Written & Photographed by Koa Kalish From the land where the cotton is grown to the spinning mills where it becomes yarn, to the manufacturing facilities that form fabric and fashion; from the hands of the farmers to the mill workers, from dyers to designers, and makers to wearers, Lydia Wendt works from this eagle-eyed […]
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4 Simple Guidelines from the Fibershed Clothing Guide
Written by Jess Daniels based on the Fibershed Clothing Guide, available now as a free download Visuals created with Paige Green Photography except for the microplastic image courtesy of the Rozalia Project It’s an everyday act: rise in the morning and slip on something to wear. Regardless of personal style, age, or activities in our […]
Read MoreA Family History in Hats
Written by Koa Kalish and Carol Frechette; Photography by Koa Kalish, Lowell Downey, and Paige Green Photo by Koa Kalish In the early 1980s, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in the small water-flanked town of Sausalito, lived Carol Frechette. There she lived and worked on boats, working with a sailmaker. Eventually, she started […]
Read MoreCare For Cloth, Care For Good with GDS Cloth Goods
Written by May Reid Marr & Photographed by Paige Green Headquartered at the Werkshack in uptown, Oakland, GDS Cloth Goods is the design and production studio by Geana Sieburger. A vibrant environment filled with makers of all types, it allows Geana to do her often solitary work in the company of a creative community and […]
Read MoreClimate Beneficial Design: with Heidi Iverson, Ashley Eva Brock, and Industry of All Nations
Celebrating the collaborations that transform materials from soil to skin, we set out to visit each designer creating a full look for the Climate Beneficial Fashion Gala. Here we share excerpts from three conversations: read on for inspiration from their design practices and pathways to sustainability, and how each consumer, designer, and the fashion industry […]
Read MoreLearning the Language of Plants with Local Dialect
Written by Sasha Wirth & Photographed by Paige Green Behind a vintage cottage on a quiet street in Petaluma, Karen Hess is stirring a pot of eucalyptus leaves. “I gathered these this morning from a tree two blocks away,” she says. “The leaves are still green now, but they’ll slowly turn the water into a […]
Read MoreClimate Beneficial Design: with Ambatalia, Running River Organics, Madge & Me, and Prairie Underground
Celebrating the collaborations that transform materials from soil to skin, we set out to visit each designer creating a full look for the Climate Beneficial Fashion Gala. Here we share excerpts from three conversations: read on for inspiration from their design practices and pathways to sustainability, and how each consumer, designer, and the fashion industry […]
Read MoreClimate Beneficial Design: with Kali Made Garments, GDS Cloth Goods, and Flint Outdoors
Celebrating the collaborations that transform materials from soil to skin, we set out to visit each designer creating a full look for the Climate Beneficial Fashion Gala. Here we share excerpts from three conversations: read on for inspiration from their design practices and pathways to sustainability, and how each consumer, designer, and the fashion industry […]
Read MoreCreating Artful Community with Marin Sewing Lab
Written and Photographed by Koa Kalish Pia Andersson has a rich background of over 20 years in design and product development, gaining expertise with garments and accessories as well as in commercial manufacturing of textile products. A Swedish native, she has always been involved with making textiles, but it was upon retiring that she began […]
Read MoreRooting the Fashion Revolution in the Soil
This year’s Fashion Revolution Week just wrapped up but the movement for transparency, accountability, and shifting the norms of a harmful and wasteful industry is gaining more traction and momentum than ever. Born out of tragedy, the Fashion Revolution campaign began with just one day and one question to honor the nearly 1200 lives lost […]
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