Hello! I am trying to buy more of my clothes from small businesses instead of Amazon or Target like I usually do, but I am having trouble finding any. I was wondering if you have any recommendations? (they don't have to sell similar styles to yours!)
There's a ton out there! You can kinda follow the thread from one person to the next and find a bunch that way (go on bsky for example and check who an artist you know follows, you'll probably find a bunch more artists. repeat forever for infinite options)
We'll be here all day if I list out a bunch of descriptions for these so I'm just gonna put names and links. You can explore from there! These are all people I either know in person, work with or used to work with, follow online, or have purchased from as a customer myself:
Vetiverfox Apparel: vetiverfoxapparel.com
Fleebites: fleebites.storenvy.com
Crowlines: crowlines.net
Noble Demons: nobledemons.com
Eurythmik: www.eurythmik.com
Bandage Brigade: bandagebrigade.com
Kinwamonster: shop.kinwamonster.com
Morningwitch: shop.morningwitch.com
Maya Kern: store.mayakern.com
Fresh Hot Flavors: freshhotflavors.com
Sock Dreams: sockdreams.com
Heady Made Apparel: headymadeapparel.com
Siamurai: www.samuraipants.com
Toxic Vision: www.toxicvisionshop.com
JeanaDraws: www.jeanadraws.com
Blushsprout (closing permanently on the 30th): blushsprout.com
Meyoco: meyocostudio.com
Yoshi Yoshitani: yoshiyoshitani.store
OMOCAT: www.omocat-shop.com
Maobabie: maobabie.com
Umvvelt: umvvelt.fish
Carmico: carmico.ca
Also check the comments and reblogs on this later, I'm sure people will have added more suggestions!