American Fashion Podcast — exploring innovation and sustainability across the industry

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)

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.

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)

That week we got $3.5M to build the Manufacturing Innovation Hub for Apparel, Textiles, and Wearable Technology. Wearable isn't there yet, the worst product ever made, making malls better, and an American couture palace falls into chaos under barbarian rule.

references:

* Amanda Parkes on Why Wearable Tech is About More Than Gadgets

* The Worst Product Ever Made: Ring by Logbar (YouTube review)

* The future of the shopping mall

* Naples' Galleria Umberto I

* Mulberry

* Celine

* Fallout at Ralph Rucci: Firm Cuts 15 in Atelier (WWD / paywall)

* US Labor Department announces updated lists of goods produced by child labor, forced labor

* Black Friday Online Volume Gains on Cyber Monday (WWD / Paywall)

* Orvis

* Stussy

That week we got $3.5M to build the Manufacturing Innovation Hub for Apparel, Textiles, and Wearable Technology. Wearable isn't there yet, the worst product ever made, making malls better, and an American couture palace falls into chaos under barbarian rule.

references:

* Amanda Parkes on Why Wearable Tech is About More Than Gadgets

* The Worst Product Ever Made: Ring by Logbar (YouTube review)

* The future of the shopping mall

* Naples' Galleria Umberto I

* Mulberry

* Celine

* Fallout at Ralph Rucci: Firm Cuts 15 in Atelier (WWD / paywall)

* US Labor Department announces updated lists of goods produced by child labor, forced labor

* Black Friday Online Volume Gains on Cyber Monday (WWD / Paywall)

* Orvis

* Stussy

That week we got $3.5M to build the Manufacturing Innovation Hub for Apparel, Textiles, and Wearable Technology. Wearable isn’t there yet, the worst product ever made, making malls better, and an American couture palace falls into chaos under barbarian rule.

references:

* Amanda Parkes on Why Wearable Tech is About More Than Gadgets

* The Worst Product Ever Made: Ring by Logbar (YouTube review)

* The future of the shopping mall

* Naples’ Galleria Umberto I

* Mulberry

* Celine

* Fallout at Ralph Rucci: Firm Cuts 15 in Atelier (WWD / paywall)

* US Labor Department announces updated lists of goods produced by child labor, forced labor

* Black Friday Online Volume Gains on Cyber Monday (WWD / Paywall)

* Orvis

* Stussy

Getting the package. Bishop Collective co-founder Dimitri Koumbis talks e-tail shop operations and crowdfunding. What's wrong with traditional shopping malls? Charles reports on what Macy's and DvF execs had to say at the Decoded Fashion New York Summit. Lisa talks about Patti Smith and Ann Demeulemeester, and  how you create new authentic things.

references:

* Study NY

* Feral Childe

* H Fredricksson

* Daniel Silverstein

* Carolina Textile District

* Loan ‘Guarantee Chains’ in China Prove Flimsy

* A Mall So Empty You Can Roll a Quarter Across and Not Hit Anyone

* Pattern to Plan

* Carson Street Clothiers

* Google Glass was a grand experiment, but it’s time for Google to move on. Here’s how.

* Decoded Fashion

* Kairos T-Band turns almost any watch into a smartwatch

* Kairos T-Band

* Patti Smith and Ann Demeulemeester on the Power of Fashion—and the Album That Started Their Friendship

* Sunday In The Park With George

Getting the package. Bishop Collective co-founder Dimitri Koumbis talks e-tail shop operations and crowdfunding. What's wrong with traditional shopping malls? Charles reports on what Macy's and DvF execs had to say at the Decoded Fashion New York Summit. Lisa talks about Patti Smith and Ann Demeulemeester, and  how you create new authentic things.

references:

* Study NY

* Feral Childe

* H Fredricksson

* Daniel Silverstein

* Carolina Textile District

* Loan ‘Guarantee Chains’ in China Prove Flimsy

* A Mall So Empty You Can Roll a Quarter Across and Not Hit Anyone

* Pattern to Plan

* Carson Street Clothiers

* Google Glass was a grand experiment, but it’s time for Google to move on. Here’s how.

