rss rss rss
  • About

Fashion

FEEDBACK FRIDAY: 85+ Video Interviews With Natural Dyers + Textile Artists

Feb. 09, 2022 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Taproot Magazine: A Zapotec Artist & Weaver Rebuilds His Own History for Generations to Come

Nov. 16, 2020 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Check out my newest article “A Zapotec Artist & Weaver Rebuilds His Own History for Generations to Come,” in the 41st issue of Taproot Magazine, an independent, bimonthly, ad-free print magazine. Taproot celebrates farm, food, family and craft through writing, photography and the arts, both fine and domestic. In my article, I interview Zapotec weaver, […]

Common Thread: A Virtual Conversation Series With RISD Nature Lab

Nov. 16, 2020 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

I was honored to partner with the RISD Nature Lab for a 4-part series called “Common Thread.” The four conversations explored the commonalities within regional systems (Massachusetts and Rhode Island) tied to land, waste, material, and color and how they can intersect with various modes of thought to drive positive change. The conversation was moderated […]

Taproot Magazine: Foraging for Self

Apr. 25, 2020 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

The thirty-eighth issue of Taproot, an independent, bimonthly, ad-free print magazine. Taproot celebrates farm, food, family and craft through writing, photography and the arts, both fine and domestic. Check out my article “Foraging For Self” in Issue 38 of Taproot Magazine. I get personal about what it means to find oneself while looking for natural dye […]

Could Intergalactic Mining for Fashion’s Raw Materials Be Good for Our Planet?

Feb. 28, 2020 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

At least one scientist sincerely believes that making clothes out of molten rocks mined in space is the future of fashion. From a sustainability perspective, that’s complicated. Have you ever looked out at the night sky and wondered if the materials for your next dress were floating through space on an asteroid? Believe it or […]

VIDEO: Fiber Processing With Sallie’s Fen Fibers Mini Mill

Feb. 21, 2020 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Sallie Whitlow has been in love with natural fibers for as long as she can remember. She is a knitter and long-time hand spinner who first became interested in alpacas (back in 1994) through working with their beautiful fleece. Her business, Sallie’s Fen Fibers, a mini-mill in Barrington, New Hampshire mostly processes alpaca, but also […]

EXHIBIT: Western Mass Fibershed Features Farm to Fashion Within 50 Miles

Dec. 15, 2019 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

The Holyoke Bicycle Shoe was created as part of the Western Massachusetts Fibershed by Daphne Board of Holyoke, MA. The new Western Mass Fibershed’s debut project is currently on display at the Hitchcock Center for the Environment in Amherst, MA. The exhibit, titled “FIBERSHED: Woven Together,” celebrates the successful production of bioregional wool fabric that […]

Plain View Alpaca Farm Weighs In On Carbon Farming & Summer Progress

Oct. 30, 2019 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

As part of our carbon farming cohort, Plain View Alpaca Farm owners Keith and Debbie Tetreault took on practices this spring and summer to better their pasture grazing area for their (“aggressive eating”) 41 alpaca herd. Plain View has been one of 5 farms participating in strengthening the Southeastern New England fiber farming community with […]

Regenerative Farming With Massachusetts-Based Sippican River Alpaca Farm

Oct. 10, 2019 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

When I arrive at Sippican River Farm, a small alpaca farm located in the beautiful town of Rochester, Massachusetts, I am greeted by rolling green fields of fescue and orchard grass on both sides of the long driveway, one side now covered in a new layer of compost. The farm’s idea to spread their alpaca’s […]

Fibershed’s Soil to Soil Podcast

Jul. 23, 2019 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Climate Beneficial Farming & Changing Role of Farmers

May. 30, 2019 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Apparel Impact Institute’s Lewis Perkins Says Don’t Get Comfortable in Sustainability

May. 22, 2019 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Botanical Colors + EILEEN FISHER Turn Waste Into Wanted

Apr. 02, 2019 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Loomia’s Heated Smart Jacket Takes Chill Out of Summer

Mar. 30, 2019 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Singtex Makes Fabric From Coffee Grounds

Mar. 20, 2019 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

For International Women’s Day, ‘Feminist’ is Not a Dirty Word

Mar. 08, 2019 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Samanta Cortes Launches Technical Embroidery Manufacturing at BF+DA

Feb. 12, 2019 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

2019 Redress Design Award Open For Applications

Jan. 15, 2019 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Pratt Industrial Design Students Channel Bees to Curb Waste

Jan. 10, 2019 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Kirrin Finch on Success and Making Gender-Defying Fashion

