Founders' Stories: Trunk Club's Brian Spaly
Channel: Chicago Founders TV
Date: 27/06/2013

Brian is founder of Trunk Club, a clothing service for men as well as the founder of Bonobos, a men’s pants company. 

Trunk Club combines top brands, expert service, and unparalleled convenience to deliver a highly personalized experience that helps guys look their best and saves them time. 

Brian’s career started when he found out he had the same problem most people do when buying pants – they don’t fit well. It was then when his girlfriend taught him how to sew and he began tailoring his own pants to fit properly. From there, Bonobos was born. 

Under the leadership of Brian and his former Stanford roommate Andy, Bonobos was named one of the fifty hottest brands in America by AdAge. In 2009, despite their success, Brian and Andy had different visions and thought it was best if there was only one leader. Within a month, an investor called Brian and asked him if he’d be interested in taking over the Trunk Club brand which he brought to Chicago and reinvented.

In this episode of Chicago Founders' Stories, Brian goes more in depth of scaling a business, finding the right product fit and how he visions Trunk Club to be the world’s outfitter out of Chicago.

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