Nov 25, 2015 | Fashion as Art, Fiber Wise, Heritage and Healing, Organics, Tactile Art: fiber and forms
The harvest season is not only a bounty of foods but also a bounty of rich earthy fashion as we seek warm comforts and colors for the colder months ahead. In my family, we celebrate the heritage of our prairie ancestors who worked the land to create food and I invite...
Sep 1, 2015 | Industry Insider, Studio and Place
(Be sure to see it to the end with the tailoring surprise from Savile Row.) See if this video jump jazzes you like it does me. For one thing, watching it makes me wish I was one of the designers or scientists in the film. Oh, to go to work every day to create...
Aug 18, 2015 | Fashion as Art
We are making Fashion history here in Denver, many thanks to the Denver Art Museum and the very adventurous and innovative Director, Christoph Heinrich. In 2012, DAM hosted “Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective,” curated by Florence Muller. Denver was the...
Aug 8, 2015 | Fabriculous
I can’t help but notice, when I go shopping for some such thing, nine times out of ten, I come home with textiles. Last time I went looking for glassware and candles for some out of town company entertaining. I came home without the glassware but sure enough I...
Aug 6, 2015 | Heritage and Healing
Why did I love sewing at my Grandmother’s in rural South Dakota? I don’t recall the results. …no particular garments. But I loved shopping the fabric store in town with her and picking prints. I loved hanging out with her, doing it together and...
