American Fashion Podcast — exploring innovation and sustainability across the industry

More about global fashion and its interconnectedness in this episode, with some of Sass Brown's great stories from her travels in fashion around the world. Author and educator Sass Brown talks sustainable responsible potentially flammable fashion with ...

More about global fashion and its interconnectedness in this episode, with some of Sass Brown’s great stories from her travels in fashion around the world. Author and educator Sass Brown talks sustainable responsible potentially flammable fashion with the AFP gang, and Juliette Donatelli of Spades and SiLK drops in to join the conversation on her way to the opera.

references:

* Spades and Silk

* Carlos Miele

* Suno

* Maiyet

* Eco Fashion (book by Sass Brown)

* ReFashioned (book by Sass Brown)

* Higg Index

* Patagonia

* Loomstate

* Alabama Chanin (Natalie Chanin)

* Fashion Positive

* Biocouture (Suzanne Lee)

* Catalytic Clothing (Helen Storey)

* NYC Textile Week Comes Into Focus (WWD / paywall)

* The Coming Crash Of Michael Kors… Take It To The Bank (Forbes.com)

* Alexandre Herchcovitch

* Paul Smith

* Estethica

* LZR Racer

* From Somewhere (Orsola de Castro)

* Moschino Pre-Fall 2015 (style.com)

* Do Fashion Trends Still Exist (BoF)

Designer & manufacturer Andrew Livingston (Knickerbocker Manufacturing) and veteran fashion photographer Richard Spiegel (The Fashion Tribune) are in the studio, discussing local sustainable manufacturing, demonstrating value to consumers, ethical wages, upcoming changes at New York Fashion Week, and the recent clubbing of Wet Seal.

http://vimeo.com/76473858

references:

* The Fashion Tribune

* Knickerbocker Manufacturing

* Nanette Lepore sells majority stake to Bluestar (WWD / paywall)

* Changes at NYFW (WWD / paywall)

* Wet Seal Employees Post A Brutal Sign In A Dying Store To Protest Management (Business Insider)

* Important Fashion Week Dates (Fashion Calendar)

* Mitchell and Ness

* Ebbets Field Flannels

* Schott

* Pointer Brand

* Controversial Child Labour Video Is Fake, Says H&M (Vogue.com)

* Fawcett Society rejects “slave” labour claims (Third Force News)

* ICNY

* Liberty Fairs

* Sir New York

Designer & manufacturer Andrew Livingston (Knickerbocker Manufacturing) and veteran fashion photographer Richard Spiegel (The Fashion Tribune) are in the studio, discussing local sustainable manufacturing, demonstrating value to consumers, ethical wages, upcoming changes at New York Fashion Week, and the recent clubbing of Wet Seal.

http://vimeo.com/76473858

references:

* The Fashion Tribune

* Knickerbocker Manufacturing

* Nanette Lepore sells majority stake to Bluestar (WWD / paywall)

* Changes at NYFW (WWD / paywall)

* Wet Seal Employees Post A Brutal Sign In A Dying Store To Protest Management (Business Insider)

* Important Fashion Week Dates (Fashion Calendar)

* Mitchell and Ness

* Ebbets Field Flannels

* Schott

* Pointer Brand

* Controversial Child Labour Video Is Fake, Says H&M (Vogue.com)

* Fawcett Society rejects “slave” labour claims (Third Force News)

* ICNY

* Liberty Fairs

* Sir New York

Designer & manufacturer Andrew Livingston (Knickerbocker Manufacturing) and veteran fashion photographer Richard Spiegel (The Fashion Tribune) are in the studio, discussing local sustainable manufacturing, demonstrating value to consumers,

Designer & manufacturer Andrew Livingston (Knickerbocker Manufacturing) and veteran fashion photographer Richard Spiegel (The Fashion Tribune) are in the studio, discussing local sustainable manufacturing, demonstrating value to consumers, ethical wages, upcoming changes at New York Fashion Week, and the recent clubbing of Wet Seal.

references:

* The Fashion Tribune

* Knickerbocker Manufacturing

* Nanette Lepore sells majority stake to Bluestar (WWD / paywall)

* Changes at NYFW (WWD / paywall)

