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thefactory8

NYC manufacturer and product dev. specialists providing designers+brands w/the resources & expertise to streamline their sample-to-production process.
Join the army!! 💪♥️🧵Thank you to @fashof Join the army!! 💪♥️🧵Thank you to @fashoftomorrow and @lilianliu for creating this super helpful chart in the first slide, and @masks4medicine for mobilizing the cause in NYC. If you are a home sewer and have access to cotton materials please consider creating and donating to hospitals need! Right now many hospitals are re-using their N95 masks to conserve supplies. There are easy to follow tutorials and info on where to send your masks at each of these links.
In today’s blog post we take you on a fascinatin In today’s blog post we take you on a fascinating little trip down memory lane and the power of domestic manufacturing! ✊🧵 Though the Singer company is best known for manufacturing sewing machines, in historical times of conflict they produced other much-needed items as well. During the Second World War, for example, Singer utilized their expertise in precision engineering to expand into military production, making mostly rifles, but also sights, fire control equipment, and aircraft parts. 👉🏽Check link in bio or website blog post to read more!
We love seeing everyone’s creative homemade mask We love seeing everyone’s creative homemade masks out there during these turbulent times. If you are a home sewer looking for a tutorial, @masks4medicine is a great resource and channel for how to create the best mask, and they are also accepting donations for medics on the frontlines, check them out! What are your favorite resources during this time as a home sewer? #Repost @atelier_artbutt with @make_repost ・・・ Life in the midst of Corona, and we are all trying to adjust/do we we can! I am donating these masks to medics on the frontlines via @masks4medicine which will be distributing to NYC hospitals in need....
Stay safe everyone! #confinement #coronart #corona Stay safe everyone! #confinement #coronart #coronafashion #covid_19 #corona #stayhome #quarantine 📸@evaostrowska
#socialdistancing #socialdistancing
Our take on the Corona Virus: Factory8 is closely Our take on the Corona Virus: Factory8 is closely monitoring developments and recommendations on COVID-19 from the CDC, federal, state and local agencies, and other health organizations, and we are actively following those guidelines within our office and factories. We are open for business, but how we conduct that business may have changed! For customers who need to review samples when meeting in person is not an option, we can send photos, or review via phone or email. With many of you we already conduct our business long-distance anyways, and we are looking forward to integrating our local clients into this procedure to minimize risk as well. Additionally we would like to invite everyone to take this time to better strategize and plan upcoming production and projects. The conceptualizing, planning, and sourcing phase is often one of the most rushed steps in the production process, even though it is the foundation of all good garment-making! The most successful production is the most well-planned production and to that end we are available remotely to consult and strategize your upcoming projects long distance as needed. Please do not hesitate to reach out with any ideas, questions, or concerns! As we move forward together during this challenging time, we are committed to making the right choices to minimize the impact this virus is having on our world, while continuing to provide you, our valued customer, with the resources your business requires. All the best to you and yours, The team at Factory8
This is an interesting conversation for sure, but This is an interesting conversation for sure, but we would argue there’s also another side of this debate that was gaining steam before the outbreak: and that was greater control a domestic-based supply chain offers not only in times of stress, but in times of normalcy as well. Being able to see your vendors in real-time can decrease miscommunication and increase efficiency on all levels. Many manufacturing-based supply chains all over the world may indeed see an increase in patronage from local domestic clientele in the near future. We at @thefactory8 and the #nycgarmentdistrict are certainly ready for it! #Repost @bof ・・・ In 2020, #fashion is a thoroughly global business, with travel an integral part of the industry’s day-to-day operations: executives fly across continents for business meetings and visit factories halfway around the world. #Editors and buyers cross the Atlantic to attend runway shows, and brands send aeroplanes full of influencers to exotic locations for #photoshoots and events. The Covid-19 virus changed all of that in a matter of days. Businesses are putting a halt to international travel in order to protect employees, and governments have implemented travel bans. Now, as the industry figures out how to conduct business without face-to-face contact, it’s accelerating a debate that was gaining steam even before the outbreak: Given recent advances in remote working technologies, and growing scrutiny about carbon emissions, does the fashion industry really need to #travel as much as it does? [Link in bio] 📷: @getty
These guys would make an amazing floral print toge These guys would make an amazing floral print together....maybe even include the hand? #Repost @ratedmodernart ・・・ How are you spending your time during social distancing? @insecthaus_adi via @ratedmodernmedia Hymenopus coronatus, Parablepharis kuhlii, Phyllium giganteum, Choeradodis rhomboidea 🌸🍃
Magritte’s “The Lovers” #Magritte #corona #s Magritte’s “The Lovers” #Magritte #corona #socialdistancing
Craftsmanship at its finest! Stay tuned for more a Craftsmanship at its finest! Stay tuned for more amazing leatherwork down the road... #Repost @mad_tailor_leather with @make_repost ・・・ Sizing Belts #leather #madtailor #nyc
...But make it fashion... ...But make it fashion...
