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VIDEO: Worn Stories Takes A Look at Fashion & Connection to Clothing
We recently had author Emily Spivack at the Brooklyn Fashion+Design…
Quartz: H&M’s “Sustainability” Report Hides the Unsustainable Reality of Fast Fashion
Quartz reported this morning on H&M’s “Sustainability” Report Hides the…
SUPPORT: Photochromia, An Apparel collection of UV Responsive Clothing
Brooklyn Fashion+Design Accelerator Research Fellows Maddy Maxey and Mari Kussman…
Patagonia Launches a ‘Worn Wear’ Tour of the U.S.
This spring Patagonia’s biodiesel repair truck is traveling from California…
Crossover: Lakota Quilts and Fast Fashion’s Stab at Native American Heritage
Sometimes the lines in design are blurred. Fashion collections, inspired…
VIDEO: BK Live Featuring BF+DA Production Coordinator Tara St James
BK Live 3/16/15: BK Garment from Brooklyn Independent Media on…
10 “Made In,” Fashion Facts That Might Surprise You
Do you know where your clothing came from? 18 years…
This Is What Your Brain Looks Like on Fast Fashion
Quartz put out a fascinating article today on the researched…
For Sale: New Fashion Terms For an Old-Fashioned Industry
I received this email recently: “On a different note I…
9 Cool Projects Where Sustainable Food and Fashion Come Together
At first glance, food and fashion may have very little…
China’s “Factory Girls” Grow Up And Go On Strike
China’s “factory girls” growing up and going on strike, but…
Textiles Get DNA Tested to Authenticate Transparency
Sourcing Journal writes: “Transparency has quickly moved from an added…
ILO: 17 Million Children Engaged in Child Labor in South Asia
Sourcing Journal reports that nearly 17 million children between ages…
VIDEO: ‘Cloud-Couture: The Intimate Connection Between Fashion and Technology’
Watch the video from the closing panel “Intimacy and Technology”…
U.S. Designers Build Out Their Own Apparel Production Facilities
Headlines keep including more of the same fashion buzz words:…
Stop Chasing Low-Cost Country Sourcing
Originally posted on Sourcing Journal, Lyndsay McGregor It’s time for…
EILEEN FISHER’S Vision2020 a Sustainable Fashion Benchmark
When we got this email yesterday from one of our…
VIDEO: How Is Technology Changing Pattern, Color & Cloth in Fashion?
Image: The Unseen London Fashion Week and the British Fashion…
The BF+DA Welcomes Vegan Fashion House Vaute Couture!
We’re so happy to welcome Vaute Couture to the Brooklyn…
11 Brooklyn Accelerator Businesses You Should Shop This Black Friday
Black Friday pretty much goes against everything we stand for…
The (Near) Impossibility of Organic Cotton Traceability
When it comes to the complexities of deeming a product…
Has Crowdfunding Changed the Fashion Industry?
Elizabeth Bates writes on Entrepreneur on how the classic model…
Samples & Small Scale Production at the BF+DA
From sketch to tech pack to pattern to finished sample,…
EILEEN FISHER + TakePart.Com Honor 30 Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs
EILEEN FISHER’s In Her Company campaign highlights issues facing female…
Tara St. James Finalist in C.F.D.A./Lexus Eco-Fashion Challenge
Congratulations to BF+DA production manager and research fellow as well…
SUPPORT: Evrnu Launches Campaign to Recycle Cotton Garment Waste
Evrnu™ has created an innovative new technology that recycles cotton…
INTERVIEW: Marcia Patmos On Sustainability, Tech And Zero Waste For Fall 14
Marcia Patmos, the designer of M.Patmos, talks about sustainability, zero…
Press vs. Sales: Start-Up Designers Struggle For Focus
In the over 10+ years I’ve spent in the sustainable…
INTERVIEW: Natalie Chanin On Paying Close Attention To Details
Ask any sustainable fashion writer, designer or conscious clothing afficionado,…
Patagonia Launches ‘Truth to Materials’
Patagonia recently launched a new collection called “Truth to Materials,”…
Farm Aid: Featuring The One Little Shirt That Could Change Everything
Amy DuFault gives us her thoughts on how Farm Aid, and…
That’s a Wrap! Reflections on FashTech NYC
With fashionistas, retailers and influencers all jetting to NYC for…
Does The Traditional Fashion Calendar Fuel Overconsumption and Waste?
Brooklyn Accelerator’s Tara St James and Amy DuFault weigh in…
London Fashion Week: Orsola De Castro Picks Her Top 5 (Sustainable) Designers
If you don’t know Orsola de Castro you should. She’s…
10 (Eco) Boutiques to Shop instead of Going to Fashion Week
We have gathered 10 e-commerce eco-friendly clothing boutiques you can shop…
A Need For More Bill Cunninghams in the Fashion Industry
A recap of our night with Fern Mallis interviewing Bill…
OP-ED: Fast Fashion Chains Are Growing, So Give Up on Being a Conscious Shopper?
It’s a great time to be a fast fashion company….
Emily Spivack’s ‘Worn Stories’ a Collection of Memories About Our Clothes
From Johnny Cash to Orange Is the New Black‘s Piper…
10 Futuristic Fashion Films That Have Us Dreaming of Dystopias
We would totally rock some of the outfits from those…
Adafruit’s Becky Stern on Wearable Tech, Teenagers & Making Electronics Natural
Get to know Becky Stern of Adafruit Industries. Becky Stern is…
Yearly Textile Waste In The USA
How much textile waste is generated and recycled every year?…
Q&A: 4 NYC Designers Celebrate Independence from the Fashion Industry
Celebrate with us a Q&A of 4 NYC based (responsible)…
Kate Fletcher on Country, City and Activism
UK based author, sustainable fashion consultant, artist and teacher Kate…
Grace Napoleon of Folk Couture: Wearable Art for the Daring
We captured some of the essence that makes Grace Napoleon…
LuRu Home on the Nankeen textile dyeing technique
Venture Fellow LuRu Home brings a contemporary edge to a traditional craft…
10 Textile Books We Want to Skip our Memorial Day BBQ to Read
It’s the Friday before Memorial Day weekend-do you know where…
INTERVIEW: C.L.A.S.S. Eco-Textile Library CEO Giusy Bettoni on High-Tech Fabrics
We caught up with C.L.A.S.S. Eco-Textile Library CEO Giusy Bettoni…