A Post-Industrial Paradise
Vicki Island
In the heart of the city of Newburgh, there is a factory building from the Hudson Valley’s industrial age, called Vicki Island. 🏝️
Built in 1890, the factory first manufactured overalls and workwear for the Sweet Orr company. It switched hands in 1953 and production pivoted to ladies’ coats.
The Vicki Clothing Company was in business for the next four decades, manufacturing about 6,000 coats monthly to supply the garment district and other major retailers until...
Vicki Island’s facade
Coat by The Vicki Clothing Co.
In the late 1990’s, The Vicki Clothing Co. laid off its workforce and halted production.
Two decades later, So Vicki launches to usher Vicki Island into its next era.
Sustainability and ethical manufaturing is a tenet of So Vicki’s design process. Each piece is made from either deadstock materials leftover from past industry, or sourced secondhand from nearby markets and thrift stores. We create small batch slow fashion, with many pieces one of a kind.
Deadstock is a term used in the fashion industry to describe fabric and materials that has essentially become leftovers—surplus from a fashion brand or textile mill’s production process due to overproduction, quality issues, or small flaws. On Vicki Island, there are bolts of vintage unused fabric that wait, destined to be reimagined into a finished garment.
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