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Redwood Classics Apparel, Canada's premiere garment manufacturer, and Over the Rainbow, Toronto's denim destination, has garnered rave reviews and won fans from Toronto and beyond.

Redwood Classics Grows 160% Between 2011 and 2013

In Apparel's May 2014 issue, Redwood Classics/WS & Co. is featured alongside industry heavyweights, including Adidas, Halston and J.C. Penney, as a rising leader in garment design and production. Apparel Magazine selected companies and designers who are striving to move the industry forward through creativity and boldness, two attributes that we pride ourselves on. Our commitment to made in Canada manufacturing and the production of high quality garments that stand the test of time will help propel us through 2014 and beyond.To read the full Apparel Magazine feature on Redwood Classics/WS & Co., please click the images below.

Host Shannon Skinner speaks with President of WS & Company Ltd., and founder of Redwood Classics Apparel, Kathy Cheng, about keeping garment manufacturing on Canadian soil.

To view the article in its original format, click the link below: https://tinyurl.com/changeagent-redwoodclassics “After the recession, there was a much lower demand for domestic garment production. I became my dad’s business partner then, and we humbly restructured down to 40 people from around 100. Textile-wise, my father has so much experience, but he was never into sales or marketing, and felt that as a manufacturer we always had to be behind-the-scenes. But we couldn’t wait for business to come, so we developed the Redwood Classics brand. I felt there was a niche for retail-quality promotional apparel where, for example, a company puts its branding on a T-shirt for an event. It’s a made in Canada brand to stand out from the...