In the news…

• KSHB 41 Nonprofit 'Rightfully Sewn' in south KC expands operation after increase in production, employees, clients (October 1, 2024)

• The Pitch KC Sipps: Three restaurant openings, plus a weekend full of Pride and First Friday food events (June 6th, 2024)

• Kansas City Business Journal AP’s tourniquet manufacturing pushes Rightfully Sewn to big growth (Feb 27, 2023)

• KCTV 5 Nonprofit in KC provides tourniquets to Ukraine as demand surges (Feb. 23, 2023)

• Alphapointe.org Alphapointe Subsidiary Rightfully Sewn Announces Tyler Bennett As New President (Jan. 31, 2023 )

• FOX4KC KC Fashion Company Teaches Marginalized Women Sewing and Business (Nov 21, 2022)

• The Pitch Men Need Sexy Undies Too (February 10, 2022)

• VoyageKC Community Highlights: Meet Jennifer Lapka of Rightfully Sewn (September 10, 2021)

• The Pitch As Kansas City Extends Mandates, Local Designers Reflect on the Last Year (August 3, 2021)

• GoGreenLocally.org Upcycling Clothing Class - Nina Littrell - Instructor with Rightfully Sewn (June 19, 2021)

• The Pitch Teen Designer from Olathe Hosts Her First Fashion Show (May 19, 2021)

• CityScene KC Rightfully Sewn Expands in Crossroads; Grocery Plan Falls Through (April 26, 2021)

• Kansas City Business Journal Rightfully Sewn Already is Stitching Success from Merger with Alphapointe (April 15, 2021)

• Rightfully Sewn and Alphapointe Press Release Rightfully Sewn Expands with New Contracts, Hires, Space, and Equipment (April 14, 2021)

• Authority Magazine Jennifer Lapka of Rightfully Sewn: How to Successfully Ride the Emotional Highs & Lows of Being an Entrepreneur (April 11, 2021)

• Kansas City Star Refugees Make Kansas City Stronger. We Have Work Ahead After Four Years of Setbacks (February 7, 2021)

• The Pitch Local Creative Arts Are Getting Creative (January 15, 2021)

• Rightfully Sewn and Essense of Australia Press Release Two Kansas City Fashion Leaders Join Forces to Magnify Impact (December 15, 2020)

• Fort Hays State University Magazine ROAR Moving the Needle (Fall/Winter 2020)

• The Pitch Madison Stitch Runs Collaborative Fashion Effort to Benefit First Responders (November 12, 2020)

• HERLIFE Magazine Wear a Mask, but Make It Fashion (October 2020)

• 2más2KC Rightfully Sewn & Alphapointe Team Up (October 29, 2020)

• Startland News (Rightfully Sewn Acquisition Stitches New Path Toward Re-establishing KC as Garment Capital, Lapka Says (October 22, 2020)

• Kansas City Business Journal Rightfully Sewn Becomes Unit of Alphapointe (October 21, 2020)

• Rightfully Sewn and Alphapointe Press Release Alphapointe and Rightfully Sewn to Advance Manufacturing in Kansas City (October 21, 2020)

• Kansas City Business Journal duoFIT Founder Kelsey Perry Looks Back on ‘Crazy’ Year (October 19, 2020)

• The Harbinger Sew Into Fashion: Freshman Finds His Passion and Talent in the Fashion World (October 14, 2020)

• Kansas City Business Journal 2020 Women Who Mean Business: Meet the Honorees, Judges (October 9, 2020)

• Kansas City Business Journal Women Who Mean Business Program Welcomes 25 New Members (October 7, 2020)

• Startland News Masked by Fashion: Rightfully Sewn’s Latest Launch Moves Needle Toward Inclusivity, Sustainability (October 6, 2020)

• Tivol Making Safety Stylish (September 3, 2020)

• Kansas City Business Journal PNC Bank Will Spend More Than $1.8M to Help KC With COVID-19 Issues (August 14, 2020)

• Daily Star-Journal WILS Reaches Out to Share PPE Porch Packages (July 21, 2020)

• SIMPLYkc Who, What, Where (July 13, 2020)

• KCUR 89.3 How A Kansas City Furniture Maker Recruited Refugees To Make Thousands Of Masks (July 10, 2020)

• Sedalia Democrat West-Central Independent Living Solutions Shares PPE Porch Packages (July 8, 2020)

• Kansas City Business Journal KCBJ Unveils Its 2020 Women Who Mean Business Honorees (June 17, 2020)

• The Pitch Rightfully Sewn Makes PPE Fashionable (June 8, 2020)

• Forbes From Form and Function to Ethics: How Apparel Manufacturers Can Pivot On Purpose to Avoid the Pitfalls of Disaster Capitalism (May 5, 2020)

