Technology Enabled Clothing For The Mobile Individual
Traveling Has Never Been So Easy With SCOTTeVEST Garments That Have Up To 43 Pockets For Your Tech & Gear To Fit Smoothly & Securely Inside
After being tired of working as an attorney, being measured by how many hours he billed, Scott Jordan decided to take a chance and become an entrepreneur. “I came up with this idea seventeen years ago, of designing clothing that would carry the items you typically would carry with you together with the patenting of the idea of wiring devices together or to your headphones”, said Scott Jordan, Founder and CEO of SCOTTeVEST.
“When I first started, I had no desire to be a clothing manufacturer, I wanted to license the concept of technology enabled clothing, wiring devices inside of clothing, to other clothing companies and just use the ScotteVest as an example of what could be done”, explained Mr. Jordan. After some litigation and a memorable appearance on Shark Tank, the Jordans decided not to bother with licensing and to build the brand themselves.
The SCOTTeVEST brand is a family owned business that is currently located in Ketchum Valley, Idaho. The firm has a small staff that works together to bring products to market. “It’s an internal process among myself, my wife, and a couple key individuals. We look at what is currently on the market and what is succeeding. We look at what is successful in products and add pockets and our own branding to it”, stated Mr. Jordan.
While the process may seem like just adding pockets to clothing, there is a bit more to company’s success than that. “The product development is not all that difficult. The actual applying of the pockets is something extraordinarily difficult, to ensure that all of the size ranges accommodate all of the products you would carry comfortably. For example, an extra small women’s garment needs to carry the same size iPhone as a XXXL tall men’s garment, so designing that pocket not to be bigger or smaller depending on the size of the garment is challenging”, explained Mr. Jordan.
In addition to making the pockets the right size to carry all of your gear, the SCOTTeVEST garments are engineered to prevent bulging and to properly balance weight. “When I first started on version 1.0, the e-vest 1.0, I was very quick to market and didn’t have sufficient time and I learned a valuable lesson. That is, you need to load a product up with all of the multitude of devices people will carry and determine where the fulcrum is, where does the weight balance. The first version, the weight balanced in the center of your neck, it was excruciating. I learned that you have to put the products in and design it so the weight balances on your shoulder. Now if you are putting a three-pound computer on one side and nothing on the other side, it’s not going to balance, but it will put the weight on your shoulders rather than on your back. It’s just engineering”, stated Mr. Jordan.
SCOTTeVEST, has expanded from that initial vest to a full line of clothing. There is both men and women’s apparel available in everything from coats and outer wear to boxer shorts, all designed to carry your devices. “We try to make timeless products, we are not trying to be in fashion. So, if you buy something from us now, you can still be wearing it in 5 years. It’s not fashion, but it’s fashionable, so all of it is pretty timeless”, explained Mr. Jordan.
More impressive than their clothing, is the Jordan’s love of dogs. Dogs made a significant impact on the life of Mr. Jordan. “You know it’s near and dear to me, growing up I feel that dogs in my household were incredibly important to my well being. It was sort of a dysfunctional house, and I often would turn to my little dog to tell my problems to, and somehow all was right with the world when I was able to do so. I can’t understate the importance in my life and I believe in others of the impact that animals can have, and to ensure that we are taking care of them properly through no kill shelters and the like is really important to us”, stated Mr. Jordan.
The success of the SCOTTeVEST brand, has been mainly through online sales. “Ninety percent of our sales are online, we were the first clothing company with its primary distribution channel being the internet. It was kind of an accidental thing to be honest, I fully intended to sell through retail establishments and catalogs, but we landed there and were very successful there”, stated Mr. Jordan.
“If you’re not mobile, you have no need for our product, but in your reader's case, they’re mobile, they’re out seeing the world, and our products enable and empower them to be able to leave the RV and get out for the day or afternoon and have all of their key items with them. It just makes so much sense for those folks”, explained Mr. Jordan.
Jared Langenegger
A graduate of New Mexico State University with B.S. in wildlife and fisheries science, Jared spent 15 years working in fisheries and parks management. He enjoys camping, fishing, hunting, painting, and wood working.
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SCOTTeVEST, the clothing brand that evolved into a full line of intelligent clothing that features well-designed pockets to carry all of life’s gadgets without lugging around an extra bag or pack. They believe in a very simple idea: people need better, smarter pockets.