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Mo

Darling Toolbox: Designers Define Independent Fashion

by Mo on April 22, 2010

What Do You Think?
Dear Darlings … What kind of a designer do you consider yourself to be? Do you design first and then consider your business model…or does your business model inform your decisions on what you create?

Questions, questions. We have lots of them, and would love to capture your thoughts. What is your long term goal as a fashion designer?  Please head on over to the Darling blog to read the conversation so far; comment and let us know where you are at. Your words could be exactly the support a fellow designer needs to hear. Read more…

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Ena Daro Couture, $350

Photo Tips, from the Archives
The Darling community grows by the day, it’s a beautiful thing. But we realize some of our newcomers may have missed some informational posts. Wondering how your images end up in the Featured Items tab on the homepage? Start with great images, read more here.

While you are at it, check out this guest post from our friend and photographer Kevan Christine, click here for: Advice from a Photographer.

Don’t have time to upload new items to your store? We are happy to help, email Mo (mo@smashingdarling.com) for rates on Photo Uploads, and we are discounting the first round!

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Erika Hendrix, $98


Shared Resources
We believe in sharing resources around here. We hope you do too, it feels good. Here is a Portland, OR spot we found that makes us giddy: The Portland Garment Factory. Lovely! A few gals who have your back to help with all the details of developing your collection; from pattern-drafting all the way to showroom sales. That is just darling.
Click here and give them a thumbs up on Facebook.

Are there any businesses doing local manufacturing near you? We definitely want to know about any places in your community that are a resource to independent designers. Go ahead and send them our way!

item-75893-4bc95a389f162inHarmony, $90


Darlings Everywhere
Get out there and support fellow Darlings! Here are a few things to get you started, otherwise keep your eye on the blog or send us what’s happening near you…

NYC: Brooklyn Royalty call for designers, Papusza Couture at House of Yes, Samoy Lenko at Trunk.
West Coast: Stacie May @ Project Ethos, San Diego. House of Versatile Styles at Seattle Fashion Week.
Chicago: Chicago Sun Times love for the Chicago Fashion Incubator… find them here.
Miami: Krelwear Quickie Couture coming up at the StyleLab, Stich-n-Bitch with them at the Standard on Monday nights.

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cheers! – the Darlings
p.s. Have you told your people join our monthly Facebook giveaway yet? Just give us a thumbs up to join…

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trish

Sundance Channel’s “The Green” Does Fashion

by trish on May 7, 2008

I stumbled across this post while perusing Twitter and thought it was an important topic for our community.
There are a lot of good links and videos to watch.

Written by Jeff McIntire-Strasburg
Writer for Sustainablog
May 6, 2008

After previewing tonight’s episode of the Sundance Channel’s Big Ideas for a Small Planet, I couldn’t help but think that this week’s topic — fashion — tied in very closely with last week’s show on food. After all, we all eat, and we all dress. Our clothes, like our food, generally start off as crops in fields, and the process of transforming those crops into garments typically involves heavy chemical inputs and many miles traveled (especially in this era of globalization). The fashion industry has a heavy environmental footprint, but a number of designers and manufacturers are challenging those norms, and creating clothing that’s both fashionable and sustainable. Take a sneak peak at one of these companies featured in tonight’s episode: Del Forte Denim…

click here to read the full thought provoking post about the impact the fashion industry has on the environment and what companies are doing to change.

Stay tuned for Chicago based smashing designer Lara Miller she will be featured on the show Big Ideas for a Small Planet. The show will now be airing Tuesday June 10, 2008 at 9 pm Eastern.

…also making a difference, designers of Funk Divine are using such fabrics as hemp and organic cotton. Type in eco fashion or recycled to find the many designers in our community doing their part to change the impact of fashion on the environment.

Black Hemp and Organic Cotton Zip-up jacket

We are all in the fashion business, buying or selling, I would love to hear you. What are your thoughts on trying to lessen the damage to the environment. It can be small. It is one small act at a time that can add up to something big. Please share, you may give someone an idea they haven’t thought of already.

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