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Alexandre Kosmala

CEO, TKNP

Alexandre founded one of France's largest custom apparel companies and led it for eighteen years, from a first workshop to a benchmark of the industry. Eighteen years guiding thousands of projects, choosing the fabrics, cuts and decoration techniques that make a garment worn with pride. After passing the company on, he launched TKNP to remove every friction from a custom apparel project, one by one. Co-founder and CEO of TKNP, he writes about manufacturing, fabrics and quality.

Expertise

He knows apparel manufacturing from raw material to finished garment: sourcing brands and references, cuts and drape, wash durability, and what separates a piece you keep from one you endure. He also knows which decoration technique truly holds up, on which fabric, and why.

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