Local Motion: Manufacturing on the Western Slope
Erik Dalton loos on as as Kurt Gray explains a sewing machine(Brody Wilson)
Kurt Gray puts the outdoor industry plainly: "North Face doesn't make anything. They don't even own a sewing machine."
That isn't an accusation. It's how the business works — big brands design gear, factories overseas build it. Jagged Edge Mountain Gear went the other way.
It began in Telluride in the early 1990s, when twin sisters sewed fleece headbands and sold them from a pushcart on Main Street. It grew into regional stores and a national catalog business, then came apart in the early 2000s. The trademark was…
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