Mola Inc.

Everlane started with one luxury tee, and now we produce over 20,000 a month.

The factory is located a few miles from downtown Los Angeles. We visit the facility often and have forged a strong relationship with the owner Mr. Kim, who has been in the LA garment industry for over 30 years.

How We Found It

In our initial phases of production, we worked with six different vendors to produce a single T-shirt. The process was painful and we had an inventory loss at every step. Those were early days. In an attempt to move to a full-package vendor, we met with every major factory in Los Angeles. We were impressed by the workmanship here and the environment created for the factory workers. We visit this facility twice a year to check up on production and quality control pieces.

The Materials

Our company would not exist today without the support of our jersey cotton supplier. We met them in the early days of founding the company and have stuck with them since. They’re one of the few mills in Los Angeles that also handles finishing of fabric.

Our women’s T-shirt fabric is a 40-single yarn—a term to denote the weight of the fabric—made of 100% Supima cotton. All of the cotton is grown directly in the United States and shipped to the mill.

Our men’s T-shirts use a heavier 30-single cotton. The fibers are imported from India and then handled in our Los Angeles mill.

About the Owner

When you look for Mr. Kim, the owner of our tee factory, you won’t find him hidden away in an air-conditioned office. His workspace is right on the factory floor in the middle of all the action. Kim’s openness translates into everything he does, from overseeing production to buying us lunch whenever we stop by—and it’s one of the main reasons we have such a strong relationship with the factory.