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UIC student Harish Patel hopes that there's a market for traditional Indian vests out there. His Kickstarter campaign launched last week to raise money for ishi vests. The company has partnered with a factory in India to produce organic cotton vests. So far, customers have responded: He's already sold half of the 300 vests he had planned for October's inventory.—Moira Lawler [Chicago Grid]