* Decoded Fashion

* Kairos T-Band turns almost any watch into a smartwatch

* Kairos T-Band

* Patti Smith and Ann Demeulemeester on the Power of Fashion—and the Album That Started Their Friendship

* Sunday In The Park With George

Getting the package. Bishop Collective co-founder Dimitri Koumbis talks e-tail shop operations and crowdfunding. What’s wrong with traditional shopping malls? Charles reports on what Macy’s and DvF execs had to say at the Decoded Fashion New York Summit. Lisa talks about Patti Smith and Ann Demeulemeester, and  how you create new authentic things.

references:

* Study NY

* Feral Childe

* H Fredricksson

* Daniel Silverstein

* Carolina Textile District

* Loan ‘Guarantee Chains’ in China Prove Flimsy

* A Mall So Empty You Can Roll a Quarter Across and Not Hit Anyone

* Pattern to Plan

* Carson Street Clothiers

* Google Glass was a grand experiment, but it’s time for Google to move on. Here’s how.

* Decoded Fashion

* Kairos T-Band turns almost any watch into a smartwatch

* Kairos T-Band

* Patti Smith and Ann Demeulemeester on the Power of Fashion—and the Album That Started Their Friendship

* Sunday In The Park With George

A talent-based industry. Crispin Argento, founder of Portland Apparel Lab, has been traveling around the world trying to understand what designers need in terms of business support to grow their brands. This episode covers much of what he has been studying, from process to investment. In an exclusive clip from the Initiatives In Art and Culture Fashion Conference, Naeem Khan weighs in on the story about Ralph Rucci leaving his own company and how designers need to think about owning and selling their brand identities. In other clips from the same conference, Charles Beckwith argues with an Under Armour executive about textile waste, and interviews MJSA education director Peggy Jo Donahue about Made In USA issues for jewelry producers.

references:

* Portland Apparel Lab

* Pino

* "The Portland Apparel Lab (and the Hopefully Hopeful Future of Manufacturing in General)" - The Portland Mercury

* "Business accelerator for the fashion crowd nears launch" - Portland Business Journal

* Patagonia

* Jantzen

* Pendleton

* A.C.P.

* Naeem Khan

* Everlane

* Buffalo-Area Mall Threatens To Fine Stores That Don't Open On Thanksgiving - The Huffington Post

* Style Rookie

* Initiatives In Art and Culture's Fashion Conference

* Hijacking The Runway (b00k)

* Goop

* Ralph Rucci Leaves His Namesake Label - Fashionista

* Ralph Rucci to step away from his company - Emperor's Old Clothes

* Materialise

* Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America

A talent-based industry. Crispin Argento, founder of Portland Apparel Lab, has been traveling around the world trying to understand what designers need in terms of business support to grow their brands. This episode covers much of what he has been studying, from process to investment. In an exclusive clip from the Initiatives In Art and Culture Fashion Conference, Naeem Khan weighs in on the story about Ralph Rucci leaving his own company and how designers need to think about owning and selling their brand identities. In other clips from the same conference, Charles Beckwith argues with an Under Armour executive about textile waste, and interviews MJSA education director Peggy Jo Donahue about Made In USA issues for jewelry producers.

references:

* Portland Apparel Lab

* Pino

* "The Portland Apparel Lab (and the Hopefully Hopeful Future of Manufacturing in General)" - The Portland Mercury

* "Business accelerator for the fashion crowd nears launch" - Portland Business Journal

* Patagonia

* Jantzen

* Pendleton

* A.C.P.

* Naeem Khan

* Everlane

* Buffalo-Area Mall Threatens To Fine Stores That Don't Open On Thanksgiving - The Huffington Post

* Style Rookie

* Initiatives In Art and Culture's Fashion Conference

* Hijacking The Runway (b00k)

* Goop

* Ralph Rucci Leaves His Namesake Label - Fashionista

* Ralph Rucci to step away from his company - Emperor's Old Clothes

* Materialise

* Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America