Going big
dallasvoice.comDallas swimsuit designer Ramiro Rodriguez is a hit with his RAMRODD line RICH LOPEZ | Staff writerrich@dallasvoice.com Dallas designer Ramiro Rodriguez made a big splash at this year’s Texas Bear Roundup, appropriately enough, with his swimsuit line RAMRODD.
With his custom designs and a focus on larger sizes, Rodriguez sold out his entire inventory that weekend. He and his designs were a perfect fit for the bears, and it all started a couple of years ago when his then-partner couldn’t find an affordable swimsuit in the right size. “My partner at the time and I were going on vacation, and he could not find any cute swimwear.
We shopped around locally and the sizes only went up to extra large,” amd he needed something larger, Rodriguez said by phone from his home studio.
When they finally did find a pair in his size, Rodriguez said, it set them back almost $100. And Rodriguez realized he had discovered an opportunity.
