Performance Workwear Brand Truewerk Secures Investment with Stride Consumer Partners
Denver-based performance apparel manufacturer to build brand, grow internal team and enterprise uniform offerings following a Series B funding round.
Small Business Owner Highlight: Valon Quamina
Valon Quamina is a second-generation carpenter and contractor based in Brooklyn, NY. From growing up on job sites with his father to studying architecture and starting a computer company, he finall...
Rethinking Education - The Push for Continuing Trades Education
James Lucas is wearing a yellow hard hat, a tool belt and a hi-vis vest with a smile that seems like it will never leave his face. His knowledge of construction trucks is extensive -- he can identi...
Keep Craft Alive and Larry Haun - The Inspiration for the S4 Haun Vest
This post first appeared in Fine Homebuilding Brian Ciciora has always felt a connection to those who make a living working with their hands. A job in a machine shop high in the mountains of Colora...
Friends of Truewerk: Climber rescued near Mt. Bancroft, airlifted to local hospital
Climber rescued near Mt. Bancroft, airlifted to local hospital This article first appeared on KDVR by: Colleen Flynn, Aimee Lewis Posted: Sep 5, 2021 / 04:09 PM MDT / Updated: Sep 5, 2021 / 10...
TRUEWERK Founder Talks Workwear Systems
Brian Ciciora, Truewerk Founder and CEO, takes a few minutes to talk about where the drive to develop a workwear system came from and the benefits of it outside just comfort and function. TRUE...
Skilled Trade Jobs: Entrepreneur
If you’ve been around Truewerk for a bit, you’ll notice we’ve been talking about trading up. But what does Trade Up really mean? To us, it represents the decision to take your creativity, passion ...
The Skilled Trades Are a Step Up
“My mother calls it ‘The Order of Precedence’. It goes something like: finish high school, go to college, get married — very traditionally boomer expectations in my opinion.” This was the path True...
SUPPORTING WOMEN IN SKILLED TRADES
There’s a misconception that the skilled trades are “manly” careers. Given that women make up about nine percent of the construction workforce and only three percent of the building trades, it’s no...
Q&A: TRUEWERK Ambassador Program
Want a peek into what it’s like to be a part of our ambassador program here at Truewerk? Meet Josh Ferguson, Kurt Stenberg and Ken Ballin -- three skilled trade professionals in different industrie...
WORKWEAR AS A SYSTEM: LAYERING TRUEWERK
Most workwear is stuck in the past, leaving you with gear that lags far behind other performance apparel categories like outdoor and tactical. We’re not just talking about old-school fabrics but ph...
DESIGNING FLOW STATE CLOTHING: HOW TO ACHIEVE FLOW WITH THE T3 WERKBIB
Question No. 1: WTF is “Flow State”? The folks at headspace describe it as that sense of fluidity between your body and mind, where you are totally absorbed by and deeply focused on something, beyo...
5 Ways to Outsmart Winter Job Sites
Winter Workwear Winter is a challenging time to work outdoors. While many can stay cozy inside, trade professionals say “game on,” throw on their winter gear and head out the door. Whether you're i...