Eric Goldstein is the Executive Vice President of Denim at Louisiana’s Vidalia Mills, a former Fruit of the Loom distribution center turned textile mill. His career in denim began 33 years ago, when the then 23-year-old working in Polo Ralph Lauren quality control, was tapped by Ralph himself to join the RRL launch team. Later, Mickey Drexler brought him to The Gap Inc., where Goldstein would remain for over a decade, launching jeans at Old Navy and founding The Gap’s 1969 denim line. In 2003, he started his own business, Jean Shop, which sold American-made selvedge jeans in two New York City locations before the brand shuttered in 2019.

Afterward, Goldstein continued to consult for brands, including Todd Snyder, and helped operate denimrepair.com, a business he co-founded with his wife Jill. He joined Vidalia Mills in 2019.

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