• Kansas City Star ‘The U.S. Saved My Life’: Kansas City Area Refugee Can Now Give Back Amid COVID-19 (May 2, 2020)

• Kansas City Business Journal Coronavirus in KC: (More) Good Deeds During a Bad Time (April 16, 2020)

• KMBC Businesses, Charities Shift to Making Face Masks (April 13, 2020)

• FOX4KC Non-profit Sewing Thousands of Masks for Frontline Workers (April 12, 2020)

• Startland News SINGER® Gives 30 Sewing Machines to Face Mask Effort; Rightfully Sewn Doubling Goal after Passing $125K in Donations (April 9, 2020)

• 2más2KC Exciting Update (April 8, 2020)

• KCUR 89.3 Public Demand For Masks Spurs Production In Kansas City (April 7, 2020)

• CitySceneKC Rightfully Sewn Shifts to Producing Fabric Masks to Help Healthcare Workers (March 30, 2020)

• The Pitch Local Organizations Are Making Much-Needed Medical Masks, and You Can Help (March 27, 2020)

• 2más2KC KC Entrepreneurs Step Up to Help (March 26, 2020)

• Kansas City Business Journal Rightfully Sewn Tailors Production to Latest Need: Health Care Worker Masks (March 25, 2020)

•  Startland News Sew You Want a Fight? Makers Across KC Mobilize Mask Production to Slow COVID-19 Spread (March 25, 2020)

• KCUR 89.3 Kansas City Area Crafters Rush Into Action Making Masks For Health Care Workers (March 24, 2020)

• IN Kansas City  A Local Not-for-Profit Aims to Educate and Train Seamstresses and Designers to Work in the Field of Fashion (March 2, 2020)

• YBCA Zine Stories of Impact: Jennifer Lapka (February 18, 2020)

• Make48 Rightfully Sewn: Creating Jobs and Opportunity Through the Business of Fashion (January 16, 2020 )

• Kansas City Magazine Golden Gala (January 15, 2019)

• U.S. News & World Report Congolese Refugee Sews Herself a New Life in Kansas City (December 27, 2019)

• Nonprofit Connect Rightfully Sewn Among Twenty-Three Community Organizations to Receive Grants From ArtsKC to Help Fund Arts Projects (December 26, 2019)

• Kansas City Star Tortured by Rebels in Africa, Kansas City Area Refugee Sews Her Way to a New Life (December 24, 2019)

• 2más2KC Dressed Up for a Good Cause (December 19, 2019)

• The New York Times The Leotard Queen (December 17, 2019)

• IN Kansas City Photos From Rightfully Sewn 2019 Fashion Biennale: Golden Gala (December 12, 2019)

• IN Kansas City Rightfully Sewn 2019 Fashion Biennale: Golden Gala (August 27, 2019)

• Startland News Rightfully Sewn Awarded First Government Grant to Expand Workforce Development Effort (August 21, 2019)

• Kansas City Business Journal KC's Rightfully Sewn Wins in National SBA Competition (August 21, 2019)

• U.S. Small Business Administration Acting Administrator Pilkerton Announces Makerspace Training, Collaboration and Hiring (MaTCH) Pilot Competition Winners (August 20, 2019)

• The Independent Love the Little Black Dress (July 6, 2019)

• The Independent Tie the Knot 2019 – Maddy’s Bows (July 6, 2019)

• The Independent Tie the Knot 2019 – Love Beautiful Linens (July 6, 2019)

• 2más2KC “Moving the Needle” for At-Risk Women June 13, 2019

• Kansas City Business Journal  Former Silpada CEO Launches Maternity Activewear Company (June 12, 2019)

• Kansas City Business Journal  LA Fashion Business Co-Founder: 'Understand the Effect a Single Idea Can Have' (June 4, 2019)

• Kansas City Business Journal  Exclusive: LA Fashion CEO Shares Three Keys to Success (June 4, 2019)

• KSHB/Kansas City Live  Maternity Athletic Wear Line Combines Function With Style (May 29, 2019)

• 41 Action News Local Charity Working to Create Jobs in Fashion (May 28, 2019)

• Startland News Rightfully Sewn Fashion Event Designed for Female Empowerment Fit, Carbon38 Founder (May 28, 2019)

• Vacuum & Sewing Dealers Trade Association Rightfully Sewn: Reinventing America's Golden Era of Garment Manufacturing (May 1, 2019)

• Kansas City Star Style is the Future for Olathe’s Fashion Apparel and Interior Design Students (March 26, 2019)

