Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
The Alabama Stitch Book is awesome
Natalie "Alabama" Chanin has been one of my favorite American designers, ever since I discovered her in Vogue magazine. She was a finalist for a design award. I bought her book called "Alabama Stitch Book" over the weekend and it looks really good. I've always wondered how she got the fabric with the cool designs. She explains how to make some of her designer fabrics and clothing in your own home. There are actual stencils and paper sewing patterns included in the book. I can't wait to make some of the clothes. All photos are from www.alabamachanin.com.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Fustany.com is having a handbag design competition
The following information was taken from the fustany.com website:
Design your own Handbag Competition powered by Tasche
We’ve decided it was time to challenge all fashion lovers, trendsetters and talents. Design your own Handbag! And the competition powered by Tasche goes the following:
1. These 4 designs by Tasche should be used as a guideline in terms of shapes & sizes, but the rest is up to your imagination.
2. Design the bag of your dreams with a sketch, illustration or any program you’ll need to aid you with this challenge.
3. All sketches and illustrations should be submitted to info@fustany.com with the title “Design your own Handbag”.
4. We’ll be choosing the best designs and add them to Fustany’s page on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/fustany where everyone is entitled to vote for their favorite designs, through comments and likes.
5. The person getting the most votes and likes on Facebook will have her/his design custom made by Tasche and sent over to them by the end of the competition.
Some competition guidelines:
- Sizes: (choose any of the below sizes to work with)
1. Juliette 36 x 24 x 18 cm (width, height, depth)
2. Grace: 30 x 18 x 8 cm
3. Tichou: 31 x 20 cm
4. Tina: 20 x 13 x 8 cm
- Colors, Patterns, Designs & material used: up to your imagination
If you need the sketches, original images of the designs above or happen to have any question, please drop us an email on info@fustany.com . And of course feel free to send us a word document with your elaborations on the design(s) you’ve made.
The Deadline for submitting your sketches is on the 10th of February 2011. Go creative and have fun!
Design your own Handbag Competition powered by Tasche
We’ve decided it was time to challenge all fashion lovers, trendsetters and talents. Design your own Handbag! And the competition powered by Tasche goes the following:
1. These 4 designs by Tasche should be used as a guideline in terms of shapes & sizes, but the rest is up to your imagination.
2. Design the bag of your dreams with a sketch, illustration or any program you’ll need to aid you with this challenge.
3. All sketches and illustrations should be submitted to info@fustany.com with the title “Design your own Handbag”.
4. We’ll be choosing the best designs and add them to Fustany’s page on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/fustany where everyone is entitled to vote for their favorite designs, through comments and likes.
5. The person getting the most votes and likes on Facebook will have her/his design custom made by Tasche and sent over to them by the end of the competition.
Some competition guidelines:
- Sizes: (choose any of the below sizes to work with)
1. Juliette 36 x 24 x 18 cm (width, height, depth)
2. Grace: 30 x 18 x 8 cm
3. Tichou: 31 x 20 cm
4. Tina: 20 x 13 x 8 cm
- Colors, Patterns, Designs & material used: up to your imagination
If you need the sketches, original images of the designs above or happen to have any question, please drop us an email on info@fustany.com . And of course feel free to send us a word document with your elaborations on the design(s) you’ve made.
The Deadline for submitting your sketches is on the 10th of February 2011. Go creative and have fun!
Depression-era clothing styles
These wonderful photos from the United States depression era came from the following website:
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/2363//
These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations. The photographs and captions are the property of the Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color.
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/2363//
These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations. The photographs and captions are the property of the Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color.
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