from a to twinnks

HOLY SHIT we got our first bulk order and posted our launch date (3/17/20). As I have champagne to calm my nerves, I’m reflecting on the last 4 years and have a few thoughts to share.  First, I cannot IMAGINE...

We’d like to confirm that bra making is hard and takes a long time. Here’s the latest with Twinnks: we came back from our meeting with the new factory in Baltimore on top of the world. They were (and still...

Well that was productive.  In case you missed our last blog, we deemed e-mail inefficient and mannequins stupid so we flew out to San Francisco and hired a fit model to finalize the 5th prototype. Once we landed we immediately...

I was minding my own business on a lovely Sunday afternoon at The People’s Market in Charlotte when this girl, Jackie, started talking to me. The People’s Market is mainly a coffee and lunch place but they serve alcohol and...

I gotta say, this was the fun part.  Brainstorming our company name started early on. We knew from the beginning we did not want anything lingerie-ish. Some of the ones we played with were: Mint (different spellings= minte, mynt,) -cool/fresh...

We touched on this a little in a previous blog post but when we got on this visible cup line (VCL) soapbox, we did our homework and researched if there was already an existing solution. What we found was frustrating. Not...

Who are we? We’re twins, 29 years old, almost 30 (I know! Can you believe it?), and we are identical in every sense of the word – genetically, looks (obviously), style, sense of humor, opinions, etc. We’ve even fainted at...

R, here… As mentioned in the previous post, we’re working with our 2nd factory. The first factory was fine, but we didn’t think she understood the vision behind Twinnks and after receiving the first prototype, it was clear we were...

Hi, welcome to Twinnks!  We’re R and R. Yes, we have actual names, but can’t share them yet (explanation to come).  We’re twin sisters who are creating a new, innovative bra and documenting the entire process from prototype, to launch,...