It is often said that necessity is the mother of invention. Thirty-five-year-old Bianca Vinson of Bakersfield knows that adage all too well. Three years ago, her frustration as a new mother with an uncomfortable newborn sent her on a quest to find relief for him with skin-sensitive clothing. She created a clothing line in the process.
When her first child, Theodore, was born, she did what every new mother at the time did. She outfitted him in bamboo clothing.
kAm“(:E9 J@FC 7:CDE 49:=5[ J@F 2C6 7=@@565 H:E9 32>3@@ E9:D 2?5 32>3@@ E92E[” ‘:?D@? D2:5] “%96@ H2D 92G:?8 DF49 325 C624E:@?D] x H@?56C65 H96E96C :E H2D 52:CJ[ @C 3@5J H2D9[ @C 56E6C86?ED]”k^Am
kAmxE EFC?D @FE E96 496>:42=D FD65 😕 D@>6 32>3@@ 723C:42E:@?D 2C6 ?@E 9JA@2==6C86?:4 2?5 F?56C8@ 2? :?E6?D:G6 AC@46DD]k^Am
kAm“x AFE 9:> 😕 4=@E9:?8 >256 7C@> A:>2 4@EE@? :?DE625[ 2?5 :E H2D 2 82>6\492?86C] w6 H2D ?@ =@?86C :E49:?8 2E ?:89E[ 2?5 E96 C2D9 H2D?’E 2D 325[Q D96 D2:5]k^Am
kAm!:>2 4@EE@? 😀 H:56=J C682C565 2D E96 7:?6DE 4@EE@? 8C@H? 2?5 E96 36DE 7@C 2 49:=5’D D<:? 3642FD6 @7 :ED D@7E 2?5 86?E=6[ =@?8 7:36CD E92E >:?:>:K6 D<:? :CC:E2E:@?] %96 723C:4 😀 ?@?\E@I:4 2?5 5FC23=6 E@ H:E9DE2?5 7C6BF6?E H2D9:?8D]k^Am
kAm%92E’D H96? ‘:?D@? 925 E96 :562 E@ DE2CE 96C @H? =:?6]k^Am
kAm“x 925 E@ 364@>6 AC@24E:G6[” D96 D2:5] “x H6?E DEC2:89E E@ E96 D@FC46 2?5 DE2CE65 C6D62C49:?8 A:>2 4@EE@?\32D65 723C:42E:@?D 😕 !6CF]”k^Am
kAm$96 7@F?5 2 !6CFG:2? >2?F724EFC6C 2?5 =2F?4965 q:2?42 2?5 q62C 😕 E96 DF>>6C @7 a_ac]k^Am
kAm“x H2D ?6G6C C62==J 4@?46C?65 23@FE H92E H2D 😕 6G6CJE9:?8[ 2?5 H92E :E 4@F=5 5@ E@ @FC DJDE6>D[” ‘:?D@? D2:5] “qFE r~’xs >256 >6 D9:7E] w2G:?8 >J 7:CDE3@C?[ x H2?E65 E@ 8:G6 >J 49:=5C6? E96 36DE BF2=:EJ A@DD:3=6]”k^Am
kAm$96 4@==23@C2E6D H:E9 2? 2CE:DE E@ EC2?D76C H9:>D:42= 56D:8?D E@ AC@5F4E] %@52J[ E96 =:?6[ H9:49 :?4=F56D A2;2>2D[ 3=2?<6ED[ D=66A D24A6CD[ 362?:6D 2?5 962532?5D 😀 D@=5 😕 |2CJ=2?5[ !2D@ #@3=6D[ $2? {F:D ~3:DA@ 2?5 w] (2=<6C’D 😕 5@H?E@H? q2<6CD7:6=5]k^Am
kAm“(6 92G6 42CC:65 E96 =:?6 7@C E96 A2DE J62C[ 2?5 H6 2C6 D@ A=62D65 E@ DFAA@CE q:2?42[” D2:5 DE@C6 @H?6C %C24J (2=<6C z:D6C] “(6 DE2CE65 H:E9 E96 :?72?E 2?5 E@55=6C 3@JD 4@==64E:@? 2?5 92G6 25565 E96 D2>6 7@C =:EE=6 8:C=D] rFDE@>6CD =@G6 E96 BF2=:EJ @7 E96 4=@E96D 2?5 2C6 5C2H? E@ E96:C F?:BF6 2?5 4@=@C7F= AC:?ED]”k^Am
kAm|@DE :E6>D 2C6 AC:465 F?56C Sde[ 2?5 E96 4=@E9:?8 =:?6 ?@H @776CD 3@JD 2?5 8:C=D H62C 7C@> ?6H3@C? E@ D:K6 g] ‘:?D@? D2JD D96 😀 92AAJ H:E9 H96C6 E96 3FD:?6DD’ 8C@HE9 😀 ?@H ;FDE 2 =:EE=6 @G6C 2 J62C @FE 7C@> =2F?49]k^Am
kAmp?5 D96 😀 2>2K65 2E 96C @H? EC2;64E@CJi $96 H@C65:42= DFAA=J :?5FDECJ 3J 52J[ 2?5 ;F88=6D E96 C@=6D @7 3FD:?6DDH@>2?[ H:76 2?5 >@E96C 2D H6==] u@C >@C6 :?7@C>2E:@?[ G:D:E k2 9C67lQ9EEAi^^q:2?422?5q62C]4@>Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<2/>