BKJ Blog Getting Closer To Solving Today's Fashion Problem

Well we are finally getting closer to making this whole Big Kidz Jeanz idea come to fruition. It started out as a frustration with not finding any pants that fit my boys. It seems the whole fashion industry and current big box clothing retailers do not care about making pants that fit the kids that don't "fit" in to their current model sizes. That is good news for me because I hope to fill this void and bring my Big Kidz Jeanz fashion solution to the market. Soon enough parents and relatives will have a place to turn to where they can find custom length jeans and track pants to properly fit the kids (as well as adults) that are husky or too tall and thin to fit off the rack sizes.My BKJ jeans and track pants will be going in to production some time this week. From there I am told it could take a couple weeks and then we have the whole slow boat from China thing which I mentioned in one of my earlier blogs. All in all we are looking to launch in about a month or so hopefully.The waist band issue finally came to a resolution that I am pretty satisfied with. Originally I wanted a sliding waist expansion like there is on khaki style slacks, but it is just not do-able on denim material. What we came up with was a slit in waist band and an elastic expansion that will allow some give to the jeans. Here are a couple pictures when waist is closed and expanded:You can see in the first (closed waist) picture we finally got the back tab right so that my BKJ letters show nicely on the back left pocket similar to other jeans. Here is another picture of the back of jeans with a nice BKJ kraft label on waist band along with front and custom BKJ button:It is great to finally see the brand I am building come to life. The BKJ jeans are real nice quality denim that is pre-washed and lightly stressed. The BKJ track pants are made with a nice quality and weight of polyester material and they look great as well. Here are a couple pictures of the track pants: In earlier blogs I noted how easy will be for people to go to my site (https://bigkidzjeanz.com/ ) and order. You just have to measure your child's waist and inseam (length) and choose proper size from the 2 drop down windows. This month we'll be revamping the company web site to have the home landing page show pictures of the jeans and track pants to make it more visual.Can surely tell you that I will be my first customer! My younger son who is 8 years old is tall and think and size 26" waist and 24" inseam. He has gone beyond the 10 slim size offered in stores. All his pants are always too short and finding a pair of pants that fit is a real challenge. My older boy who is 10 is huskier and size 32" waist and 25" inseam. As I have said before I have to take all his pants to a tailor to have shortened and hemmed but at least I had a solution, albeit an expensive and time consuming one.Last week I ran in to a good friend of mine from way back and was telling him about Big Kidz Jeanz (hate to date myself but we played a lot of golf together out at Cordial Greens Country Club 30+ years ago). He absolutely loved the idea and shared with me he had the SAME problem growing up and bought jeans from Levi's Spin. They were a custom jeans spin off from Levis but cost was $70-80 each pair and it took forever to get them. He thought it was fantastic that I plan to ship out a custom pair of jeans ($30) and track pants ($25) at a reasonable cost in a just a few days right to your door step.I guess Levi's is trying it again with their Levi's Curve ID, but they are very expensive and geared more for women. I'm not figuring I'll be able to fit everyone but I'm trying to focus more on convenience and offering a quality brand and simpler solution.All that being said, we are definitely getting closer to the solution. It is very exciting but I also would be lying if I didn't tell you I was a bit nervous. I guess the whole fiasco with ordering in custom jeans and track pants has made me that way. Making sure we have true to size waist measurements has been the other issue along with waistband. That seems to have been straightened out and feel we are on track for sure now. By the way you all should know I own the SSL's for Big Kids Jeans (http://www.bigkidsjeans.com/) and BKJ.me (http://www.bkj.me/) so those web names may be easier to type in browser or remember. Please be patient and hopefully the wait will be worth it!- SteveFacebook Post Title: Getting Closer To Solving Today's Fashion ProblemTweet