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Thursday, 16 November 2006 |
by ALLISON CASEY
Lifestyles Reporter
For three Appalachian State University students, clothing design is not something to be left to large corporations.
“When
I was in fourth grade, I used to scribble the word ‘Yonks’ on my
binders,” C. Page Trimble, a sophomore electronic media broadcasting
major and president of Yonks Clothing Company, said. “I always wanted
to have a clothing company called Yonks.”
 Active Image | Katie Ford | The Appalachian
Junior electronic media broadcasting major, C. Page Trimble (right), poses with one of his clothing models, senior organizational communication major, Casey M. Quave. Quave is modeling two shirts designed by Trimble.
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When he was a sophomore in high school, Trimble got sick of not having
his own company. He bought 48 Hanes T-shirts, made a design on his
computer and sold them to his friends at school.
Last year, the clothing company became a legal business.
“My older brother and I are running Yonks out of our apartment,” he
said. “Right now I’ve got mannequins everywhere, it’s pretty cramped.”
Currently, Yonks sells its clothing on consignment at Farmer’s Hardware and is talking with other retail stores.
“People like it and wear it,” he said. “We’re trying to create a niche
market. It doesn’t appeal to everyone. We like to be original and
artistic.”
On its Myspace.com page, Yonks features a local musician and photographer once a month.
“I have a lot of big dreams to make this a community thing,” he said “I love people more than Yonks.
Life isn’t about money.”
Mandy L. Osetek, a sophomore pre-professional biology major, and Dustin
J. Murgolo, a sophomore chemistry major, are just beginning their
clothing company, Thieves Clothing.
“Ever since I was little I thought it’d be really cool to have my own
store,” she said. “So this past summer I really started designing
shirts and learned how to screenprint.”
Osetek and Murgolo called the company Thieves Clothing because everyone borrows styles and ideas from others.
“It’s very urban and hip,” Osetek said. “I love graffiti art and I’m
inspired by that. I try to change the designs up. I never put the
graphic in the center of the shirt.”
Right now, Thieves Clothing only makes t-shirts but has plans to expand to include hoodies and messenger bags.
“We have a small network of friends who wear our clothes around,”
Osetek said. “I have a friend with a retail store who wants me to sell
some of our clothes there.”
“We use Facebook and Myspace to advertise,” Murgolo said.
Several bands have also approached the company to design t-shirts, which really helps with advertising, Murgolo said.
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