Signed in as:
filler@godaddy.com
"Success comes to the underdog who doesn't let sleeping dogs lie...
Dayton Threads
Dayton Threads is an engaging fashion, retail, and online boutique experience specializing in high quality, indie fashion and emerging designer clothing, accessories, homeware, art, and more, we give our customers direct access to the next big thing in fashion and design. We are a unique retail lab, showroom, and boutique business that creates an innovative online and brick and mortar shopping experience for our customers while promoting and supporting the finest independent fashion and design talent from across the country.
When you come into a store front, it might not look like much, you'll see mostly sample pieces from designers in the Designer Incubator that can be made to order based on your measurements or individual one of a kind designs by other non-incubator designers and creators that are sold as is. With the exception of jewelry and art work, Dayton Threads is not the kind of boutique that you'll walk into pick up a garment off the rack, purchase, and walk out with the item at the same time. If you are getting a custom made piece or having a sample made just for you, it can take 6-8 weeks and that's if the designer has the availability/capacity to take your order and your order aligns with their goals and niche. Our designers have peak times where it's nearly impossible at times to get a consultation, so patience and understanding is a must. The price points for the various designs featured in Dayton Threads will vary based on the designer as well.
Staying true to the (DE-FI) Brand, Dayton Threads is disrupting the fashion industry and re(DE-FI)ing mundane ideas of what it means to shop small and supporting independent designers and artisans. Many of the designers featured at Dayton Threads are a part of the Designer Incubator and are still learning the ins and outs of the industry, so bear with us as the designers work to develop better descriptions for their designs and become better story tellers about their brand. The items for sale may not be perfectly described just yet, rest assured as the designers continue to develop, you'll see the difference. One of the roles that our Designer Incubator play is for the designers to test their target market to confirm whether they're reaching their target customer and to make adjustments accordingly.
In short, while we are based in Dayton, OH designers who sell their work with us specifically those who are in the Designer Incubator may have target customers that are not Dayton based or even Midwest based which is for the most part reflected in their pricing. Designers in our incubator are tasked with developing the demographics of their target customer which includes annual income, what they do for a living, where they are going, how much money are they willing to spend on clothing, etc.
We work to promote and empower emerging designers, while showcasing a curated selection of their products in a stylish yet ethically and environmentally conscious fashion community. We also offer micro-manufacturing at our store front location giving designers hands on quality control over their products. Customers can also receive alterations on site if a look doesn't quite fit right, as well as having customized pieces made just for you based on availability.
Creators
It's all about you!
Independent Creators and Fashion Designers Come First! From casual to avant-garde, Dayton Threads is looking to work with independent designers across multiple product categories including clothing, jewelry, accessories, beauty and grooming products, as well as home-ware, home goods, stationery, and gifts.
Your brand deserves more than the typical trip to the store find or stumbled across this website story. Every aspect of Dayton Threads is intentional; we are committed to giving you and your brand the fully immersive fashion experience that you deserve while helping you build your brand, team, and audience!
Sell Your work
Sell your designs with Dayton Threads Boutique. We're searching for indie and emerging designers across various categories including:
- Accessories
- Apparel
- Beauty
- Clothing
- Gifts
- Grooming
- Homeware
- Jewelry
- Stationery
- Art
Submit your designs today, contact us at info@defiglobalinc.com! Please allow 2-3 weeks for a response.
An online Boutique Shopping Experience
Why Shop With US?
Complete moment of transparency...to the public eye, Dayton Threads ss probably our least consistent program and the hardest program for our customer base to understand and shop. It's not because we don't know what we are doing, it's moreless that we operate in a manner where we are expecting failure in some form.
Consider Dayton Threads a classroom and experiment where our designers:
1) develops a hypothesis for their brand
2) gather all of the tools and supplies needed to test their hypothesis
Often times their test run fails, they missed their mark. Sometimes even when our talent finds success and gets the desired outcome, they struggle with duplicating it. That is what Dayton Threads was designed to do, provide a platform for our talent to make their mistakes, learn, grow, and retry until they are consistent with achieving the desired outcome.
In a world of fast fashion, patience is a virtue when attempting to shop with us and yes, we said attempting. We aren't able to serve everyone who comes to us for designs, especially for custom work due to everything that we just stated. However, believe us when we say, when our talent finally figures it out, they knock it out of the park and the customer is fully satisfied!
Dayton Threads is where independent designers and creators come to thrive and our customers are a part of their success stories! Our forward thinking fashion and design space has created a shopping experience like no other. Like you, we are tired of being bombarded with social media ads for the latest designs that are often misleading or stores that sale the exact same product from the exact same vendor. We understand that there is more to being an independent designer than just screen printed t-shirts or pillow that were purchased in bulk. We are trend setters and we're ready to make the world our runway!
With a focus on supporting independent and emerging creators, the majority of our products are made to order meaning, our shoppers are planning ahead for a special occasion, vacation, event, or they simply just have a unique style of their own and are preparing to update their wardrobe! On average, from the time of the initial consultation with the designer, it will take 6-8 weeks and sometimes more to deliver the finished product. #SlowFashion is the name of our game...and as you know...good things come to those who wait! Our focus is ensuring a quality experience with quality products. Quality wins out every day over quantity.
Schedule your appointment today at info@defiglobalinc.com.
Dayton Threads independent fashion online boutique, Dayton, Oh, (DE-FI) Global INC- CFDA Connects.
Gift Cards Are Available
Send a gift card to friends and family or buy it now for your future use.