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 […]
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Material Justice: in the Studio with Amy Keefer
Written by Valerie Yep and photographed by Paige Green When I met with designer and artist Amy Keefer on a grey and drizzly Thursday morning, I was greeted with the […]
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Grow Your Jeans: Made & Now Worn by the Community
Written by Laura Jean Schneider, with photographs courtesy of the author and Elaine Patarini of Paicines Ranch. I’ve purchased few clothing items with three-figure price tags. Yet, I’m in the […]
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Who Grew Our Clothes?
By Rebecca Burgess Unraveling the story behind the glamor and surface appeal of fast fashion is like Dorothy and her little dog toto pulling the curtain back on the man […]
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Colored Cotton
Story and photos by Kara Fleshman I can’t just say cotton. You’d think I was talking about the white stuff. The fluff on your q-tips. The sheets on your bed. […]
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Pioneering Modern Natural Dyes
Photographs by Paige Green Photography; story by Jess Daniels. There’s a duality to natural dyeing that Kristine Vejar embraces: the naturalist and plant pigment explorer; the scientist and careful recipe […]
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Classical Cotton Breeding
Photography by Paige Green (except where noted) Wisdom of the ages revealed and contrasted to modern notions of genetic progress… Enhancing nature’s time-tested processes or Engineering… the difference between this phrase and […]
Read MoreThe Beauty of Limitation
Soft and supple Mendocino buckskin, Sierra foothills alpaca, Mill Valley felt, Capay Valley color grown cotton, and Mt. Barnaby indigo … these are the places and raw materials that designer […]
Read MoreCreation of the Golden Pants
There are some items of clothing that we could not survive without. Living in the 150 mile wardrobe has made me keenly aware of how my garments are essential for […]
Read MorePart I: The Natural Hues of Cotton; A History of Seeds and Soils
Traveling northeast from our Fibershed studio doorstep, where the central valley meets the eastern foothills of the California coastal range, there exists an alluvial and highly fertile valley known as […]
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