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The Tip is 'Teach Grandchildren' One day, while I was on the Made In America Secrets site my granddaughter noticed and asked me what I was doing. I told her about the Big Secret and as I explained, she began to ask me more questions. After several minutes she left my office to play with her little sister. Months had gone by and until recently, I had forgotten about that moment. She was visiting again and I was talking to her about buying a custom printed T-Shirt. She immediately told me about a website that I could use to buy one. Wow I thought, she is only eight years old and already teaching me. The most amazing thing then happened, she said "Pops they sell Made In America T-Shirts". Thanks to her I purchased six custom Made In USA T-Shirts. Her name is Britton, she understands the Big Secret and I love it when she tells me her Little Secrets! Now she is ten and writing a screenplay called Mertastic. It is a story about a mermaid. Recently, she was visiting our house again and using my computer. She called me to come into my office and of course I came to her because that is what grandparents love to do. One of the reasons I love to be with her is because it is always interesting to see what she is up to. This time, she needed a mermaid tail for her movie, so we began to look around using Google. Her mother is a talented seamstress and will make the tail so we were looking for fabric that would be satisfy my granddaughter's vision of her mermaid tail. Once again we began to talk about Made in America and therefore started to investigate the country of origin of the fabrics she was considering. Because of that experience Made in USA fabric is now one of Made in America Secrets products. Thank you, Britton. Buying Tip Continued - Read more on Made in America Products by Wesley Knight Wesley Knight is a Texas-born, Tennessee-raised, Southern craftsman, who builds bespoke bench-made eyewear from water buffalo horn. During the ?first fitting' of a bespoke frame, he discerns each client's specific needs, requests, aesthetic, and facial structure?recording critical distances, points, relationships, and taking a plaster mold of the nose in order to build the most complimentary and comfortable frame. My product mirrors my convictions as a craftsman to only produce the finest?with forty hours or more invested into each frame. My hope is to birth an heirloom product that will last from generation to generation. Bespoke ?bi'spok? Originating in the 1800's with tailored suiting, footwear and other apparel, implying individual measurements and fittings. The word, ?bespoke', is derived from the verb, ?bespeak,' meaning to speak for something, or most literally, to commission a work. The term bespoke in fashion is reserved for the finest method of making, which is an individually cut pattern for each client in contrast to mass-manufactured goods. |
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