After losing his job as a landscape company manager in 2020, Canada native Keenan Holcombe decided to take his mom’s sewing machine and start making clothing items and accessories to pass the time. What started off as a hobby became a successful business and made him a viral TikTok content creator.
Holcombe started trending on social media earlier this year after he posted a video in which he turned an Aladdin sleeping bag into a puffer jacket. His creation has a cool retro vibe and is so well-crafted that you could never tell the jacket was once a sleeping bag.
Holcombe decided to venture into the business of making clothes out of vintage, mostly pop culture-themed, sleeping bags and other items after he noticed his friends loved creations and wanted to own them. He decided to have a one-month test run and discovered that he earned more money by selling his fashion pieces than he did working at his previous job.
Holcombe started a company called Rye Dylan Reworks, which has been growing strong ever since.
According to Holcombe, he finds the material for his business by visiting thrift stores and picking up sleeping bags, blankets, towels, and more. He focuses on items decorated with pop culture motifs ranging from Disney movies and Marvel superheroes to video games and anime. This gives his fashion pieces an element of nostalgia that his customers like.
Continue scrolling to check out more of Holcombe’s creations below.