Episode 4: Alex Tschopp & Make-on-Demand

The fashion industry has an inventory challenge. The traditional manufacturing model demands high upfront capital, long lead times, and massive storage costs, forcing independent brands to inherit immense risk before a single garment is ever sold.

But what if you only produced exactly what your customer ordered?

That’s what we’ll discuss on my next episode of Catching the Editor’s Eye. I’m sitting down with Alex Tschopp, co-founder of Tailored Industry, a cutting-edge, make-on-demand factory operating out of Brooklyn. While they built an enviable reputation as a pioneer in advanced 3D knitwear, Alex and his team are doing something much bigger: they are proving that sustainable, domestic manufacturing can actually scale.

From how Alex launched Tailored Industry to solve fashion's inventory problem to the mechanics of make-on-demand and even how they collaborate with their design clients, this conversation is a must listen for designers, retailers, and supply-chain insiders who value brand substance and operational agility over legacy metrics.

Listen to the full episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.