Seeker x Retriever, Building a Fashion Brand to Find Your Tribe with Nan and Carl
10/08/20 • 41 min
ON Nan's (2:54)
ON Carl's (3:24)
ON who Seeker x Retriever is for (3:58)
ON Seeker x Retriever brand philosophy (4:54)
ON finding the weaving community in Chaeson Lampang Province (6:20)
ON the first encounter with the weavers (8:27)
ON the meaning of Seeker x Retriever (11:06)
ON working with the tailor (12:46)
ON working with the weavers (15:05)
ON why they also offer made-to-order (17:01)
ON human collaboration as a core value of Seeker x Retriever (18:56)
ON waiting in today’s fast-paced world (22:03)
ON explaining the brand philosophy to sell to customers (23:10)
ON scaling up or down? (27:03)
ON the definition of success (29:06)
ON not working with too many stockists and on finding your tribe (32:11)
ON the joys of working as a married couple (33:27)
ON not having experience in fashion is an advantage in the current fashion system (35:15)
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CONNECT WITH Nan and Carl
SEEKER x RETRIEVER: https://www.seekerxretriever.com/
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WHERE ARE THE ARTISANS THAT MAKE THE CLOTHES:
CHAE SON NATIONAL PARK (LAMPANG) in THAILAND
BAGRU VILLAGE RAJASTHAN in INDIA
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Host: Leekei Tang
Contact: hello (at) betterbusinessfounder.com
Music credits: Mister Sunny Face by Wayne Jones / Blue Skies by Silent Partner / Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes
ON Nan's (2:54)
ON Carl's (3:24)
ON who Seeker x Retriever is for (3:58)
ON Seeker x Retriever brand philosophy (4:54)
ON finding the weaving community in Chaeson Lampang Province (6:20)
ON the first encounter with the weavers (8:27)
ON the meaning of Seeker x Retriever (11:06)
ON working with the tailor (12:46)
ON working with the weavers (15:05)
ON why they also offer made-to-order (17:01)
ON human collaboration as a core value of Seeker x Retriever (18:56)
ON waiting in today’s fast-paced world (22:03)
ON explaining the brand philosophy to sell to customers (23:10)
ON scaling up or down? (27:03)
ON the definition of success (29:06)
ON not working with too many stockists and on finding your tribe (32:11)
ON the joys of working as a married couple (33:27)
ON not having experience in fashion is an advantage in the current fashion system (35:15)
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CONNECT WITH Nan and Carl
SEEKER x RETRIEVER: https://www.seekerxretriever.com/
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WHERE ARE THE ARTISANS THAT MAKE THE CLOTHES:
CHAE SON NATIONAL PARK (LAMPANG) in THAILAND
BAGRU VILLAGE RAJASTHAN in INDIA
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Host: Leekei Tang
Contact: hello (at) betterbusinessfounder.com
Music credits: Mister Sunny Face by Wayne Jones / Blue Skies by Silent Partner / Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes
Previous Episode
Bridging the Past and the Future with a Fashion Brand by Pola Stępień
Growing up in Poland (2:05)
Pessimism on the current environmental outlooks (3:43)
Why launching a fashion brand is Pola’s way of taking action and of spreading her message (4:54)
The Narciso collection, made with vintage fabrics dated back from the 90s (7:22)
Łódź and its textile industry history (10:00)
The urban Nomad collection,made with Polish denim dated back from the 80s (11:44)
Fashion Design as a branch of Product Design (13:48)
How Pola launched her first collection (15:15)
Why Pola sells her collection directly to clients (17:37)
Łódź Design Festival (18:22)
“I want to focus on the ergonomics. My clothes, most of all wearable and comfortable and made with sophisticated tailoring techniques” (19:25)
“My goal is to improve the quality of life with my brand” (21:52)
How Pola defines success (22:29)
Learnings from failures (24:28)
Trade-offs to be made and moral dilemmas (25:32)
The joys of running her brand (28:11)
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CONNECT WITH Pola Stępień
MODAPOLKA: https://modapolka.com/en/shop/
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MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Polish former industrial city of Łódź
The Film The Promised Land (1975) by Andrzej Wajda
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Host: Leekei Tang
Contact: hello (at) betterbusinessfounder.com
Music credits: Mister Sunny Face by Wayne Jones / Blue Skies by Silent Partner / Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes
Next Episode
My Journey to Becoming a Mindful Business Founder (Host on mic)
Host: Leekei Tang
Contact: podcast (at) themindfulfounder.com
Music credits: Mister Sunny Face by Wayne Jones / Blue Skies by Silent Partner / Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes
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