Chief Bird Flying Far, Far Away! Follow Me!
Despite the fact that I haven't packed, haven't slept much, and just dug up my passport a few days ago, I am...leaving the country! Yep, I'm headed to Asia to visit one of our factories in Malaysia, and then to Taiwan to sleuth the latest innovations in performance fabrics. Part of the journey will be documenting it, and giving a behind the scenes view of this part of the industry. If you're curious about it, I hope you'll follow along. Plus, if you tweet with me, I won't feel so scary far from home. As always, thank you for being the most awesome community a girl could hope for!
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