dang argyle is two dangsters, coco and manz, who like to sew it up! we currently make things out of both ann arbor, michigan and stevens point, wisconsin. across state lines we make it work, creating handmade goods. our sewn items are made from vintage and reclaimed fabrics which we repurpose into one-of-a-kind bags and pouches.

the dang argyle seed was planted in august 2005. the following june we had a shop on etsy, a few weeks later we were working on our first wholesale order, and in august 2006 we did our first show, which was the first detroit urban craft fair. it's been a super fun ride!

why dang argyle?

we used to bowl quite often. we thought it would be fun if everyone wore argyle socks while they bowled, to go with the ever-so-stylish bowling shoes. so our fake bowling team name became "the argyles." also, when we bowl we like to be pirates. (and if pirates wore argyle socks they would be called arrrrrrgyle socks!) one day we argyles were bowling and saying "dang" like it was going out of style, so we said "we're not the argyles, we're the dang argyles!" so we became a couple of bowling, argyle sock wearing pirates, who liked to sew, paint, stitch, and cut.