For recent German transplants Daniel Thies and Eva Napp, California manufacturing seems wide open with opportunity.

The duo recently introduced their downtown Los Angeles–headquartered menswear line, Delikt. They chose to make Los Angeles their headquarters in part for lifestyle. Southern California weather is much sunnier than their native Hamburg. They also believe that there is a lot more opportunity for fashion startups in Los Angeles compared with their hometown, which is a center for finance, media and manufacturing in Germany.

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