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Preparing labels for production @weatherwool #mad Preparing labels for production @weatherwool #madeinamerica #madeinusa #madeinnyc #production #garmentmanufacturing #trimmings #nycgarmentdistrict
Love this breakdown! The end product is merely a s Love this breakdown! The end product is merely a series of smaller steps completed one after the other, each as important as the next, the sum of all the parts are what creates the beautiful final garment. #repost via @mad_tailor_leather Tailoring is a term of how things are made. There is a high degree of hand finishing and inner construction, all applied with simple needle 🪡 and thread 🧵 techniques trough out the process. I use all those techniques often to create new Silhouette out of the “Box”. #tailor #tailoring #westerntailor #craft #tradition #wool #whitefish #montana
🤎 Love this supply chain 🤎 from our friends 🤎 Love this supply chain 🤎 from our friends at WeatherWool! #repost @weatherwool All-Around Jackets Shipping ... It's great shipping jackets again!  Now making Anoraks and All-Around Jackets in FullWeight Lynx Pattern Fabric.  HUGE THANKS to everyone who has been waiting so long.  The American textile and garment industries have been hurting for a long time, then add the virus.  BUT the glide path is in sight.  These Jackets were sewn (amazingly well!) for us by @TheFactory8 in the NYC Garment District, and require collaboration of hundreds of people working here in the USA.  With appreciation to all of them!!  Most prominently (and with IG accounts):  Ranchers @genopalette @DesireeMcMurry @SheepUSA;  Woolen Mill @AmericanWoolen;  Weaving @mtl.textile.design.studio;  Tailors  @TheFactory8 ... And our website credits plenty more.  <<<<<<>>>>>>  #WeatherWool #AllAroundJacket #LynxPattern #Merino #Jacquard #MadeInUSA #NYC #GarmentDistrict #Craftmanship #SlowFashion #HardcoreLuxury #CampaignForWool #ExperienceWool #BestWoolInTheWoods with @weatherwool
Fun projects a-brewin’ with @godmothernycinc @ji Fun projects a-brewin’ with @godmothernycinc @jimmydiresta and @cordurabrand excited to join the team! 🚀🎉 . . . . #makersgonnamake #makersmovement #madeinusa #madeinnyc #americanmadestyle #artistsoninstagram #garmentdistrict #denimstyle #factory8
Hear hear! 💙💙💙 #repost @ritualprojectspar Hear hear! 💙💙💙 #repost @ritualprojectsparis 2021 is all about love @area featured in @vogueportugal styled by @joana_dacheville shot by @eeevawang
Cozy winter studio vibes at the F8 HQ...❄️🔥 Cozy winter studio vibes at the F8 HQ...❄️🔥✂️ . . . #studiovibes #garmentdistrict #madeinnyc #fashioncommunity
“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppre “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be taken by the oppressed.” Happy birthday to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. May we all remember well.
Getting ready ramp up production in the Lynx patte Getting ready ramp up production in the Lynx pattern anoraks for @weatherwool !! There’s a lot that happens in the production phase of garment manufacturing for sure, but like most great endeavors the most important step is planning and preparation! A sampling of some of our pre-production activities include: counting out bulk trims, finalizing fit and design details, and finally grading out to all sizes designated in the purchase order. In short, making our lists and checking them twice before we’re finally ready to hit GO!
Au Revoir #PierreCardin 1922 - 2020 🌹 He was on Au Revoir #PierreCardin 1922 - 2020 🌹 He was one of the first dressmakers to dream of the future, experimenting with astronaut-inspired fashion from 1950. He was not only a visuonary designer but a remarkable businessman as well, paving the way for fashion name brand licensing beyond his couture line. His revolutionary designs such as the bubble dress, the “Cosmocorps” suit, roller pants and the “Chasuble” cut-out dresses changed the shape of fashion. His incredible career and his striking silhouettes, influenced both his own era and the designers of today. On Tuesday, December 29, 2020, Pierre Cardin passed away.
So much fun working on these cozy yet fun #joeywol So much fun working on these cozy yet fun #joeywolfferreworked sweater blouses, with collars cut from leftover scraps from our recent dress production, making each piece completely unique! @shopjoeywolffer ♻️👚✨
A little #tbt / #fbf to the time we released the # A little #tbt / #fbf to the time we released the #woolrich mill wool popover into the wild. We love making outerwear winter gear already but it was extra fun cutting piecing together their novelty stripes and placement prints into garments! #wintercoat #outerwear #fashiondesigner #madeinamerica #madeinusa #madeinnyc
Gearing up in the production cabin for a new shipm Gearing up in the production cabin for a new shipment of @weatherwool yardage to come in. #MadeinNYC #madeinamerica #madeinusa #localbusiness #smallbusiness #localsuppliers #weatherwool #outdooradventures #outdoorjacket #wintercoat
We do loooove a fun scissor! ....That double-handl We do loooove a fun scissor! ....That double-handled one tho 🤔 #Repost @presentandcorrect with @make_repost ・・・ Snip happens.
