Porter Cochran, designer and owner of “Jack’s Customs”, demonstrates a stage walk during rehearsal on Saturday, March 22, 2025 at the State Theatre in State College, Pa. Though Cochran isn’t a Penn State student, he moved to State College from Utah to support his younger brother, Lucas Cochran, who’s on the Penn State wrestling team.
His passion for fashion started in high school.
“I was always showing up to class with a fresh fit. In order to stand out amongst the crowd I started tweaking my own clothes, then I started posting TikTok’s about my outfits, started getting attention from that and went from there. I’ve always loved to work with my hands, loved to build stuff, so I just kinda fell in love with it and made a clothing brand out of it,” Cochran said.