Jackson Owens

Meet Jackson Owens 🪡 Jacksons journey to clothing design began as a kid— gaining inspiration from his grandfather, who immigrated to New York from a small town in Greece where he had been making fur coats since 12. Absorbing the craftsmanship and tradition of garment making, Jackson went on to study clothing design in college. This lead him to launch his own label in 2020. Today, he hand makes every piece from his basement studio in New York, using premium Japanese and American milled fabrics. 

No process really! Sometimes I’ll get back home after hanging out with friends and it’ll be late and I’ll just feel like sewing so I do! It does help to have nothing else planned for a day though so I have time to think and figure out problems and not worry about having to do anything else.

First exposure to sewing was my grandfather. He made fur coats and owned a fur shop. Growing up id hang out with him and run around wearing mink shawls.

This one is tough cause it happened often. Getting out of New York helps, being outside and then once I get back I have the energy to at least get into the studio to spend the time necessary to get over the block. Otherwise I’ll just go into the studio and then immediately turn around.