Why it belongs in ORBIS
Handmade denim workshop founded in 2008 by married co-founders Victor Lytvinenko and Sarah Yarborough in Raleigh, North Carolina, initially sewing jeans in their apartment before opening The Curatory flagship store in 2010 and a NoLIta, New York store in 2012.
Raleigh Denim Workshop was founded in 2008 by Victor Lytvinenko and Sarah Yarborough. They began by hand-sewing jeans out of their apartment before an order from Barneys pushed the business further. In 2010 they opened The Curatory, their North Carolina flagship, and in 2012 they debuted a full collection at New York Fashion Week alongside opening a second store in NoLIta, New York.