Appalachian Gear Co: Elevating Outdoor Wear With Alpaca Fiber – Garage Grown Gear

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Before business partners and lifelong friends John Gage and Mike Hawkins launched Appalachian Gear Company, which makes performance apparel from alpaca fiber, they each spent more than 25 years studying, living, breathing and working in North Carolina’s rich and historic textile industry. As college-educated, textile professionals, they decided to start a business together, one that would prove clothing manufacturing in the United States could be successful. As backpackers, they were familiar with the benefits of merino wool. But, they didn’t want to use the same, familiar materials everyone else was using. “We wanted a fabric that would improve upon the benefits and production methods of merino wool,” John said. Taking a leap into the unknown, without a blueprint to guide them, John and Mike set out to create a product line like no other, inventing a new class
Before business partners and lifelong friends John Gage and Mike Hawkins launched Appalachian Gear Company, which makes performance apparel from alpaca fiber, they each spent