• Startland News AltCap Winner Launching Its First Rightfully Sewn-Label Little Black Dress at TEDxKC Women (November 17, 2018)

• Thinking Bigger Seamstress Training by Rightfully Sewn (July 31, 2018)

• Startland News Now in New Crossroads Space, Rightfully Sewn Prepares to Welcome Male Sewists (July 20, 2018)

•  Kansas City Business Journal  Rightfully Sewn Sows Roots In Crossroads With New Training, Design Studio (July 19, 2018)

•  Startland News Rightfully Sewn Threads ‘United Nations of Sewing’ Concept Into Fabric of Crossroads (April 17, 2018)

•  CityScene KC Rightfully Sewn Finds New Home to ‘Move the Needle’ in Crossroads (April 6, 2018)

•  KC Studio Fashion Forward (March 1, 2018)

•  The Independent Sewn for Success (January 20, 2018)

•  The Kansas City Star Gala Raises Money for KC Nonprofit That Trains At-risk Women as Seamstresses (December 3, 2017  )

•  Stephens News Assistant Professor Stephanie Carlo to Be Honored as Exceptional Fashion Educator (November 12, 2017)

•  KSHB/Kansas City Live  A Red Carpet Affair: Golden Gala 2017 (November 3, 2017)

•  KSHB/Kansas City Live  Rightfully Sewn Focused on Bringing Fashion Careers to Kansas City (October 9, 2017)

•  The Kansas City Star ‘The Strongest Women I’ve Ever Known’ — Moving the Needle for Women At Risk (July 29, 2017)

•  Economic Development Corporation Seamstress Training Program is Creating Jobs for Women  (June 29, 2017)

•  KCUR/Central Standard Sewing; Storytelling (June 28, 2017)

•  All Things Mikita  Sewn The Right Way (June 20, 2017)

• HERLIFE Magazine Jennifer Lapka and Rightfully Sewn: A Cutting-Edge Pattern for Fashion Opportunity (September 1, 2017)

•  Kansas City Star Kauffman Announces Grants to Organizations that Help Entrepreneurs (May 30, 2017)

•  Startland News Kauffman Foundation Dishes $840K to Eight Area Accelerators (May 30, 2017)

•  KCPT/Flatland Creating A New Garment District (May 3, 2017)

•  KC Art Pie NO. 5 FEMIN • IS – RIGHTFULLY SEWN (April 27, 2017)

•  Flatland/KCPT’s Digital Magazine Stories About the Movers and Shakers Who are Shaping Our Great City (April 7, 2017)

•  Bizwomen Fashion Incubator Wants to Create More Than Style (December 12, 2016)

•  Kansas City Business Journal Rightfully Sewn Forges Path to Reignite KC's Golden Era of Fashion (December 8, 2016)

•  UMKC University News Nonprofit Organization Rightfully Sewn Hosts First Fashion Forward Event (September 20, 2016)

•  KSHB/Kansas City Live The History of Kansas City Fashion (September 13, 2016)

•  Missouri Business Alert Rising Social Enterprises Look to Lift Kansas City Women, Industries (August 6, 2016)

•  Thinking Bigger Refashioning a Legacy: Can KC Reclaim Its Legacy in Fashion and Textiles? (August 1, 2016)

• Seamwork Made in America (June 8, 2016)

• Fox4 KC Stitch by Stitch, Metro Organization Hopes to Restore KC as a Fashion Capital (May 17, 2016)

• 435 Magazine A Stitch in Time Saves Lives (May 16, 2016)

• The Kansas City Star Kansas City Landmarks Become Incredible Dresses in Hands of Local Designer (May 11, 2016)

•  435 South Magazine Designer Jeremy Scott of Moschino Debuts Fashion Documentary at KC FilmFest, Presented by Rightfully Sewn (April 10, 2016)

•  KC Magazine and Thisiskc.com Sarah Nelsen's Local Designs (April 3, 2016)

•  Kansas City Star and Ink Magazine Rightfully Sewn Empowers KC Fashion Industry, At-risk Women (March 15, 2016)

•  The Pitch Jennifer Lapka Pfeifer's Rightfully Sewn Chooses Its First Class (March 2, 2016)

•  Startland News Rightfully Sewn Founder Stitches a Vision for Kansas City's Fashion Future (December 29, 2015)

•  KSHB/Kansas City Live Rightfully Sewn is Spreading the Love of Fashion (October 6, 2015)

•  Thisiskc.com Rightfully Sewn Helps Women Through Fashion (October 6, 2015)

•  PSFK Women-Empowering Fashion Incubator Finds Rightful Home in Kansas (October 2, 2015)

•  Finding Kansas City 15 Kansas City Startups To Watch This Year (September 30, 2015)

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