[who we are]
OUR MISSION:
THROUGH TRNSPRNCY, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH WHO WE EACH ARE; WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO FREELY EXPRESS OUR INDIVIDUAL THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, VALUES, AND EXPERIENCES THAT ULTIMATELY SHAPE US AS HUMAN BEINGS.
OUR VISION:
WE ENVISION A COMMUNITY WHERE INDIVIDUALS FEEL HEARD, ACCEPTED, AND EMPOWERED—NORMALIZING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, VALUES, AND EXPERIENCES.
WE SEE TRANSPARENCY AS THE ESSENCE OF HUMAN CONNECTION. LET’S CONNECT.
OUR VALUES:
WE VALUE TRANSPARENCY AND HONESTY, AUTHENTICITY AND VULNERABILITY, SELF-EXPRESSION AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT, CONFIDENCE AND EMPOWERMENT, AND DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
FOR SELF-EXPRESSION AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT TO FLOURISH, WE MUST BE TRANSPARENT AND HONEST NOT ONLY WITH OTHERS—BUT WITH OURSELVES.
WE MUST BE AUTHENTIC AND VULNERABLE TO TRULY CONNECT WITH OURSELVES AND THOSE AROUND US.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT IS OUR COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY TO FOSTER A COMMUNITY OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION WHERE ALL VOICES ARE HEARD AND RESPECTED.
ONLY THEN WILL WE FEEL CONFIDENT AND EMPOWERED IN SHOWING WHO WE TRULY ARE.
OUR PIECES:
OUR COLLECTIONS ARE CENTERED ON DIFFERENT LIFE EXPERIENCES SUCH AS CHILDHOOD, RELATIONSHIPS, AND DEATH ETC. THE PIECES THAT COMPOSE A COLLECTION ARE BASED ON FOUR RELATED CONCEPTS: A SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE, VALUE, THOUGHT, AND FEELING THAT ARE ALL DERIVED FROM THE LIFE EXPERIENCE OF THAT COLLECTION.
WE CURATE ARTISTS TO CREATE ARTWORK FOR OUR PIECES BASED ON OUR INTERPRETATION AND/OR THEIR INTERPRETATION OF THESE CONCEPTS. WE HOPE TO ENCOURAGE THESE ARTISTS TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT WITH WHO THEY ARE, INSPIRING OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.
WE BELIEVE THAT ART CAN BE THE MOST PERSONAL AND VULNERABLE WAY TO EXPRESS OURSELVES; OUR PIECES ARE MADE TO BE PHYSICAL REMINDERS TO US—AND TO THOSE AROUND US—TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH WHO WE ARE AND WHAT MAKES US HUMAN. WE HOPE THEY INITIATE REAL, AND SOMETIMES DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, DEEPENING THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN US. ULTIMATELY, WE WISH TO ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS TO SHOW AUTHENTICITY AND VULNERABILITY WITH CONFIDENCE AND EMPOWERMENT.
OUR STORY:
THE IDEA FOR TRNSPRNCY WAS BIRTHED BY TWO HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE SUMMER OF 2019: ME, TRILLIAN, WHO WANTED TO START A FASHION BUSINESS—AND ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS, LANDY, WHO WANTED TO CREATE ARTWORK FOR HER ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO. PUTTING THE TWO TOGETHER, I DECIDED TO START A GRAPHIC T-SHIRT BRAND WITH LANDY HELPING OUT; SHE WOULD HANDLE THE ARTISTIC/CREATIVE ASPECTS FROM CREATING ARTWORK FOR OUR SHIRTS TO GIVING ME HER INPUT ON BRANDING IDEAS—AND I WOULD HANDLE EVERYTHING ELSE.
THE MAIN QUESTION WE HAD FOR OURSELVES THEN WAS: WHAT MESSAGE ARE WE TRULY PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT WE WANT TO SHARE? ONE THAT WE BOTH RESONATED WITH WAS TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH OURSELVES AND WHAT MAKES US HUMAN—OUR THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, VALUES, AND EXPERIENCES. THIS MESSAGE FORMED THE FOUNDATION FOR TRNSPRNCY AND HAS SINCE BEEN DEVELOPED INTO WHAT IS IT TODAY.
WE SOON REALIZED THAT WE COULDN’T DESIGN MULTIPLE PIECES EFFICIENTLY OR ENJOYABLY ON OUR OWN, SO WE SOUGHT OUT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS TO CREATE ARTWORK FOR OUR CLOTHING. NOT ONLY DID THIS DECISION LIFT LOADS OF WEIGHT OFF OUR SHOULDERS, BUT HAVING DIFFERENT ARTIST INTERPRETATIONS IN THE COLLECTION DEEPENS OUR VISION OF CREATING A COMMUNITY OF CONNECTION AND EXPRESSIVE DIVERSITY. IT ALSO INTRODUCED US TO INSPIRING, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE THAT WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BUILD FRIENDSHIPS WITH.
AFTER ALMOST TWO YEARS OF MANY HIGHS AND MANY LOWS—CONSTANTLY DEVELOPING AND SCRATCHING IDEAS, FACING DELAYS AND PUSHING DEADLINES, ALMOST GIVING UP BUT ALWAYS GETTING BACK UP, WORKING WITH AMAZING PEOPLE AND COMPLETING OUR FIRST COLLECTION, CONNECTING WITH A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY AND CREATING VALUABLE FRIENDSHIPS, AND SO MUCH MORE—TRNSPRNCY WAS READY TO STEP INTO THE WORLD.
