Sharpe Suiting is an American designer, producer and manufacturer of garments based in Los Angeles, California.[1] The company was founded in 2013, in Los Angeles, by Leon Elias Wu, who is the current CEO of the company. Sharpe suiting is a public-benefit corporation recognized for gender neutral clothing and genderqueer fashion.[2]
History
2009–2014
In 2009, while traveling abroad to China during business school, Leon Wu, a transgender man from Los Angeles, conceptualized a company that focused on formal wear designs for butch lesbians and trans men. He founded Sharpe Suiting in 2013. Initially, Sharpe Suiting was incorporated as a custom tailor for bespoke and made-to-measure suits which were designed for feminine bodies. In his 2015 interview with HuffPost, Wu said that he felt that "[bridging] the gap between male and female clothing is going to have a large social impact in that it defines the acceptance of queer identities, as well as advancing gender equality in the larger straight community".