HISTORY 2024
GROWING UP IN LOS ANGELES, EVERYONE KNOWS EVERYONE...
Whether you went to school with them, summer camp, played sports somehow we are all connected to one another. No matter how big the world may be or how big LA might feel, we are all connected to one another.
OUR STORY
One day while our founder, Andrew Chayra, was attending the University of San Francisco, he would meet all these people from Los Angeles the conversation would go like:
"Hi Nice to meet you where are you from?"
"Hi Im from LA"
"OMG NO WAY ME TOO"
"OMG Where'd you go to high school"
"Oh I went to [insert high school name]"
"Oh so you must know [insert mutual friend]"
"OMG yah i do"
"WOW SMALL WORLD"
And one night after a college party our founder turned to his college roommate and said the famous words
"The World Is Small but Los Angeles Is Smaller"
And just like that the TWIS was born...
MADE IN LA
100% of our products are made in America specifically in Los Angeles using local businesses and 100% of our manufactures have been minority owned businesses.
COMMUNITY
Donated portion of profits to multiple non profits around Los Angeles to continue to support their missions.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Nine minority creatives have been able to a wide variety of content for TWIS. In addition to establishing an internship program through the University of San Francisco