We started our communal handmakery last week. (Finally got my pictures uploaded.) This is going to be HOT! Our letterpressed gift tags are going to be a big hit. I can’t knit, but Jen is knitting a neck warmer for me to give to someone on my list! This old leatha skirt finally goes to [...]
In the imaginary profile of my “ideal self,” I make lots of things. I sew lovely dresses, cook gourmet meals (complete with garnishes) and send handmade thank-you cards to everyone I appreciate. But my real self… doesn’t quite get there. What to do when I wanted to make as many handmade Christmas presents as possible [...]
In a sneak peek behind Prairie Underground‘s inner workings, the excellently conscientious online boutique Fashion Ethic posted a pic of how they received the brand’s latest shipment. In a reused cardboard box! Prairie Underground’s fall 2008 line (shown above) is now available.
Leather jackets turned purses — brilliant! In 2005 Canadian designer Ashley Watson started sewing these beautiful accessories out of leather thrift store finds and officially founded Ashley Watson Recycled Leather a year later. Each piece is one-of-a-kind, one-hundred-percent recycled and incorporates detailing from the original jackets (as shown in particular below on the Brant). The [...]
Oh, to live in London! The newest reason (of countless) being that I could do the second-annual Visa Swap this summer. (And no, these words are not sponsored.) Beginning June 21 Londoners can take their unused high-fashion clothing to a temporary shop in Covent Garden where the value of the clothes will be credited in [...]
Yes, urbane renewal. The more I looked at the designs in my William Good entry, the less cool they got. And then in SF this weekend, I scoped out WG in person and saw more of the same — an indisputably fantastic concept that’s just not done quite right. The skirts, sweaters and button-downs are [...]
Joe Boxer who? Nick Graham, founder of the iconic ’90s undies brand, is back today under yet a new moniker: William Good. As in Goodwill. The new San Francisco-based brand is salvaging Goodwill discards from the area (some take the goods off the floor after 30 days) and creating new designs. As creative director, Graham’s [...]