you know that most frankincense is distilled in France? But a Colchester company has proven an exception to the rule. Elissa Borden has more on the local incense distiller whose products are Made in Vermont.
"It's a physical medium which I do enjoy. It requires a lot of thinking, it's a fairly intellectual process which I also enjoy. So, it covers a lot of bases for me."
Each jar of Dell'Amore sauce has the flavors of Italy sealed into a 25-ounce jar. But more than that, it's the smell of Frank Dell'Amore's childhood. "Something magic was in the kitchen," he recalled.
They draw inspiration from their pets and say they wanted to create something they could actually use in their adventures, while also striving to be different than other Vermont leatherworkers.
“Most of my laces are French laces but lately I’ve actually been working with a Ukrainian mill that’s been really important to me for all the reasons that make sense,” Wells explained.
A Vermont artist turned her love of Eastern European culture into a business. Now, she's using her skills to help the people of Ukraine. Our Elissa Borden shows you how.
Feeling inclined to help local farmers, but uninterested in getting into food products, Laura Jacoby began exploring the unfamiliar territory of knitwear.