TAC+ Ecouterre.com present Fashion's Night Out: Celebrating
TAC+ Ecouterre.com present Fashion's Night Out: Celebrating
Shop, shop, shop. Yes. But what about making it yourself, too? What does "slow" or "eco" fashion really mean? Find out how high-fashion, DIY, and education come together in a perfect blend on Sept 10!
The Textile Arts Center is teaming up with Ecouterre.com to bring Fashion's Night Out to Brooklyn! The theme of the night is slow fashion: fashion that takes a bit longer to design, construct, or find but takes style and environmental responsibility to a whole new level.
6:00-7:00PM: The night will kick off with the definition of “slow fashion” in the Hack Sustainable Fashion workshop hosted by eco-fashion expert, Sarah Scaturro, and Hack Couture's Giana Gonzalez. Participants are led through the decoding of “sustainable” and asked to question their consumer choices and what fashion means to them. Participants are aided in creating their personal Fashion Manifesto, declaring their pledge to adjust consumer habits.
**To RSVP for this event please email rsvp@textileartscenter.com and title the email "RSVP Hack".
7:00-8:30: Ecouterre.com hosts and moderates a sustainable design panel with speakers ranging from academia and entrepreneurship to design itself.
Moderator Jill Fehrenbacher, founder of inhabitat.com and ecouterre.com. Devoted to sustainability through good design, Jill successfully makes a sustainable lifestyle accessible to both designer and consumer.
Panelist Greta Eagan, founder of FashionmeGreen.com, wrote her dissertation on sustainable fashion at the London College of Fashion. Greta’s knowledge, background and insight into the sustainable fashion industry greatly contribute the success of Fashion me Green eradicating the stigma of “eco-fashion” as “unattractive”.
Panelist Caroline Priebe of Uluru, and currently Rogan, is a sustainable fashion designer. Her garments are beautiful, functional, low-impact. Her “inspirations come from history... A time when fashion (or life for that matter) was slower, producer and consumer were closer, and quality was valued over quantity.”
Panelist Sarah Scaturro is a textile conservator at the Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum. Sarah hosts Hack Sustainable Fashion, as part of the Hack Couture Series by Giana Gonzalez. In November 2009, Sarah co-curated Ethics + Aesthetics = Sustainable Fashion at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery.
Panelist Titania Inglis is a Brooklyn-based designer focusing on the ideals of effortless, essential, cutting edge, minimalist clothing. Her stunning Spring/Summer 2010 collection is made of exquisite organic cotton from Japan.
Panelist Shabd Simon-Alexander is also a Brooklyn-based designer who’s largely know for her beautiful dyeing techniques on simple, highly wearable clothing. Shabd’s work is exciting, playful and sophisticated with an interesting twist of using the folk costume tradition of beginning one dress with the remnants from the last.
Panelist Margarita Mileva is one half of New York-based, Milev Architects. Mileva has spent the last year on her new project and collection of jewelry and accessories: M2 -- Recycling the Architectural Office. You’ve never seen rubberbands, paper clips and bindings look so beautiful.
Panelist Caitlin Mociun is a well-known, Brooklyn-based designer who focuses on the fusion of art and craft in her hand-made collections. She places a strong emphasis on integrating new textile design technologies and envronmentally healthy production.
**To RSVP for this event please email rsvp@textileartscenter.com and title the email "RSVP Panel".
8:30-11:00PM: Shopping Hours -- Attendees will have plenty of time to shop, mingle, and discuss the nights’ events. Several designers beautifully exemplifying the “slow fashion” model will have their collections on sale to the public. Designers selling include:
Clothing:
Titania Inglis - Inglis’s namesake collections focus on minimalism and versatility, two staples in “slow fashion”. Her beautiful collections are wardrobes in and of themselves.
Shabd - Shabd Simon-Alexander creates limited edition collections based on simple feminine shapes with attention to fabric combinations and compositions. Craftsmanship is key as well as subtle sustainability: folk costume tradition of beginning one dress with the remnants from the last. Her namesake line has recently developed into a blank canvas to explore dyeing and painting techniques. Available at www.shop.shabdismyname.com
Mociun -Caitlin Mociun is the brains behind this beautiful operation. Mociun seeks to promote the combination of art and craft, expressed clearly in her Bauhaus-inspired prints, while exploring and integrating the ever-emerging technologies and critical conceptions of sustainability and environmentally healthy production. Available at www.mociun.com, Bird, Steven Alan, Coclico.