Dec. 18, 2018 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

FARFARM’s Textiles From Agroforestry

Dec. 12, 2018 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

New BF+DA Associate Managing Director Richa Agarwal on Positive Change in Fashion

Nov. 16, 2018 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Master Craft Can Go The Way of the Dodo If We’re Not Careful

Oct. 24, 2018 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Have many heritage traditions become contemporary takes on luxury? If luxury is preserving the history of us as humans through fashion then yes. Patagonia Founder Yvon Chouinard once said, “the solution for a lot of the world’s problems may be to turn around and take a forward step.” He’s right. In our global quest for […]

Burberry Stops Incinerating Clothing Launching ‘Responsibility Agenda’

Sep. 26, 2018 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Texworld Showcases Sustainable Product Development for Designers

Aug. 07, 2018 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

All the tools to decipher if a designer is ethical to the level you want them to be are officially at your fingertips thanks to the internet. The fashion industry is slowly coming around to understanding this. So with this new fashion toolbox, both transparency and traceability are becoming hammered into sustainable product development. Spaces […]

World Cities Forum in Chengdu, China Harnesses Power of Creative Culture

Jul. 18, 2018 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

In Our Resource Library: Flavia Amadeu’s Wild Amazonian Rubber

Jul. 13, 2018 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

How to Redefine Fashion & Tech in 10 Weeks

Jun. 26, 2018 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments
  • « Older Entries

Pages

  • About

Categories

  • Between The Lines
  • Fashion
  • Food
  • News and Culture
  • Series
  • The Tailor Project
  • Uncategorized
  • Video

Archives

  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • April 2021
  • November 2020
  • April 2020
  • February 2020
  • December 2019
  • October 2019
  • July 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • March 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • December 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • February 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • March 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • December 2009
  • November 2009
  • October 2009
  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • July 2009
  • June 2009
  • May 2009
  • April 2009
  • March 2009
  • February 2009
  • January 2009

News and Culture

RISD’s The Nature Lab Virtual Series on Regeneration

Apr. 06, 2021 / 0 Comments

I have been working with the amazing...

The Great Fantastic on 3 Go-To Books For the Entrepreneur Wanting More

Mar. 04, 2019 / 0 Comments

(A Holiday Reminder) The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Nov. 27, 2018 / 0 Comments

BF+DA Research Fellow Russell Joye To Focus on Helping Dad with Parkinsons

Oct. 30, 2018 / 0 Comments

Sharon Rowe Tackles Tiny Businesses Going Big in New Book

Aug. 16, 2018 / 0 Comments

LISTEN: Laura Forlano on Designing Textiles for Equality & Justice

Jun. 19, 2018 / 0 Comments

Digital Existentialism & the Jacquard Loom

May. 25, 2018 / 0 Comments

One Woman’s Smart Sanitary Pad Helping Women Take Health Back

May. 21, 2018 / 0 Comments

The BF+DA Kicks Off Futureworks Fashion Tech Residency

Dec. 12, 2017 / 0 Comments

Knitted Rooms at New York Textile Month

Sep. 25, 2017 / 0 Comments

Food

Microspin Founded By An Engineer to Curb Farmer Suicides

Mar. 29, 2018 / 0 Comments

For Food & Fiber, Hemp Garners New Interest Among Farmers

Mar. 15, 2018 / 0 Comments

Harvesting Secret Sea Silk From Clams

Sep. 11, 2017 / 0 Comments

On a Rest Stop With The Great American Farm Tour

Aug. 08, 2017 / 0 Comments

CROSSOVER: The Unlikely Fusion of Fast Food & High Fashion

May. 10, 2015 / 0 Comments

21 Pickup Lines for Foodies with Seasonal Eating Depression

Mar. 10, 2014 / 0 Comments

All those root vegetables got you down?...

21 Pick Up Lines For Harvest Season

Oct. 21, 2013 / 0 Comments

Written by Amy DuFault and Anna Brones...

21 Pick Up Lines For People That Only Eat Organic

May. 10, 2013 / 0 Comments

Are you as pure as your kale?...

23 First World Foodie Problems

Apr. 25, 2013 / 0 Comments

This Mobile Food Canning Operation Goes Where It’s Needed Most

Mar. 25, 2013 / 0 Comments

Sites that inspire

  • Ecouterre
  • © Copyright Amy DuFault, Sustainable Fashion Writer, Consultant, Activist / All Rights Reserved.
  • Premium WordPress Themes / Theme by wpStyles.org