The Uniform Project has reached the six month mark, help them celebrate!
6 Down, 6 To Go. A grand ball marking the half way point in a year long adventure. This is an exclusive party for all of you, our darling supporters and friends! A very limited amount of tickets go on sale NOW and can be purchased at the link below.
Party details here.
Buy tickets here.
I wonder which black and white hand woven skirt I’ll be wearing to this party! Or will I? Guess you’ll all have to come to find out…
The Uniform Project Trailer from The Uniform Project on Vimeo.
The Uniform Project
Congratulations to the ladies from The Uniform Project for putting together this adorable video about their efforts to raise funds for an incredibly important cause.
Well done ladies, Study supports you!
Coat Drive
We’re hosting a coat drive at the store for the months of October and November. Bring in an old (but still good) coat and get 20% off a new coat from the store. All coats that are brought in will be donated to New York Cares for their annual coat drive starting in December.
quoted from the New York Cares website:
Did you know that 90% of homeless adults need a new, warm coat each winter because they have no place to keep one over the summer months? But it’s not just homeless people who need our help; thousands of New Yorkers each year are forced to make a choice between buying a winter coat and putting food on the table, or meeting other basic survival needs.
New York Cares collects nearly 70,000 gently used winter coats each December and distributes them to thousands of men, women, and children who would otherwise be cold.
Registration begins on Monday, October 19, 2009. Check back soon to find out how you can help.
Summer wearing Study
The beautiful Summer Rayne Oakes wears Study on Fox. Here’s the footage.
(thank you, Summer)
Using up wasted resources has been a very prevalent issue for me later. I applied this to part of my Spring 2010 collection by using some fabrics that my factory was going to throw out. This was good for me as they had some fantastic fabrics that weren’t being used. This was good for them as it freed up some space and avoid wasting their initial investment. The only people it didn’t help were those who manufacture new fabrics.
Now that the show is over and I’m almost back to normal, I’ve been playing around with leftover fabrics and trims at my own studio. I have a terrible habit of never throwing anything away for fear that I might one day need it. This makes for a very crowded apartment, but allows for a lot more creativity.
Last week I tackled my local zipper supplier. I have ordered zippers from them for years. Usually I keep the original length but occasionally I ask them to cut them down to to a specific size. So I asked them what happens to the zipper ends that get cut off. They are thrown away! Not on my watch! Not when perfectly good cuffs, necklaces and beads can be made from the leftover. So now we have a deal. The supplier saves all the ends for me, and I pay him a sum for the large bag of goodies I get each week. Win-win for everyone, especially the lucky recipients of the necklaces I’ve been making with my bag of zippers!