![]() Joseph to Springfield, this power couple has turned something they enjoy into a successful business. We go to a bunch of hole in the wall places around town and outside of town that are our trade secrets,” Baig said.įrom St. “We go to antique malls, thrift markets, garage sales. Knowing that we have something that has potential – that’s a pretty cool thing,” he said.īaig and Fuson do more than just hit Springfield’s Goodwill and Red Racks for potential clothing. Even if this fizzles out, we’ll have this to put on our resumes. Making money for ourselves is a completely different experience. “We never thought we would start a business. It taught us that we can do whatever we put our minds to.”īaig used to work at Journey’s, a shoe store in the mall, before co-founding Springy Jeans. She switched her major from dental hygiene to fashion, and I’m going into marketing,” Baig explained. “We’ve learned a lot about what we want to do with our lives. Now, a year later, they are being recognized in the community. They never imagined that they would start their own business. It ended up being fate that we could make a living out of it,” Baig explained. We started dating about a year and a half ago, and we were always in thrift stores. “It was a good way to reuse stuff my parents were big on that idea. I spend most of my time getting the clothing, and she does most of the customizing and distressing,” said Baig.īaig and Fuson both grew up thrifting and going to garage sales. “Now we sell everything from bags to clothing we sold a Budweiser sign the other day. They began by selling only jeans, and gradually opened their store up to more than just jeans. Then we started posting jeans weekly on a Facebook page Sam was in,” said Baig.įrom there, the two created an Instagram for their new business Springy Jeans. We began finding vintage jeans and distressing them ourselves. ![]() We both came to Missouri State together, and we’ve always been into finding vintage clothes. Elijah Baig and Samantha Fuson introduced themselves. ![]() A bookshelf of jeans sat in the corner topped with little-potted cacti and a Springy Jeans lightbox. ![]() Racks of shirts and jackets lined the entryway wall of their apartment. ![]()
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