A John Sebelius Update
By NADIA PFLAUM
John Sebelius, the 23-year-old son of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, is following up the creation of his controversial board game, “Don’t Drop the Soap,” with a new clothing line called Gillius Inc. It sells at Hobbs at 700 Massachusetts in Lawrence, Kansas, and debuts at the Legends at Deegie’s Carma on May 17. He answered my questions recently in Lawrence.
Where did the idea for a clothing line come from?
That came in about a year ago. I always wore men’s dress shirts or nice polo patterns, and I saw that no one was really making anything I liked, so I started drawing on shirts for myself. I started wearing them out and every time I went out wearing a shirt, at least three or four people asked me where I got it. I kinda saw that maybe I had something here, so I started drawing on tons of shirts, drawing on blazers. I didn’t start the company to be eco-friendly, but I go to Salvation Armys and thrift stores, and all the clothing I sell is from stuff people are tired of. It’s in this trash pile of clothing and I buy it all up, wash it and design on that. So all the clothing is sort of green-friendly.
