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Approximately fifteen percent of the fabric used to create a piece of clothing ends up in a landfill, but the zero waste fashion design movement aims to change this. In Yield, we see the work of passionate New Zealand and international fashion designers who have a radical ambition – to make fashion without making waste… (Keep reading: Textile Arts Center blog.)
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YIELD: Making Fashion Without Making Waste
Open to the Public: Saturday, September 10th
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Darling Wish: To live vicariously through any of you who can catch the events all over the U.S. of A. that we can’t make it to! Do we have a deal? Here is one out in Seattle that you have a week or so left to get to. Darling Emily Watson is part of a gallery exhibition of SNAG metalsmiths out at Kobo Seattle. Jump into the brain and blog of the curator for a moment below…or click here to shop Emily’s boutique at Smashing Darling (sample sale too!).
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Art by Attrition at Kobo Seattle
Even after all these years, the process of carving still fascinates me. It’s mysterious in a way that only something so simple can be. In essence, you just take away the material that doesn’t belong, then stop when you see the shape you want: ta-daaa. But of course there’s more to it than that. I love the tools and the tricks and the physical challenge, and I still get chills from the notion of extricating one form from inside another.
…Read more from show curator Julia Harrison
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The Darlings love vintage, no doubt about that. If you are kickin’ around Brooklyn for Fashion’s Night Out tonight swing by the Market Publique Pop-Up and wish Founder Pamela a happy birthday! The only question left is Bubbly or PBR? You decide…
Last year was a blast, & this year will be even better, with a best outfit contest (winner gets
$100 gift certificate to Market Publique!), tons of vintage, bubbly and
PBR.
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I spy lots of darling FNOindie. Designer KahriAnne Kerr is launching her Spring 2011 Collection on Fashion’s Night Out, shop her previous collections in her Darling boutique.
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The Bold Italic has put together a week of events, The Haberdash, featuring menswear in SF. They have paired up with some of the best menswear establishments to shed a little light on the great menswear in the city. I have to admit it is kind of refreshing to read about a week dedicated to fashioning men. I think this is just the beginning. Mark my words, it is only a matter of time before every city is highlighting menswear events. We will be seeing more menswear designers popping up as the locally made fashion / independent fashion industry grows. I have so many men come into my store and just about beg me to do menswear. There are lots of men out their desperately trying to find something a bit more unique than what we have been seeing. So lucky you if you are a man and in SF this week. Tonight, Wed. 8/25/10 is The Haberdash Fashion Show. Tickets, $15, are available for purchase.
Do you know how we heard about this event? SF Indie Fashion newsletter. You have to sign up for it to stay on top of what is happening in independent local SF fashion.
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Why: Who doesn’t want to refresh their wardrobe with great sustainable styles from Lara Miller?
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Fashion slows down in Denver tonight. The Fabric Lab and the Denver Art Museum (DAM), as part of their First Friday Untitled series, present a local fashion throwdown! Why? To slow down the process. Stop, think, and appreciate how fashion happens, and where your clothes come from. We dig it. Read more teasers about the night ahead here on the DAM blog (yes, that was fun to write) where they chat with designer Tricia Hoke. Our favorite excerpt from that conversation below. Happy Friday darlings!
The theme of this month’s Untitled is Sloth. We’re focusing on slowing down and appreciating some of the awesome things in life – food, art, music and fashion. What do you think are some things most people don’t take the time to notice or appreciate about fashion?
Fashion is something that people do not slow down and appreciate anymore. Just think about the process of a garment….
You start with a fiber… it is then spun and twisted into a yarn, then it is either woven or knit into a fabric. The fabric is then dyed or printed, and sold and bought. The garment is then designed, pattern drafted, fit, made (custom or manufactured), sold and bought again, merchandised, packed, shipped, etc., and all of this before even reaching an end user!
The amount of people it takes to get one style of “Levi’s” on to your butt is too many to count, Ha ha. It takes painstaking hours for a large company to get even a simple style out the door, they just happen to make 150 thousand as compared to one or two. Compare that to custom clothing, and the hours are not much different… except they make it up in volume where a custom garment will be more expensive because there is usually just one.
Slow fashion (a lot like slow food) does not have to be hand sewn, a machine is fine… It is more about the process of ordering a piece custom made locally, making something yourself. Even re-making something from your own closet could be considered slow fashion. It is a new term, and it is a term that many fashion industry people are starting to come to grips with as the consumer becomes more and more concerned with the sustainability, the originality and the quality of their purchases.
Read the full post here… Slow Fashion and Stylewars ll
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Seattle Fashion Week is right around the corner, May 8 – 15, 2010. The week long event looks like it will be full of fashion events including Independent, Urban, and Branded Designer Shows. Of course we are most curious about the Independent Designers. We are so happy the show includes a platform for local Seattle Independent Designers. We would love to hear from people who have attended past events, and it would be great to get feedback from designers that have shown their collections too. We like to get a little inside scoop to share with our community.
Here is a little video from last years highlights. As always, we wish we could attend. Anyone out there want to sponsor the darlings by funding trips to fly around the country to cover all of these fabulous fashion events that include independent designers? Going once, going twice…(just kidding, well, not really!). A very smart person once told me…it never hurts to ask. Enjoy the video!
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