Accessories:
reMade USA - Founded by Shannon South, reMade USA is a design company that upcycles used leather jackets to make one-of-a-kind bags and accessories. Each product is a limited edition of one, with its own unique details, history, and personality. All bags are hand-crafted in our studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Available online at www.remadeusa.com and Barneys Coop stores nationwide.
M2 Jewelry - M2 is the latest project of Milev Architects -- recycling the architectural office. Margarita Mileva’s colorful rubberband necklaces and accessories are stunning examples of repurposed materials, often referencing the beauty of nature. Available on Etsy at /www.etsy.com/shop/margaritamileva.
Odette - Jennifer Sarkilahti’s Odette New York is a jewelry line inspired by organic and industrial shapes, natural specimens, antique artifacts, and travel mementos; made using ancient and modern wax carving techniques and hand fabrication. Out of her Brooklyn studio, Jennifer crafts original, classic designs with a bohemian, organic aesthetic. Available at www.odetteny.com, Cog & Pearl.
During Shopping Hours, free workshops will be offered where attendees can learn to Do-It-Themselves. Guests learn from the Center’s Isa Rodrigues to naturally tie-dye white cotton bandanas from flowers, vegetable, and roots, to name a few.
If dyeing does not satisfy your sustainable sweet tooth, there will be a Bags for the People workshop running simultaneously. Bags for the People is a non-profit organization teaching the public to sew by making reusable tote bags from old fabric. Sewing machines and instructors await those who wish to construct their own bag from recycled material.
Want to purge your closet? Bring old duds as Wearable Collections will host a clothing drive that night, so you can be sure your clothes are getting recycled properly. Don’t want to throw them to the unknown? Learn to make quick alterations to your garments with Maya Valladares of Sewing Rebellion and give them some more wear and tear.
Music will be provided by DJ Whistlepunk. Free drinks provided by Kelso and food provided by local NYC vendors. The night will be filled with educational high-style -- we hope you can join us on a night where Fashion never felt so good.
Textile Arts Center is a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas. Attendance is free for this event, but the Center suggests a donation of $10 to go toward educational programming.
The Textile Arts Center is teaming up with Ecouterre.com to bring Fashion's Night Out to Brooklyn! The theme of the night is slow fashion: fashion that takes a bit longer to design, construct, or find but takes style and environmental responsibility to a whole new level.
6:00-7:00PM: The night will kick off with the definition of “slow fashion” in the Hack Sustainable Fashion workshop hosted by eco-fashion expert, Sarah Scaturro, and Hack Couture's Giana Gonzalez. Participants are led through the decoding of “sustainable” and asked to question their consumer choices and what fashion means to them. Participants are aided in creating their personal Fashion Manifesto, declaring their pledge to adjust consumer habits.
**To RSVP for this event please email rsvp@textileartscenter.com and title the email "RSVP Hack".
7:00-8:30: Ecouterre.com hosts and moderates a sustainable design panel with speakers ranging from academia and entrepreneurship to design itself.
Moderator Jill Fehrenbacher, founder of inhabitat.com and ecouterre.com. Devoted to sustainability through good design, Jill successfully makes a sustainable lifestyle accessible to both designer and consumer.
Panelist Greta Eagan, founder of FashionmeGreen.com, wrote her dissertation on sustainable fashion at the London College of Fashion. Greta’s knowledge, background and insight into the sustainable fashion industry greatly contribute the success of Fashion me Green eradicating the stigma of “eco-fashion” as “unattractive”.
Panelist Caroline Priebe of Uluru, and currently Rogan, is a sustainable fashion designer. Her garments are beautiful, functional, low-impact. Her “inspirations come from history... A time when fashion (or life for that matter) was slower, producer and consumer were closer, and quality was valued over quantity.”
Panelist Sarah Scaturro is a textile conservator at the Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum. Sarah hosts Hack Sustainable Fashion, as part of the Hack Couture Series by Giana Gonzalez. In November 2009, Sarah co-curated Ethics + Aesthetics = Sustainable Fashion at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery.
