Today we’d like to introduce you to Nolan Rockers.
Hi Nolan, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
I graduated from Gustavus Adolphus in the Spring of 2017. I knew I wanted to go into marketing and advertising but graduated with a Business Management degree so I knew it would be hard. I decided to pursue getting an internship or entry-level job at an agency in Minneapolis. I sent my resume to what felt like every single marketing firm and ad agency in Minnesota. I had interviews, but every single one came back as a no. Instead of getting down on myself, I told myself to remember that it was just their opinion that I wasn’t right for the job.
I also kept reminiscing on my childhood and realizing that there were so many things that I wish I would’ve done or tried, but didn’t because I was too nervous about either being judged or made fun of. The more I thought about it, I was still living my life that exact same way, and I was tired of living my life based on what I thought others’ opinions of me would be.
So with those two stories combined, I created Opinion.
We live in a world where the fear of judgment causes people to change how they live their life, and I want this brand to show people it’s ok to be themselves and to pursue what they want, no matter what others say.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey has been a fairly smooth road?
Absolutely not.
I went into starting this brand with no clothing brand experience. Now that is not the problem, the problem was that I didn’t do enough research before making the leap. Now to this day, I think that just making the leap without knowing what I was doing was a blessing, but I know for a fact that me doing more research beforehand would’ve taken away some of the mistakes that I have made.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
Opinion Clothing is a clothing brand that specializes in streetwear with the message that you need to make decisions in your life that make you happy and instead of doing things in fear of being judged.
Over the past three years, our goal was to have our quality become better and better with each drop and we can proudly say that has happened.
We knew that not only our story, but the quality of our clothes was something we really wanted to make important. The past three years have been spent going through different manufacturers to get the highest quality fabrics and manufacture that can produce any design that we come up with.
What has been the most important lesson you’ve learned along your journey?
Patience.
It’s so easy to get caught up in wanting to be successful so fast, but good things take time. All the mistakes that we have made were meant to happen so that we can learn from them and grow as a business and a brand for the better.
With clothing, the process is long. The idea for the piece may come quickly, but it goes through a long process to really come to life, and that’s something I had to learn to do with patience and understand it needs to go through all those steps to become exactly what I mocked up.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.opinionclothing.org
- Instagram: @opinionclothingcompany
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/opinionclothingcompany
- TikTok: opinionclothingcompany
Image Credits
Bobby Perez
Keaton Greene