* Wet Seal Employees Post A Brutal Sign In A Dying Store To Protest Management (Business Insider)

* Important Fashion Week Dates (Fashion Calendar)

* Mitchell and Ness

* Ebbets Field Flannels

* Schott

* Pointer Brand

* Controversial Child Labour Video Is Fake, Says H&M (Vogue.com)

* Fawcett Society rejects “slave” labour claims (Third Force News)

* ICNY

* Liberty Fairs

* Sir New York

Looking forward, looking back. Seth talks Pre-Fall shows, including Oscar de la Renta's final collection. Even Gucci can't stay cool forever: discussing reinvention, or the lack thereof. Looking back at 2014 and ahead at 2015.

references:

* The Fashion Law

* Syle.com

* Clover Canyon

* Alexander Wang

* Prabal Gurung

* Donna Karan

* "Wes Gordon Revives a Fashion Tradition" (misleading title) (NY Times)

* Carolina Herrera

* Naeem Khan

* Amazon Workers Strike in Germany as Christmas Orders Peak (WWD / paywall)

* Supreme Court Decides Amazon Workers Don’t Need to Be Paid While Waiting for Mandatory Security Screenings (Slate)

* Roma (film)

* Frida Giannini and Patrizio di Marco to Exit Gucci (BoF / Bloomberg)

* Gucci Parts Ways With Giannini in Bid to Regain Lost Exclusivity (BoF / Bloomberg)

* ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Brands: Myth or Magic Formula? (BoF)

Looking forward, looking back. Seth talks Pre-Fall shows, including Oscar de la Renta's final collection. Even Gucci can't stay cool forever: discussing reinvention, or the lack thereof. Looking back at 2014 and ahead at 2015.

references:

* The Fashion Law

* Syle.com

* Clover Canyon

* Alexander Wang

* Prabal Gurung

* Donna Karan

* "Wes Gordon Revives a Fashion Tradition" (misleading title) (NY Times)

* Carolina Herrera

* Naeem Khan

* Amazon Workers Strike in Germany as Christmas Orders Peak (WWD / paywall)

* Supreme Court Decides Amazon Workers Don’t Need to Be Paid While Waiting for Mandatory Security Screenings (Slate)

* Roma (film)

* Frida Giannini and Patrizio di Marco to Exit Gucci (BoF / Bloomberg)

* Gucci Parts Ways With Giannini in Bid to Regain Lost Exclusivity (BoF / Bloomberg)

* ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Brands: Myth or Magic Formula? (BoF)

Looking forward, looking back. Seth talks Pre-Fall shows, including Oscar de la Renta’s final collection. Even Gucci can’t stay cool forever: discussing reinvention, or the lack thereof. Looking back at 2014 and ahead at 2015.

references:

* The Fashion Law

* Syle.com

* Clover Canyon

* Alexander Wang

* Prabal Gurung

* Donna Karan

* “Wes Gordon Revives a Fashion Tradition” (misleading title) (NY Times)

* Carolina Herrera

* Naeem Khan

* Amazon Workers Strike in Germany as Christmas Orders Peak (WWD / paywall)

* Supreme Court Decides Amazon Workers Don’t Need to Be Paid While Waiting for Mandatory Security Screenings (Slate)

* Roma (film)

* Frida Giannini and Patrizio di Marco to Exit Gucci (BoF / Bloomberg)

* Gucci Parts Ways With Giannini in Bid to Regain Lost Exclusivity (BoF / Bloomberg)

* ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Brands: Myth or Magic Formula? (BoF)

Phyllis Dillon, the researcher and producer behind the recent PBS documentary Dressing America: Tales from The Garment Center, talks pre-historic textiles, the rise of ready to wear garments in America, and the history of Jewish immigrants in the garment industry. Separately, Charles interviews Melissa McGraw of The Fashion Potential about her continuing education workshops for fashion designers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56l-CL6u_tQ

references:

* Yeshiva University Museum

* A Perfect Fit (book)

* Chosen Capital: The Jewish Encounter with American Capitalism (book)

* Hickey Freeman

* Hecht Sewing Machine and Motor Company

* Duckie Brown

* Men of The Cloth (documentary)