by trish on December 15, 2011
Shop local this Holiday season. Mark your calendars for the 12th Rock & Shop Market/Block Party this Saturday December 17th from 12-6pm at three adjacent venues in Durham: Motorco Music Hall,Fullsteam Brewery, and across the street at The Trotter Building on Geer Street. The venues are located at 723 & 726 Rigsbee Ave. Durham, NC 27701 & 410 West Geer Street. Look for the teal balloons outside of the venue entrances.
They’ve expanded to over 100 juried vendors this year, plus there will be 10+ food trucks, a fashion show and the bands Phil Cook & His Feat and The Small Ponds. Admission is $5. First 100 attendees receive a free shopping tote. For directions and a list of all the designers visit www.rockandshopmarket.com. Plenty of free parking is available.
by trish on December 6, 2011
by trish on November 9, 2011
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LA peeps who love slow fashion and shopping locally made goods, Thread is coming to town again. Just in time for gift-giving season, THREAD will showcase 100 of the top independent designers in the LA area to ensure attendees find unique and creative gifts. Consider this to be the best The holiday shopping you will do this season. Don’t forget to take you newly purchased handmade gift to the DIY Gift Wrapping Lounge. And because they know friends like to shop together, you and your bff need to hit the themed photo booth together!
Location: The Cooper Design Space
Hours: 11am-5pm
For eight years, THREAD Show has encouraged cities across the country to shop local by presenting a curated showcase of the most skilled and creative designers in each market.
This year, THREAD Show is also announcing a new Premium Ticket, available to the first 300 at the door. Serial shoppers will be granted entry one hour prior to general admission. The shopper who prefers wide open isles and plenty of room to browse will be able to enjoy first access to the holiday collections. This limited availability ticket also comes with a gift bag packed with THREAD Show swag and a complimentary cocktail.
Skip the third-party retailer this season and head to THREAD for a unique holiday shopping experience. The preview hour for each show will be from 11 a.m. to noon. Premium Tickets will be available for $25. Doors open to general admission from noon to 5 p.m. General admission tickets will be available for $5 if attendees pre-register up to 24 hours prior to the show at www.threadshow.com. $10 tickets will be available at the door.
- Shop from loads of trendsetting designers bringing you men’s and women’s clothing, accessories, shoes, jewelry and more!
- Do it yourself (because nobody does it better)at the DIY gift wrapping station
- Sip away on amazing signature cocktails
- Join us for a mini-mani from an hot local nail salon
- Snatch up the designer and sponsor giveaways coming from the DJ booth all day long
- Make it a memory in the THREAD Photo Booth
- Chill out with quick rub down in the THREAD Well Lounge
- Check out the top designer looks at the Fashion Art Installation
- Get styled with a new do and a make-up touch up in the Style Lounge
- Art gallery featuring top local artists
- Snacks, drinks, magazines and loads of free stuff
- Kids 12 & under get in for FREE
by Mo on September 15, 2011
by Mo on August 22, 2011
My interest in art began at the age of ten when I discovered the work of Vincent Van Gogh and other impressionists. I studied fine art at the New York/Phoenix School of Design, New York, NY, life drawing and water color classes at the Silvermine Artists Guild, Norwalk, CT, and was educated as an interior designer at New York School of Interior Design.
One day I was lying on the floor staring at my paintings trying to think of a way to showcase them in a non-traditional way. I noticed the morning light hitting “Night Rain” and it struck me how rich and vibrant the colors were in the sunlight; if only it could be carried around. That’s when I thought of handbags…clutches to be exact, with a wristlet. (Keep reading…)
Lake Clutch
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Birches Clutch
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Night Rain Clutch
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Night Clutch
by Mo on August 5, 2011
We’re creating a model for sustainable design education that doesn’t yet exist.
Eeeeek! We are late and we are sorry! We meant to shout out this amazing campaign sooner, and here we are in the last hours. No matter, get over to IndieGoGo and support these darlings if you can. Bahar Shahpar and Tara St. James, of Guilded, are building a structure for all surrounding sustainability in fashion design. Yes, they aim to give us a language we can all speak together. Read on about where these ideas were born in this great interview at Ecouterre. Oh, and don’t miss the perks come along with your donation!
Guilded on IndieGoGo
Our Story
If you watched the video, you already know a little bit about us and what brought us here. After years of working in the fashion industry, we realized what a destructive impact the clothing and textile industry can have on communities, environments and economies around the world, so we committed ourselves to researching and promoting sustainable design as a solution.
by Mo on August 3, 2011
Find the perfect additions to your late summer wardrobe in the Darling boutique of Laura Dawson. We went way back and grabbed a tidbit from our interview with her below, read the full interview here.
Darlings: What is your design process?
Laura: um, chaos? i usually look at how larger factors might influence people’s behavior and attitudes. i pull in influences and trends from art, politics, furniture, nature, streetwear, film, music, accident, magazines. just life really. i bottle it and let it all distill for a few months and determine what the essence is so that i can strike through the heart of what people are feeling next.
Organic Triangle A Frame Dress
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Bubble Shorts
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Lithe Jean
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Silk Shirt & Scuba Skirt
by Mo on July 27, 2011
MARAÑÓN is a line of distinctively chromatic, hand embroidered and crafted jewelry. Each piece is thoughtfully made by 22 year old–Cuban-born, Lorena Barriento.
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Influences behind each collection comes through color, shapes (specifically their behaviour within optical illusions and perspective), and traditional hand-crafting cultures of South America, Africa and Asia. Since 2009, the brand has quickly evolved from craft experimentation to a smart, and one of a kind product for an international fashion marketplace.
Guajira
Dourado
Cometas
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Monarco
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by Mo on July 15, 2011
Oh glorious are those who support emerging, local fashion designers! We are thrilled for Cheryl and Marc Maleh who successfully funded their idea for L.E.S. Runway on Kickstarter mid-June. If you are a NYC designer in any of the five boroughs, check this out! Get to know their vision better in Cheryl’s video, then see if you fit the requirements over on the full application page on the Grand Opening website (only a one-time $15 fee). We’d love to be coming to your show this September!
About this project
Part fashion showcase, part pop-up shop, LES Runway brings the runway to the downtown scene. It is an opportunity for emerging, local fashion designers to present their work on the catwalk, display the same creations in a pop-up store and interact with the general public in a truly creative and unique fashion setting. Grand Opening will reinvent itself by day as a boutique storefront where patrons will have the chance to purchase select items straight off the runway and by night as the most intimate, interactive runway ever to hit New York.
My name is Cheryl Maleh, and I am working with Grand Opening to bring LES Runway to life for the month of September 2011. Runway shows will take place throughout the weekends, and a different designer or group of designers will be featured each night. We are looking for designers who live and work in one of the five boroughs to be considered. Designers who back this project with a small contribution of $12 will have their application fee waived. Participating designers will be chosen from these applications by a select group of established local designers and industry professionals.
by Mo on June 30, 2011
