OK, for some strange reason I am just now learning about a little place called Habu Textiles. Why you ask? Because nobody told me! I quite literally searched "textiles" in Google just out of curiosity and up pops a place in West 29th Street in Manhattan, just a few blocks away from where I spend ...Read More >>
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Leave A CommentWhile spending some time skimming through yet another fashion blog (I'm a bit of a self proclaimed addict), I came across a teaming of an interesting sort. Nike recently joined forces with a fourth generation family-run textile business called Maharam to develop a new shoe using a unique washed open weave canvas. While personally I ...Read More >>
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Leave A CommentFor the past 30 years, Carnegie Fabrics, a home and commercial interior textile company, has been manufacturing a fabric called Xorel. No, it's not a photocopying machine. It's an environmentally conscious alternative to vinyl. It's woven from polyethylene, is very safe in manufacture, use, and disposal, incredibly durable, and easy to clean.
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Leave A CommentOrganic Fabrics, one of my favorite topics! Well, this post isn't actually about the fabrics necessarily but is focused on a pretty cool event, The 2010 Organic Exchange Sustainable Textile Convention. It's taking place in New York on October 27th and 28th. According to the website, the event "will cover important aspects of sustainable textiles ...Read More >>
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Leave A CommentSomething I haven't done in a little while is highlight a yarn company. Actually, I'm not sure that I've done that yet at all. Well, now is as good a time as any. So here goes. Recently, while researching novelty yarn distributors, one company I came across that I found particularly interesting is Giovanna ...Read More >>
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Leave A CommentLately I've been thinking about wool. I know, I know, we're right smack in the middle of one of the hottest summers in a long time (at least on the east coast of the U.S.) but in terms of design and fashion, all the fall looks have hit the shops and press. So, I can't help it, that's what's on my brain.
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