Vicki Island is a factory building where old becomes new.

In the heart of the city of Newburgh, Vicki Island is a creative oasis separate from the outside world. One of the remaining factory buildings from the Hudson Valley’s industrial age, Vicki Island is a hotbed of reinvention. Each So Vicki garment is made with love on Vicki Island 🏝️

Built in 1890, the factory 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 coats to be sold in New York City’s garment district and major retailers. 

In the late 1990’s, The Vicki Clothing Co. laid off all of its 80 employees and halted its production due to overseas competition.

Two decades later, So Vicki launches to usher Vicki Island into its next era.

Sustainability and ethical manufaturing is at the core 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, many of the pieces OOAK-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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Vicki was recently mentioned in the Mid Hudson Times article about Newburgh’s history of garment manufacturing. Click here to read the article.

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