Gabe Anderson’s business card says he’s the Managing Director of Jiberish Clothing. As far as we could tell, he’s just the man. Gabe, Dave Boger and Pete Drago are the owners of the cut-and-sew Jiberish clothing label. I asked someone what “cut and sew” actually means and I was told that they get a fabric and a fit that they want, and have it made from scratch rather than ordering a stock piece from a wholesaler. I figured I’d pass that little nugget of knowledge on to you.
BroBomb got the chance to bother Gabe with a few questions at the Jiberish store party in the LoHi section of Denver. I’m not bullshitting you when I say we were really impressed by the styling and design that goes way beyond the iconic tall hoodies we’ve all seen. Be sure to check out their new spring line dropping in the next month and enjoy:
BroBomb: Did you originally make Jiberish clothing specifically for snowsports kids, or was it just embraced by them?
Gabe: Well myself, Dave, and Pete Drago all ski and snowboard. Me and Pete ski and Dave snowboards. We just saw a void for street wear in the ski market. We saw that skiers were repping skate and snowboard brands, but there’s this absolute sense of identity with skiing, or with any sport, where when you’re off the mountain you want to wear something that says “I’m a skier.” There wasn’t a loungewear or street wear company that was doing it. Siver Cartel had been doing it, but unfortunately they went away.
R.I.P.
Yeah, I have to say they were a big inspiration for what we did.
Where there seems to be a difference between you guys and Sublux, Siver, etc. is design. You guys go beyond printing a logo on a t-shirt and actually sew this stuff right?
Back when we started, when there were about twelve hoodies associated with Jiberish, it was that wholesale sweatshirt with a logo printed on. But when you put it on, and it’s a crop top and it doesn’t fit like you want it to, it’s no good. Especially in the skiing market where a taller fit is a little nicer, and it’s generally just a baggier fit. The stock sweatshirt didn’t work for what we wanted to do and what we envisioned we could do. So then we started working with pattern makers and working with fabrics to make something that fit exactly how we wanted and just made it from scratch.
I don't think we were supposed to touch stuff.
So I’m pretty familiar with a lot of your stuff, but some of these new pieces I haven’t seen before. I’m seeing some new materials that are starting to look like outerwear. Is the end game that Jiberish will jump into the outerwear market?
