Feminine and bike friendly rainwear designed for graceful and fashionable living in rainy cities. Danish fashion meets practical wear from Copenhagen, Denmark.
Rain is so inconvenient when you live in a city, like most of us do. When it rains we have a problem: we can’t look splendid. Conventional rain gear is practically too practical and boring.
Our mission is to change that. Therefore we are raising funds to start the first big scale production of Takaokamis collection of super feminine rain clothes.
Stylish feminine rain clothes which will let you cut through the rain gracefully and dry. Which will make you look like a million dollars, even on a bicycle! Takaokami is the name of a Japanese rain god and we chose the name for our rain wear to celebrate our great inspiration: Tokyo. Takaokami brings Nordic classic design together with Japanese quirkiness in a unique blend.
By now we have had SO many emails and phone calls from around the globe – from professionals and “normal” girls alike – asking for us to start production, so we know in our hearts that there is a great demand for us in the rain business. We have even had Sony asking us to make a special appearance along with their newest smart phone in a collaboration called Skybrud – watch the video below, it is pretty cool :-)
We need to place a grand order at the biofriendly green factory, before we can start selling our collection. This is where you come in. With your help, Takaokami can place that bulk order and become self sustained. And then we can actually come to a shop near you.
Please take a look at the photos or the video and tell us that you want us in your life. Even the smallest amount will help. And we will be SO grateful.
Risks and challenges
Though we feel sure that there is a need for Takaokami, there are certainly some challenges to overcome.
The greatest challenge we are facing at the moment is to actually get the rain clothes into the shops. The shops will only buy if there is rain gear in stock. And our green factory will only produce if we place a big bulk order. Placing this order is very expensive. And this, of course, is where you come in.
We already have shops around the globe that are waiting for our styles to arrive. In Canada, in the US, in Denmark. And the rest will come through hard work from shop to shop and mouth to mouth. Your input will be more than valued.
The second challenge comes with the actual production. It has taken more than a year and so many prototypes back and forth to reach the goal of a perfect mix of elegance, comfort, waterproofness and ecofriendlyness. And price. We want to keep production local but this is not possible at the moment, mainly because sewing factories have closed down in Denmark and our neighbouring countries. And the European factories that are still there AND are ecofriendly are SO expensive (understandable) rendering the Takaokami rain gear unobtainable for most. So what to do? Well, the bigger the quantities the smaller the unit price, and that is what we are aiming for.
The third challenge will be to keep the pot stirring concerning public knowledge about Takaokami. We have been graced by good fortune and have been positively mentioned in many countries, and we would like for this to continue. And grow. It would be greater than grand if you could help us building a name.