Press
Featured in:
Pigtown's new fashion factory, Sew Bromo, launches night classes, starts first production
A new microfactory is up and running in Pigtown, hosting skills classes and producing garments for some of Baltimore's budding fashion entrepreneurs.
Local fashion designer Stacy Stube spearheaded an effort to launch the Sew Bromo - Fashion Innovation Hub in Pigtown.
Young designers lead the way
Stube, an Indonesian-born designer who grew up in Pigtown, came to the atelier to re-shore her line of modern vintage-look gowns from Indonesia to Baltimore. She started the brand Elsa Fitzgerald in Bali, where she lived for three years to be close to factories. But she returned to Baltimore to be closer to her family. She worked at Fashions Unlimited to learn the ropes in a factory and now works in her own studio.
Reviving the city’s garment industry
Stacy Stube studied MA Fashion Entrepreneurship at London College of Fashion (LCF), graduating in 2010. When we last heard from Stacy, she was working in Bali having set up her own socially responsible fashion brand, Elsa Fitzgerald. Since then, she has decided to return to her hometown of Baltimore, USA, and turned her hand to reviving the city’s struggling garment industry