Entrepreneur: Tometrius Paxton
Hometown: East Palo Alto, California
Story
Stripped Searched Clothing started with Tometrius Paxton’s passion for knowledge. Aware of the fact that today’s overflow of information makes it difficult for people to distill the facts relevant to their own communities, Tometrius began thinking of a unique way to distribute current information impacting the community.
The concept of Stripped Searched Clothing is to provide an information awareness message along with his clothing. As Tometrius explains, "in today’s society when most people think of a strip search, they associate it with jail or incarceration." However, in much the same way, people are often stripped of information or knowledge. Using this play on words, Tometrius’ vision is to create a clothing brand that is not only fashionable, but also provides a means to distribute vital information to his community in order to give people an opportunity to enhance their knowledge.
A friend referred Tometrius to Start Up after hearing about his business idea. Tometrius was surprised to find out there was a place supporting local business owners in the community. Recalling that he used to cut through Start Up’s backyard on his way home from school, today Tometrius says Start Up gave him the knowledge to launch and operate a business rather than just having a “here today, gone tomorrow” idea.
Products
Stripped Search Clothing offers a line of men’s and women’s t-shirts and athletic apparel with one of the many unique Stripped Searched Clothing logos. Each piece of apparel also includes an “I.A.M.” or information awareness message tag with a fact about a current event or issue impacting East Palo Alto. Please contact Tometrius for more information at (650) 740-7055.
