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We Believe

We believe that you are each one unique—and that your clothing should be, too. We believe you should adorn yourself in ways that brighten your spirit. We believe in art and fashion and loving your neighbor (even if she’s a tad annoying). We believe in second chances for people and sometimes for clothes. (Check out our SECOND LOVE sections.) We believe there's nothing you buy new that can't be made better with art and love. (See proof in our FIRST RUN collections.) We believe you were created to shine.

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Meet The Artist

“I think I was born loving color!” Dawn Chavez smiles as she spreads her arms to take in the Glory Duds workspace. A riot of bright fabric, embellishments and clothing fills every surface. But the thing you can’t see, the thing that makes Glory Duds so special,
is Dawn’s imagination.

“As a teen, if I couldn’t find or afford the fashion I loved, I’d create it myself. When I was a sophomore in high school, I crocheted myself a pair of bright blue ‘hot pants’!” she says, laughing. The vision to create unique clothing has always been there. “I mixed sewing patterns—taking parts from different patterns and using them to create what I saw in my head.”

Now that vision has brought her to Glory Duds, where she uses a variety of techniques to transform ordinary clothes into extraordinary ones. Bleaching, dyeing, painting, appliqueing, embellishing, fringing, trimming. Even deconstructing and reconstructing garments. “The processes I use are always evolving—I may create a new one by the end of the day!” Sometimes Dawn even brings her talent to bear on clothing “rescued” from secondhand and consignment shops. “I look at each item and imagine what it could be.” And what it could be—what it is—is fabulous. Clothing as unique as the women who wear it. Clothing for everybody and every body.

But for Dawn, it’s about more than just fulfilling her artistic vision. “I love that, in some small way, I can be a blessing to people I’ve never met.”

Find Your Style

First Run Jackets & Tops

We shopped with you in mind! Check out these new pieces transformed into wearable art.

Menswear

Shirts and Jackets - First Run and Second Love - Reimagined into one-of-a kind finds.

Shipping & Returns

We are happy (happy!) to ship your order free of charge to any of the continental United States. For international shipping rates, please contact us

If you are (sob!) unhappy with your item(s) for any reason, please return them to us within 14 days to: Glory Duds; P.O. Box 53; Portage, IN 46368; USA.

Please note that the cost of returning your item(s) will be your responsibility. Once we receive your return, we will give you a Glory Duds credit for the full amount charged—so you can pick out some other fantastic thing for your beautiful self!