Sunday, March 30, 2008

new journal from Berg: Fashion Practice

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First came the International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education , and now there is a new journal from Berg, Fashion Practi...
Thursday, March 27, 2008

misc.

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An interesting business concept: one owned by consumers, nvohk . (Having run -badly- a brand called USVSU once upon a time, I can say from e...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

open your diaries, and educators, look up!

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At the moment the amount of writing is making my fingers and brain bleed, hence the lack of posting. I'd be lying if I said this year, w...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

if in South Australia in July 2009...

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...consider attending Winterworks , an "international ecologically sustainable bush textiles symposium". The symposium will take p...

if in San Francisco...

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...go to this (click to enlarge): Dr Connie Ulasewicz co-edited the book I contributed the chapter to, and she will have a pretty rich unde...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

something good

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Trying to stay on top of things, and up-to-date with EVERYTHING (ha!), I now get daily Google alerts on 20, 30, 40 topics a day; most on th...
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Monday, March 17, 2008

misc.

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Today, Cotton USA gets into trouble for claims about cotton and sustainability - please, go after Jag Apparel next. Their 'blog' q...
Sunday, March 16, 2008

greenwashing: cotton

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Courtesy of another Google alert came this : "Essentially, all earth friendly fashion is biodegradable. 100% cotton is very appealing t...

Bottega Veneta A/W 2008 by Tomas Meier

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These three looks caught my eye whilst trawling through the vortex that is style.com during the shows. I'd argue that all three looks w...

copyright and fashion design in Australia

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While in Melbourne, a copyright infringement case involving two dresses got a bit of press . Melbourne brand Review managed to convince a ju...
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

misc.

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Discarded to Divine is an upcycling charity project involving designers and students in San Francisco; an article is here and the website, ...

synergies: yeohlee teng and andrew hague

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During the shows in New York, London, Milan and Paris I was annoyed with style.com for omitting so many worthy designers from their coverag...
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

back

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I will not post a review of the IFFTI08 conference , except to say that the papers I looked forward to didn't disappoint. Yesterday the ...
Thursday, March 06, 2008

the designer genius

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A while back I commented on Kathleen Fasanella's blog that I sometimes fantasise of there being some legal protection for the term ...

protocol analysis: fashion design

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(Last post today, and probably pre-IFFTI, I promise) Today I took part in a protocol analysis (*) exercise at uni; they wanted a designer fr...

Found: Andrew Hague

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The MySpace was that of the very Andrew Hague in Fletcher's book ! I'm hoping to write a post on him and his work here soon so watch...
Wednesday, March 05, 2008

circles and waste

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Any investigation into cutting without waste would eventually need to consider circles. Take circle skirts. The question, generally, one fin...

what couture? haute couture (and not couture)

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Whilst I've taken a break this year from teaching in order to finish my thesis (this makes me a nearly middle-aged full-time student...)...
Tuesday, March 04, 2008

The World of Blue Jeans, a photo essay from Time

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Here . The images could, of course, be of most things we wear now. Anyone else bought a pair of 'raw' (unwashed) jeans lately that y...

project runway australia

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If that sort of thing interests you, applications for Project Runway Australia close on Sunday. Since I don't have cable and won't ...