Hand drawn comic #handembroidery!!! Especially lov Hand drawn comic #handembroidery!!! Especially love the shadow work 👤🧵💎
Mondaze Via @lalamichmich 🙌 Mondaze Via @lalamichmich 🙌
So fantastic! Community-led textile public art, at So fantastic! Community-led textile public art, at a phenomenal scale! #Repost @browdertown with @make_repost ・・・ 📺WNBC-TV “Today in New York” Friday Morning! LIVE SEWING DAY! Check us out on Friday to hear myself+Director of ArtsWestchester Janet Langsam and a few brave VOLUNTEERS! Talk with local NYC TV about my new collaborative community based fabric project, going up in late-May “Metropolis Sunrise” 🌅 on the historic downtown building in White Plains @artswestchester ArtsWestchester! Would you like to join us? Are you an early morning person? Send me a note and we can have you participate! Or WATCH on TV! Friday Morning ! 👁👁👀😍🥰🧵🌈.... wave to the TV at me! . #metropolissunrise #amandabrowder #gottalovethearts #fabriconbuildings #artswestchester #wnbc #todayinNewYork #livetv #livetelevision #news #whiteplains #love #art #artfairnyc #fiberart #contemporaryart #communitybasedart #community #happiness #sunrise .
...Coronavirus x #balenciaga? Or, why fashion hist ...Coronavirus x #balenciaga? Or, why fashion history is fascinating. How will we see this piece in 10years?
So ready to see these #madeinnyc super versatile c So ready to see these #madeinnyc super versatile cinched tips by @kalrieman out in the wild #springfever #ss20 #sping #springlook
Super Tuesday jitters? Take a load off for a momen Super Tuesday jitters? Take a load off for a moment and imagine what it would be like to stress-eat one of these glorious pies from home baker Lauren Ko of Seattle: Ko lets herself improvise when it comes to the crust and surface designs. “I’m driven by color and pattern, so I’m constantly brainstorming color combinations and geometric patterns that I think I can replicate with pie dough [and] fruit,” she explains. “What I create during a particular baking session is also often informed by produce that is in season and what’s currently in my fridge. My final products are generally happy accidents.”
🖤 REI #Repost @__nitch ・・・ Rei Kawakubo 🖤 REI #Repost @__nitch ・・・ Rei Kawakubo // "It would have more meaning for me to hear what critics have to say if their values and their ways of living were deeper and more serious."
@driesvannoten Spring 2020 Ready-to-Wear #springvi @driesvannoten Spring 2020 Ready-to-Wear #springvibes #spring2020 #fashioninspo #colorstory
Feast your eyes upon the work of Kay Nielson, the Feast your eyes upon the work of Kay Nielson, the Danish illustrator who is remembered not only for his sublime contributions to storybook volumes, but his work on the iconic animated Disney film, Fantasia (1940). Once glance and it's not hard to see why! #illustration #fashionart #fashionillustration #kaynielson #illustrators #moodboard #TGIF
A drizzly yet still inspiring view 🙌 #Repost @ A drizzly yet still inspiring view 🙌 #Repost @garmentdistrictnyc ・・・ A rainy view from @refineryrooftop 📷 by @zoyakaye #GarmentDistrict
The visionary Ren Hang, whose legacy will long be The visionary Ren Hang, whose legacy will long be revered.
Burberry Resort 2020 Fashion Show 🌀〽️〰️ Burberry Resort 2020 Fashion Show 🌀〽️〰️🖍
Wow such beautiful lines and colors by @angelherna Wow such beautiful lines and colors by @angelhernandezart #fashionart #fashionillustration ✨
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