Posts Tagged 'fashion'

Punk’s not dead

And it finally made it to the MET. Punk: Chaos to Couture examines ” punk’s impact on high fashion from the movement’s birth in the early 1970s through its continuing influence today. Featuring approximately one hundred designs for men and women,

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Punk’s not dead

And it finally made it to the MET. Punk: Chaos to Couture examines ” punk’s impact on high fashion from the movement’s birth in the early 1970s through its continuing influence today. Featuring approximately one hundred designs for men and women,

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Ethical Fashion Classes at FIT

Designers- Sustainability starts with you. Can you minimize waste in production? Reuse materials? Use less energy? Create a smaller carbon footprint? Avoid toxins? Can you make something so useful and/or beautiful that it’s treasured and not tossed in favor of

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Ethical Fashion Classes at FIT

Designers- Sustainability starts with you. Can you minimize waste in production? Reuse materials? Use less energy? Create a smaller carbon footprint? Avoid toxins? Can you make something so useful and/or beautiful that it’s treasured and not tossed in favor of

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Open Call: OBJECT | SUBJECTS [Constructive Conversations]

Lucia Cuba is seeking participants for a series of conversations on the agency of clothes: OBJECTS | SUBJECTS [CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS] is the first of a series of conversations among a diverse group of people to exchange —through open dialogues and garment

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Open Call: OBJECT | SUBJECTS [Constructive Conversations]

Lucia Cuba is seeking participants for a series of conversations on the agency of clothes: OBJECTS | SUBJECTS [CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS] is the first of a series of conversations among a diverse group of people to exchange —through open dialogues and garment

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Stephen Burrows: When Fashion Danced

Glamour, freedom, exploration, body, color, sexual energy- all of these terms describe a typical night out in New York City’s emerging club scene in the 1970′s.  Those mythical New York City nights of Studio 54 and the like were filled

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Stephen Burrows: When Fashion Danced

Glamour, freedom, exploration, body, color, sexual energy- all of these terms describe a typical night out in New York City’s emerging club scene in the 1970′s.  Those mythical New York City nights of Studio 54 and the like were filled

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Luke Brooks AW13

Spring is barely through the trenches of this never ending winter, and here I am oogling what’s coming this Fall/Winter in fashion! Luke Brooks Fall/Winter ’13 collection is just too beautifully eerie for me to not share… “For AW13, I

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Luke Brooks AW13

Spring is barely through the trenches of this never ending winter, and here I am oogling what’s coming this Fall/Winter in fashion! Luke Brooks Fall/Winter ’13 collection is just too beautifully eerie for me to not share… “For AW13, I

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FORESTBOUND

While perusing the internet, I stumbled upon a fantastic photograph of a leather tote…and as the internet does, I found myself traveling further into the blackhole until I was submersed in Forestbound.   “Alice Saunders uses exclusively found and salvaged

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FORESTBOUND

While perusing the internet, I stumbled upon a fantastic photograph of a leather tote…and as the internet does, I found myself traveling further into the blackhole until I was submersed in Forestbound.   “Alice Saunders uses exclusively found and salvaged

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Discover: Skif!

There are those times when you become desensitized to inspiration and honestly just feel a little blah. You can turn a corner or visit a new space and suddenly you’re so full of ideas you don’t know what to do!

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Discover: Skif!

There are those times when you become desensitized to inspiration and honestly just feel a little blah. You can turn a corner or visit a new space and suddenly you’re so full of ideas you don’t know what to do!

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Using the Katazome Dyeing Technique

I am a huge fan of Shibori, so I decided to delve deeper into some other traditional Japanese dyeing techniques. Today I will explain the technique of Katazome and with it, Katagami. This technique can be used on textile or

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Using the Katazome Dyeing Technique

I am a huge fan of Shibori, so I decided to delve deeper into some other traditional Japanese dyeing techniques. Today I will explain the technique of Katazome and with it, Katagami. This technique can be used on textile or

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Spring – Are we there yet?

I’m a huge fan of winter but I’m at the point where I am tired of wearing my army green down coat. I daydream about the upcoming months- the warm air and flood of spring colors. Oh, springtime in New

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Spring – Are we there yet?

I’m a huge fan of winter but I’m at the point where I am tired of wearing my army green down coat. I daydream about the upcoming months- the warm air and flood of spring colors. Oh, springtime in New

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Modavanti + Sustainable Fashion

Sometimes when you’re simultaneously interested in fashion as well as sustainability, worker’s rights, and/or environment issues…you find yourself with unevenly weighted scales. Lucky for you, a new online shop, Modavanti, takes that decision away from you (for all the right

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Modavanti + Sustainable Fashion

Sometimes when you’re simultaneously interested in fashion as well as sustainability, worker’s rights, and/or environment issues…you find yourself with unevenly weighted scales. Lucky for you, a new online shop, Modavanti, takes that decision away from you (for all the right

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