WENATCHEE — In case you see a assured man carrying a daring swimsuit, maybe shiny yellow or lined in polka dots, there's a 90 p.c probability that man is a haberdashery proprietor, Jim Harvill.
Harvill works as a translator for the Chelan County Superior Courtroom and performs hand percussion in Older & Wiser, a neighborhood band. Nonetheless, his love of style has stood the check of time and now lives on in his rising haberdashery store.
Harvill's haberdashery, Jim Dandy Haberdashery, was initially positioned in Merely Distinctive, a house decor retailer on Wenatchee Avenue, for a couple of years earlier than his merchandise outgrew the house.
“I’m eternally grateful for the chance that was given to me there,” Harvill stated. “As I added extra merchandise, my house, in fact, remained the identical. It was somewhat bit crowded in there. So I hoped to discover a place that was somewhat bit larger and would enable me to have extra merchandise.”
Harvill's search for a bigger retail house led him to the previous Mills Brothers constructing at 10 S. Wenatchee Ave. He found that the house was already booked by Kelli and Adam Rynd, who would quickly open the brand new Woody's Basic Man location, a males's clothes and barber store. The chance, nevertheless, was nonetheless up within the air.
“I got here right here to speak to Sam Mills about renting this place, and proper after I walked in, Sam stated, ‘Nicely, Jim, I’m sorry, however I’m renting the place to this couple. ’ They rotated and it was Kelli and Adam Rynd,” Harvill stated. “They stated, ‘Jim, we had been speaking about you and we had been questioning how we might convey you into this. ’ I assumed, ‘That is serendipitous. That is good, and that is the way it occurred. ’”
Excited concerning the house, Harvill rapidly started shifting his haberdashery to its new location simply down the road. He says transporting garments on a wheeled rack down Wenatchee Avenue with the wind blowing by way of the material was like one thing out of a film.
Since opening Woody's about three months in the past, Harvill has refined the merchandise she presents in her haberdashery.
Harvill's haberdashery presents all kinds of distinctive style objects, together with fits, uncooked denim denims, floral-print costume footwear, colourful ties, cashmere males's underwear and button-down shirts appropriate for any event. He says his time spent dwelling in Japan and Spain has given him an eye fixed for the extraordinary.
“Why be regular?” Harvill asks. “I’ve my black fits, I’ve my gray fits, however I even have my colourful fits that I wish to put on. So I wish to promote that sort of aesthetic right here.”
Additionally presents customized made fits.
“They’re not precisely tailor-made,” Harvill stated, “however the guys attempt on the jacket and pants that match them finest, and I’ve a spec sheet. I can have a look at them and say it’s a daily measurement 42, however the sleeves are somewhat lengthy, so we’re going to roll them up an inch on the left arm and a half inch on the appropriate arm.”
Clients can choose the supplies and different particulars of the swimsuit, proper all the way down to the buttons. For Harvill, style is rather more than simply garments and ought to be an expression of character.
“I’ve all the time informed my associates that I get the sensation that males right here in Wenatchee, within the valley, need to costume up greater than they do,” Harvill stated. “I can’t inform you what number of males really feel that manner, however I do know that 100 p.c of their girls really feel that manner.”
Harvill says his supreme shopper is somebody who’s assured and unafraid of uniqueness.
“It’s a must to have the angle. It’s a must to not be afraid. It’s a mind-set. You simply need to put it on and personal it. You simply need to flow. Who cares what individuals assume?” Harvill stated. “In case you prefer it, you prefer it. That’s what I would like. Somebody who’s prepared to take dangers in that regard and doesn’t thoughts standing out.”
Harvill's haberdashery, Jim Dandy Haberdashery, is positioned within the again left nook of Woody's Basic Man and his high-end residence furnishings may be discovered on the newly opened Curiosity Couture boutique at 7 S. Wenatchee Avenue.