# Alexander Tschopp

> Alexander Tschopp is the co-founder and CEO of Tailored Industry, a Brooklyn-based on-demand knitwear manufacturer and software platform that uses Shima Seiki WHOLEGARMENT 3D knitting machines to produce luxury sweaters with zero minimum order quantities and 3-to-6-day turnaround. A Cornell Dyson School graduate who hooked into business after reading an Andrew Carnegie biography at age 12, he started selling college-branded products to hundreds of retailers as an undergrad before setting out to revive American knitwear manufacturing - eliminating overproduction by matching supply precisely to demand.

- **Role:** Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman at Tailored Industry
- **Organizations:** Tailored Industry Inc., Collegiate Sun LLC, The American Knitting Company
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree, Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Tailored Industry, a pioneer of on-demand, zero-MOQ knitwear manufacturing in the United States., Built a manufacturing-as-a-service model pairing proprietary software with Shima Seiki WHOLEGARMENT 3D knitting machines., Reduced production waste to roughly 1% of conventional manufacturing levels by matching supply to demand.

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Founded Collegiate Sun LLC as a Cornell undergraduate, distributing college-branded sunglasses and products to campus retailers.
- **2014** — Graduated from Cornell's Dyson School.
- **2015** — Wound down Collegiate Sun LLC, which had also operated The American Knitting Company, an East Coast full-fashion knitting facility.
- **2017** — Co-founded Tailored Industry in Brooklyn to reinvent contract manufacturing with on-demand 3D knitting.
- **2019** — Tailored Industry ran a pilot order for Gap Inc.'s Hill City brand; operated 10 Shima Seiki machines in Brooklyn.
- **2021** — Raised a seed round; total funding reported at roughly $2.48M.
- **2022** — Featured in Textile World detailing WHOLEGARMENT zero-MOQ on-demand production at Industry City.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Tailored Industry, a pioneer of on-demand, zero-MOQ knitwear manufacturing in the United States.
- Built a manufacturing-as-a-service model pairing proprietary software with Shima Seiki WHOLEGARMENT 3D knitting machines.
- Reduced production waste to roughly 1% of conventional manufacturing levels by matching supply to demand.
- Achieved 3-6 day turnaround on luxury-grade knitwear with order minimums as low as a single unit.
- Won clients including Ministry of Supply, American Trench, and Allen Edmonds, plus a pilot for Gap Inc.'s Hill City.
- As an undergraduate, sold college-branded products to 250 retailers in the first year of his first company.

## Latest updates

- **2022-12** — Profiled by Textile World on WHOLEGARMENT-enabled, zero-MOQ on-demand production from Brooklyn's Industry City.
- **2021-04** — Closed a seed financing round bringing total funding to roughly $2.48M.

## Links

- Website: https://tailoredindustry.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderctschopp
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/tailoredindustry

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Last updated: 2026-06-25