Tag: Fashion

Jennifer Lapka, Rightfully Sewn

Video: Rightfully Sewn threads ‘United Nations of Sewing’ concept into fabric of Crossroads

By Tommy Felts / April 17, 2018

A new studio space in the heart of Kansas City’s creative community will thread the needle for expanding capacity for Rightfully Sewn to help diverse, at-risk women, as well as support its nonprofit mission, said Jennifer Lapka. The program, which trains women to be seamstresses for local designers through a two-year experience, is set to…

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Chris Palmer, Wardy

Fast-growing Wardy connects fashion, film industries

By Tommy Felts / July 16, 2015

Sometimes, niche is best. At least that rationale is working well for Wardy, a Kansas City-area firm whose tech is connecting the film and fashion industries and finding traction around the country. Wardy president Chris Palmer said that his Lee’s Summit-based company’s mobile- and web-based app is designed to save time for costume designers, a…

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