Never forget! Now more than ever we need to bring Never forget! Now more than ever we need to bring awareness to our collective health management and reflect on lessons learned. Also! Love this use of fashion as protest banner! #Repost @portlandgarmentfactory with @make_repost ・・・ It’s World AIDS Day. Did you know that it started in 1988 and was the first ever global health awareness day? Today we remember those we’ve lost to HIV/AIDS & show our support for impacted folx. PGF we’ll be donating 10% of Gift Shop sales to Our House, an incredible organization supporting low-income people living with HIV since 1988. @ourhousepdx A great place to read stories of love, loss and remembrance go to @theaidsmemorial page. So gut wrenching but so beautiful. #whatisrememberedlives Photo of artist, writer, & AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz who died of AIDS related complications in 1992. Check out his incredible book “Close to The Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration.”
Love the use of threads and fabric to paint a pict Love the use of threads and fabric to paint a picture of threads and fabric #embroidery #embroideryart #embroiderydesign #textileart #fiberart 🧵 @times.new.romance
A little Sunday Funday mask/bubble visual design m A little Sunday Funday mask/bubble visual design meditation...by @livingpod
Wow!! So into these matching @shopjoeywolffer face Wow!! So into these matching @shopjoeywolffer face masks and dresses made from re-worked inventory and left over fabrics from their other projects...turned out great!
Have a safe and fruitful Election Day everyone! Have a safe and fruitful Election Day everyone! #Repost @paperraven.co with @make_repost ・・・ For Democracy; for Decency; for Telling the Truth; for Fairness and Respect and Common Sense and Science; for Empathy in the White House and in Congress. ✨ For Equality and Equity for all, regardless of skin color, religion or who we love. 💙 For our children and little loved ones, who will face the threat of Climate Change if we do not act. 🌎 For our Democratic Norms, Institutions, and for a President actually puts America - instead of himself - first. 🇺🇸 For so, so many reasons I can't name them all here. 👏🏼 Have a safe Election Day, remember to stay in line, and may the voices of the American People be honored in counting every single fairly-cast ballot 🗳. . If you would like to share the graphic, please feel free to do so with credit to me. 🥰💙
‘Tis the season indeed 🍁🍂 #fallfashion #le ‘Tis the season indeed 🍁🍂 #fallfashion #leafpeeping #fashionartist #autumnvibes
Too fascinating not to share...#Repost @howtoreada Too fascinating not to share...#Repost @howtoreadadress with @make_repost ・・・ I don’t often post ancient world fashion, but this example blows my mind 🤯 Worn in Bronze Age Denmark by wealthy teenager known as ‘The Egtved Girl’, the garments were found in her grave in 1921, remarkably intact. She’s believed to have died in around 1370 BC, aged 16-17. The skirt is made of cords and according to @nationalmuseet, ‘a belt plate of bronze decorated with spirals lay on her stomach’. The second image shows a reproduction of the outfit. #egtvedgirl #bronzeage #bronzeagefashion #oldestclothing #fashionhistory
Agnes Denes, Wheatfield—A Confrontation, 1982. P Agnes Denes, Wheatfield—A Confrontation, 1982. Photo by John McGrall. #911memorial #inmemoriam #iloveny
Happy Labor Day! In 1937 the International Ladies Happy Labor Day! In 1937 the International Ladies Garment Workers Union put on a satirical Broadway review called “Pins and Needles.” The cast were nonprofessional actors from the union. Because of their factory jobs, participants could rehearse only at night and on weekends, and initial performances were presented only on Friday and Saturday nights. The original cast was made up of cutters, basters, and sewing machine operators. Pins and Needles looked at current events from a pro-union standpoint. It was a "lighthearted look at young workers in a changing society in the middle of America's most politically engaged city." Skits spoofed everything from Fascist European dictators to bigots in the Daughters of the American Revolution. Word-of-mouth was so enthusiastically positive that the cast abandoned their day jobs and the production expanded to a full performance schedule of eight shows per week. New songs and skits were introduced every few months to keep the show topical. According to John Kenrick, Pins and Needles "is the only hit ever produced by a labor union, and the only time when a group of unknown non-professionals brought a successful musical to Broadway."
As featured in @wwd on 9/1/20: “Belstaff, the Br As featured in @wwd on 9/1/20: “Belstaff, the British luxury brand, has returned to New York City with a new 2,000-square-foot store at 62 Gansevoort Street featuring a workshop concept and a focus on makers and creators within the local community.” ...including shops like @thefactory8 in the #garmentdistrictnyc! It was a pleasure to work on this jacket and we love the concept, vision, and energy @belstaff + creators like @godmothernycinc are bringing to this project! ✨✨✨
We’re still here! Up to our same old high-qualit We’re still here! Up to our same old high-quality garment development and production tricks as per usual. Viva New York! #garmentdistrictnyc #madeinnewyork #madeinnyc #iloveny
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