Panelist Titania Inglis is a Brooklyn-based designer focusing on the ideals of effortless, essential, cutting edge, minimalist clothing. Her stunning Spring/Summer 2010 collection is made of exquisite organic cotton from Japan.
Panelist Shabd Simon-Alexander is also a Brooklyn-based designer who’s largely know for her beautiful dyeing techniques on simple, highly wearable clothing. Shabd’s work is exciting, playful and sophisticated with an interesting twist of using the folk costume tradition of beginning one dress with the remnants from the last.
Panelist Margarita Mileva is one half of New York-based, Milev Architects. Mileva has spent the last year on her new project and collection of jewelry and accessories: M2 -- Recycling the Architectural Office. You’ve never seen rubberbands, paper clips and bindings look so beautiful.
Panelist Caitlin Mociun is a well-known, Brooklyn-based designer who focuses on the fusion of art and craft in her hand-made collections. She places a strong emphasis on integrating new textile design technologies and envronmentally healthy production.
**To RSVP for this event please email rsvp@textileartscenter.com and title the email "RSVP Panel".
8:30-11:00PM: Shopping Hours -- Attendees will have plenty of time to shop, mingle, and discuss the nights’ events. Several designers beautifully exemplifying the “slow fashion” model will have their collections on sale to the public. Designers selling include:
Clothing:
Titania Inglis - Inglis’s namesake collections focus on minimalism and versatility, two staples in “slow fashion”. Her beautiful collections are wardrobes in and of themselves.
Shabd - Shabd Simon-Alexander creates limited edition collections based on simple feminine shapes with attention to fabric combinations and compositions. Craftsmanship is key as well as subtle sustainability: folk costume tradition of beginning one dress with the remnants from the last. Her namesake line has recently developed into a blank canvas to explore dyeing and painting techniques. Available at www.shop.shabdismyname.com
Mociun -Caitlin Mociun is the brains behind this beautiful operation. Mociun seeks to promote the combination of art and craft, expressed clearly in her Bauhaus-inspired prints, while exploring and integrating the ever-emerging technologies and critical conceptions of sustainability and environmentally healthy production. Available at www.mociun.com, Bird, Steven Alan, Coclico.
Accessories:
reMade USA - Founded by Shannon South, reMade USA is a design company that upcycles used leather jackets to make one-of-a-kind bags and accessories. Each product is a limited edition of one, with its own unique details, history, and personality. All bags are hand-crafted in our studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Available online at www.remadeusa.com and Barneys Coop stores nationwide.
M2 Jewelry - M2 is the latest project of Milev Architects -- recycling the architectural office. Margarita Mileva’s colorful rubberband necklaces and accessories are stunning examples of repurposed materials, often referencing the beauty of nature. Available on Etsy at /www.etsy.com/shop/margaritamileva.
Odette - Jennifer Sarkilahti’s Odette New York is a jewelry line inspired by organic and industrial shapes, natural specimens, antique artifacts, and travel mementos; made using ancient and modern wax carving techniques and hand fabrication. Out of her Brooklyn studio, Jennifer crafts original, classic designs with a bohemian, organic aesthetic. Available at www.odetteny.com, Cog & Pearl.
During Shopping Hours, free workshops will be offered where attendees can learn to Do-It-Themselves. Guests learn from the Center’s Isa Rodrigues to naturally tie-dye white cotton bandanas from flowers, vegetable, and roots, to name a few.
If dyeing does not satisfy your sustainable sweet tooth, there will be a Bags for the People workshop running simultaneously. Bags for the People is a non-profit organization teaching the public to sew by making reusable tote bags from old fabric. Sewing machines and instructors await those who wish to construct their own bag from recycled material.
Want to purge your closet? Bring old duds as Wearable Collections will host a clothing drive that night, so you can be sure your clothes are getting recycled properly. Don’t want to throw them to the unknown? Learn to make quick alterations to your garments with Maya Valladares of Sewing Rebellion and give them some more wear and tear.
Music will be provided by DJ Whistlepunk. Free drinks provided by Kelso and food provided by local NYC vendors. The night will be filled with educational high-style -- we hope you can join us on a night where Fashion never felt so good.
Textile Arts Center is a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas. Attendance is free for this event, but the Center suggests a donation of $10 to go toward educational programming.
