035 | Tailoring Jeans with Ben Viapiana

TORONTO - EntSun -- When it comes to working with denim, there is nobody better than today's guest, Ben Viapiana.

Inspired by his father, who was a lifetime tailor himself, Ben spent his formative years learning about patterning, cutting and sewing by simply spending time at his dad's shop, where he recounts doing many of his childhood chores.

His exposure to the tailoring world, to machinery, to making, was something that carried through to early adulthood where he decided he wanted to continue on with his father's legacy, but with his own twist and his own direction, which as you'll learn later on, was a tad out of spite, but more so out of passion.

His love affair with denim would start to take shape while he lived in Thailand for 10 years, hanging out at denim factories and making friends with local industry people.

Eventually, he would return home to open his own studio, with a focus on creating a unique experience for his customers and taking the art of making jeans to a whole new level.

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Today's episode features local Toronto maker Ben Viapiana. We kept it super simple on this morning episode talking all about Ben's upbringing, his passion for denim and machines, and some of the basic lessons he wishes he knew as a young entrepreneur.

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