Behind the Threads.
Samples, new designs, production and what I'm working on next. The parts most brands keep in a drawer.
By Sean Vierth, founder · 9 notes · Updated
Building a clothing company in the open.
I'm Sean Vierth. I started Noble Threads in 2021 as a bag company, pivoted to shirts in 2023, and now make comfortable work clothes. This is where I write about how they get made.
Behind the Threads covers the parts most brands keep in a drawer: the fabric we invented because nothing on the market was soft enough, the factory that sized 8,000 shirts one size too small, the tariff bill that shut us down for nine months, and the colors that looked great on a swatch and terrible on a person. Also the wins. There are a few.
If you want the long version, read Our Story. Questions and complaints go to the comment box at the bottom, or r/noblethreads.
Sean VierthFounder, Noble Threads
The guide
What is workleisure?
Clothes that pass at the office and still feel like a Saturday. The category, the logic and the pieces.
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Comfort
The most comfortable work clothes
What actually makes clothes comfortable for a full workday, and how we build for it.
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The founder
Our Story
Fifteen years of stiff shirts, one bag company, and why I started over.
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Fit
One size chart for everything
The size you wear in a tee is the size you wear in a blazer. Get yours from height and weight in 30 seconds.
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Meet the clothes.
The thinking behind each cut: what we changed, what we kept, and why.
Where it comes from.
Pima from Peru, a little stretch, a warehouse in Michigan, and one very educational tariff bill.
Built in the open.
Samples, prototypes and colors that did not survive contact with reality.
Pima EnhancedNoble Threads goes luxury with custom-invented Pima cottonWe have gone luxury. Cotton luxury. It is the only kind we can afford.
Button-DownsMeet the collarless future of fashionCollars have had a good run. The collarless button-down asks nothing of you.
Pima EnhancedMeet the smartest Pima tee in the gameMost tees are not allowed in most meetings. We think that is a fabric problem, not a tee problem.
Pima EnhancedMeet the 2-button elevated poloThe polo has a branding problem. Our Everyday Hero polo is for the other 51 weeks of the year.
BlazersThe Noble Threads casual knit blazer, explainedWe made a blazer for people who do not want to wear a blazer. That is most people, most days.
New Design in the works: The Business PoloWhile we all have our favorite golf polos, I think there's a huge opportunity to dress up a polo to work more in a...
Behind the scenesNew color experiments: winners and losersSome colors look epic, and others, not so much. lt. Grey &
Behind the scenes2025 Roadmap ProgressNow that the existential tariff wars are simmering down, we're excited to announce that we've begun production of our inventory restock, new colors, and...
Behind the scenesTariffs, tantrums, and a textile wake-up callUpdates on how tariffs have changed our supply chain forever. Great news is that we're back on track for inventory restocks in late Aug!
We're on Reddit.
The goal is to build this company in the open, with feedback from the people wearing the shirts. Questions, requests and complaints all welcome.
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Tell me what to make next.
Don't hold back. Feedback, requests, colors, styles. It comes straight to me.