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Our TexWorld excursion. We trekked over to the Javitz Center for the TexWorld trade show this week. The TexWorld folks were nice enough to give Manufacture New York a booth to show what we're doing about bringing garment manufacturing back to The United States, and they let American Fashion Podcast borrow a conference room to record this episode on-site at the show. While there, we interviewed designers Alexandra Lin and Fran Knight who were visiting from Florida, as well as retailer/designer Woody Pierce of The Gentleman Place in Brooklyn, and Andrew Levy from the fashion tech start-up Ovio.

references:

* TexWorld USA

* Alexandra Lin

* The Gentlemen's Shop

* Ovio

* E-Commerce Site Offers Pre-Worn Wedding Gowns (WWD / paywall)

 

Our TexWorld excursion. We trekked over to the Javitz Center for the TexWorld trade show this week. The TexWorld folks were nice enough to give Manufacture New York a booth to show what we’re doing about bringing garment manufacturing back to The United States, and they let American Fashion Podcast borrow a conference room to record this episode on-site at the show. While there, we interviewed designers Alexandra Lin and Fran Knight who were visiting from Florida, as well as retailer/designer Woody Pierce of The Gentleman Place in Brooklyn, and Andrew Levy from the fashion tech start-up Ovio.

references:

* TexWorld USA

* Alexandra Lin

* The Gentlemen’s Shop

* Ovio

* E-Commerce Site Offers Pre-Worn Wedding Gowns (WWD / paywall)

 

Coraline gets exposed! This episode covers everything from corsets to tea gowns, and other things that lurk beneath the pleats. Our guest this week is Colleen Hill, an associate curator at The Museum at FIT. She created the current exhibition, "Exposed: A History of Lingerie," which will be open through November 15th.

references:

* The Museum at FIT

* To Victoria’s Secret’s Goliath, Lingerie Start-ups Play David (Business of Fashion)

Coraline gets exposed! This episode covers everything from corsets to tea gowns, and other things that lurk beneath the pleats. Our guest this week is Colleen Hill, an associate curator at The Museum at FIT. She created the current exhibition, "Exposed: A History of Lingerie," which will be open through November 15th.

references:

* The Museum at FIT

* To Victoria’s Secret’s Goliath, Lingerie Start-ups Play David (Business of Fashion)

Coraline gets exposed! This episode covers everything from corsets to tea gowns, and other things that lurk beneath the pleats. Our guest this week is Colleen Hill, an associate curator at The Museum at FIT. She created the current exhibition, “Exposed: A History of Lingerie,” which will be open through November 15th.

references:

* The Museum at FIT

* To Victoria’s Secret’s Goliath, Lingerie Start-ups Play David (Business of Fashion)

Oh, this young thing? Questions of originality: when new is old, and old is new, are you still you? This week's guest is a Manufacture New York incubator member, Heart and Noble jewelry designer Cristina Gabriele. The gang discusses a wide range of topics in this episode, from Made in America's upswing, to new clients for haute couture and what may happen to it, to the next big thing expected from Apple. Big thanks to experimental musician Aimee Norwich for hooking us up with a new sound mixing board; her song "Child" plays at the end of the show.

references:

* Flat 128

* Pringle of Scotland

* The Antwerp Six

* Walter Van Beirendonck

* Ann Demeulemeester

* Dries Van Noten

* Dirk Van Saene

* Dirk Bikkembergs

* Marina Yee

* see also: Martin Margiela

* Atelier360

* speculation about the iWatch (BoF / Reuters)

* Made In American Back In Fashion (WWD / Paywall)

* Younger Clients Drive Growth of Couture (WWD / Paywall)

* Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC)

* Garment District Business Improvement District

* CFDA Incubator

* Daniel Vosovic

* Gemma Redux

* Prabal Gurung

* Timo Weiland

* Christian Cota (site down at time of publication)

* Jonathan Simkhai

* The HOPE Conference

Oh, this young thing? Questions of originality: when new is old, and old is new, are you still you? This week's guest is a Manufacture New York incubator member, Heart and Noble jewelry designer Cristina Gabriele. The gang discusses a wide range of topics in this episode, from Made in America's upswing, to new clients for haute couture and what may happen to it, to the next big thing expected from Apple. Big thanks to experimental musician Aimee Norwich for hooking us up with a new sound mixing board; her song "Child" plays at the end of the show.

references:

* Flat 128

* Pringle of Scotland

* The Antwerp Six

* Walter Van Beirendonck

* Ann Demeulemeester

* Dries Van Noten

* Dirk Van Saene

* Dirk Bikkembergs

* Marina Yee

* see also: Martin Margiela

* Atelier360

* speculation about the iWatch (BoF / Reuters)

* Made In American Back In Fashion (WWD / Paywall)

* Younger Clients Drive Growth of Couture (WWD / Paywall)

* Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC)

* Garment District Business Improvement District

* CFDA Incubator

* Daniel Vosovic

* Gemma Redux

* Prabal Gurung

* Timo Weiland

* Christian Cota (site down at time of publication)

* Jonathan Simkhai

* The HOPE Conference

Oh, this young thing? Questions of originality: when new is old, and old is new, are you still you? This week’s guest is a Manufacture New York incubator member, Heart and Noble jewelry designer Cristina Gabriele. The gang discusses a wide range of topics in this episode, from Made in America’s upswing, to new clients for haute couture and what may happen to it, to the next big thing expected from Apple. Big thanks to experimental musician Aimee Norwich for hooking us up with a new sound mixing board; her song “Child” plays at the end of the show.

references:

* Flat 128

* Pringle of Scotland

* The Antwerp Six

* Walter Van Beirendonck

* Ann Demeulemeester

* Dries Van Noten

* Dirk Van Saene

* Dirk Bikkembergs

* Marina Yee

* see also: Martin Margiela

* Atelier360

* speculation about the iWatch (BoF / Reuters)

* Made In American Back In Fashion (WWD / Paywall)

* Younger Clients Drive Growth of Couture (WWD / Paywall)

* Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC)

* Garment District Business Improvement District

* CFDA Incubator

* Daniel Vosovic

* Gemma Redux

* Prabal Gurung

* Timo Weiland

* Christian Cota (site down at time of publication)

* Jonathan Simkhai

* The HOPE Conference

Tailor made in America. Charles Beckwith makes a statement about why this podcast is being made, and then professional tailors Alexander Mars and Mack Moze speak in-depth on bespoke clothing and men's style. Why should you seldom dry-clean a suit? Why do suits have vents? Why have slight variations of the suit persisted as a male uniform for so long? What makes a good first suit? All questions addressed in this episode of... American Fashion Podcast.

references:

* Mack Moze

* Alexander Mars on LinkedIn

* Alexander Mars website (nothing there yet)

Tailor made in America. Charles Beckwith makes a statement about why this podcast is being made, and then professional tailors Alexander Mars and Mack Moze speak in-depth on bespoke clothing and men's style. Why should you seldom dry-clean a suit? Why do suits have vents? Why have slight variations of the suit persisted as a male uniform for so long? What makes a good first suit? All questions addressed in this episode of... American Fashion Podcast.

references:

* Mack Moze

* Alexander Mars on LinkedIn

* Alexander Mars website (nothing there yet)