Second Added Incentive for People to Support the Project
As an incentive for people to sponsor our compaign, Tomboy Tailors will send everyone who contributes at $25 or above (including people who have already made a contribution), a coupon for $25 off a purchase at Tomboy Tailors.
If you like this business idea, please help us by supporting us. If you provide us with a $25 donation, you will receive both a listing as a sponsor in the book and a coupon for $25 off of a purchase at Tomboy Tailors. You are in essence, providing us with a short-term bridge loan and helping support the first company in the United States to open brick-and-mortar tailored clothing store that caters to lesbians and trans-masculine individuals.
If you contribute at a level below $25, we will send you a coupon for $25 off of your first purchase of $50 or more.
Please help us break down binary expectations for what people should wear. We as people are diverse and our options for clothing should be diverse as well.
First Added Incentive for People to Support the Project
Please be sure to see the details below about our Tomboy Tailors’ Company Tag Line Contest
All eligible submissions will be entered into the Tomboy Tailors' Company Tag Line contest where one winner will be selected to receive a custom-made suit, dress shirt, and bow-tie (total value $2,000). The lucky winner will also have the option to wear their outfit while riding a motorcycle side-car rig in San Francisco's 2013 Pride Parade. (See photo in gallery area).
ALL who contribute to this Indiegogo campaign at $7 or more will receive an email after the close of the Indiegogo campaign with a link where contributors can suggest a company Tag Line for Tomboy Tailors. All eligible submissions will be entered into a contest where one winner will be selected to receive a custom-made suit, dress shirt, and bow-tie (total value $2,000). The lucky winner will also have the option to wear their outfit while riding a motorcycle side-car rig in San Francisco's Pride Parade of 2013. See official rules in the gallery area.
Who are we?
Tomboy Tailors is a fine clothier specializing in custom-made suits and shirts of the finest quality that are bespoke-tailored (made-to-measure for you) in the material, cut and fit that you want.
Our customers are butch/boi lesbians, trans-masculine individuals, and women and men of any identity who have a strong sense of self-expression and like to wear fine custom-made clothing. We specialize in made-to-measure men's and women's suits and dress shirts and bring our clients bespoke tailor expertise and service.
Our vision is to provide everyone with a place where they can be themselves and experience excellent service, style, and quality. We also offer accessories and men’s shoes in a variety of sizes.
Our retail store, located in San Francisco, will be opening on February 2, 2013!
The store will be located in the Financial District of San Francisco just a few blocks from Union Square.
Our online store will be opening in approximately March 15, 2013.
What is Tomboy Dapper?
To help fund the company and celebrate dapper tomboys. To help fund our startup ANDcelebrate the 'dapper tomboy look, we are publishing a photography book, entitled Tomboy Dapper (working title), showcasing photos of butch/boi lesbians, trans-masculine individuals, and women of all stripes who show the style of donning menswear or masculine-of-center womenswear.
About 200 photographers will be partnering with us to photograph tomboys from all around the country in Tomboy Tailors' dapper styles.
What We Need
WE NEED YOUR HELP as we work to create a tailored clothing company that makes butch lesbians and trans-masculine individuals and all people feel welcome and appreciated. Your contribution will help Tomboy Tailors grow and through the book project, your contribution will help ensure more positive images of lesbians and transmasculine individuals in the society-at-large.
What You Get
Related to the book and Tomboy Tailors, we are creating an annual calendar, a seriously fun Tomboy Tailor match box, and the Tomboy Dapper book.
For $7, you will receive a eye-catching Tomboy Tailors match box perfect for your fireplace mantel. We love great looking legs! - See a photo of our match boxes in the gallery area of this campaign.
For $12, you will receive two eye-catching Tomboy Tailors match boxes perfect for your fireplace mantel.
For $20, you will receive our 2013 Annual Tomboy Tailors Calendar - 6"x6" wall calendar that would look great next to your computer. The calendar features 12 great looking Tomboy Dandies. See several photos from our calendar in the gallery area of this campaign.
For $25, you will be listed as a Change Innovator Sponsor in Tomboy Dapper - a limited edition, hard-bound book.
For $50, you will be listed as a Change Innovator in Tomboy Dapper. You will also receive one Tomboy Tailors match box and one Tomboy Tailors Calendar.
For $75, you will be listed as a Change Innovator Sponsor in Tomboy Dapper - a limited edition, hard-bound book AND you will receive a copy of the book.
For $100, you will be listed as a Change Innovator Sponsor in Tomboy Dapper AND you will receive a copy of the book. You will also receive one Tomboy Tailors match box and one Tomboy Tailors Calendar.
For $250, you will be listed as a Change Innovator Sponsor in Tomboy Dapper - AND you will receive a copy of the book. You will also receive one Tomboy Tailors match box, AND two tickets to the Tomboy Dapper Book Opening Cocktail Party which will take place in San Francisco, California or the Napa Valley area in October of 2013.
As an incentive for people to sponsor our compaign, Tomboy Tailors will send everyone who contributes at $25 or above (including people who have already made a contribution), a coupon for $25 off a purchase at Tomboy Tailors.
If you like this business idea, please help us by supporting us. If you provide us with a $25 donation, you will receive both a listing as a sponsor in the book and a coupon for $25 off of a purchase at Tomboy Tailors. You are in essence, providing us with a short-term bridge loan and helping support the first company in the United States to open brick-and-mortar tailored clothing store that caters to lesbians and trans-masculine individuals.
If you contribute at a level below $25, we will send you a coupon for $25 off of your first purchase of $50 or more.
Please help us break down binary expectations for what people should wear. We as people are diverse and our options for clothing should be diverse as well.
Frequently Asked Questions
See the gallery area for a document answering Frequently Asked Questions about this campaign.
Who are the Team Members of Tomboy Tailors
Tomboy Tailors currently has three employees. You can see information about Zel, Emma and Catherine within the Frequently Asked Questions document that is part of the gallary area of this campaign.
Our Contest - Take One Extra Step to Enter to Win a Dashing Ensemble in our Contest!
ALL who contribute to this Indiegogo campaign at $7 or more will receive an email after the close of the Indiegogo campaign with a link where contributors can suggest a Tag Line for Tomboy Tailors.
All eligible submissions will be entered into the Tomboy Tailors' Company Tag Line contest where one winner will be selected to receive a custom-made suit, dress shirt, and bow-tie (total value $2,000). The lucky winner will also have the option to wear their outfit while riding a motorcycle side-car rig in San Francisco's 2013 Pride Parade.
Entries must be received by January 26, 2013 and will be judged by Tomboy Tailors' staff members. The winner will be announced at our opening party for the retail store on February 2, 2013. The winner's name will also be posted on our website by February 8, 2013. See official rules in the gallery area.
The Impact
About 200 photographers will be partnering with us to photograph tomboys from all around the country in Tomboy Tailors' dapper styles.
Tomboy Tailors is one of the very few tailored clothing companies in the world that puts butch lesbians and transmasculine individuals as their VIP clients. We will be providing suits for men and women as well, but with such few options, we really want butch lesbians and transmasculine individuals to know that they are welcome in our store.
Not only will your contribution help support this much-needed and hard-to-find niche, but sponsors who contribute $75 or more will also receive a copy of the book, the final product of which is sure to be a prized possession.
Lastly, your contribution will ensure more positive images of lesbians and transmasculine individuals in society at large. We encourage you to help us make that happen by supporting this project and the team at Tomboy Tailors.
Tomboy Tailors thanks you for your contribution and support!
