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Ever wonder what actually happens before a fabric hits the shop? In this episode, we sit down with RBTR's own Carter Holland to pull back the curtain on product decisions, failures, tradeoffs, and future releases you won’t hear about anywhere else.

• How fabric ideas really get approved or quietly killed before they ever reach your sewing table
• What goes wrong during development and testing and why some “almost launched” materials never see the light of day
• The unspoken constraints of cost, MOQ, timing, and quality that shape every product we release
• Early insight into upcoming fabrics and categories that will define what makers are building next

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Traditional tailoring might seem worlds away from technical gear—but the principles are the same. In this episode, Alasdair Leighton-Crawford of Cimoro shares how skills learned on Savile Row translate directly into better-fitting apparel, smarter pack design, and more intentional making.

We talk about:

• Why tailoring is one of the fastest ways to truly understand fit
• How athletic thinking and craft obsession shape better gear
• What most makers overlook when designing packs and apparel
• Balancing bespoke work, scalability, and running a small business
• Why making by hand still matters in an age of automation and AI

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Factories aren’t just about scale—they’re classrooms for better design, smarter workflows, and more durable products. In this episode, Douglas Davidson shares lessons from global manufacturing floors and explains how makers at any level can apply factory thinking to make better gear, whether sewing at home or building for production.

Announcements:

• Maker Meet-Up Spring 2026
• Shop New Products

Guest Links:

• Douglas Davidson | Canvas Worker & The Brown Buffalo
• Holubar Mountaineering backpack
• Bruce Johnson - History of Gear
• Hiroshi fujiwara (Goodenough)
• Dan Green, Arcteryx VP of Design
• Wilson bag factory

Clarification: Douglas mentions Pungkook as having 100,000 employees in the episode. In the flow of the conversation, that number got mixed up. He meant to say 10,000 employees.

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