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Vintage EcoSalon: Using Your Hands to Soothe the Brain

Nov. 11, 2011 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Revisiting a series that launched a knitwear line, became required reading in some knitting groups, and even got a few women off their meds. When we launched Using Your Hands to Soothe the Brain last January, it was with the goal of educating people about the simple mental health value of keeping their hands moving. […]

The Post Recession Fashion Industry: Sewing Circle Rebellion

Jun. 29, 2011 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

SeriesPart 4: The fashion industry is emerging from its cocoon post-recession, a changed sector where consumers are more cautious, manufacturers are on their toes and designers are struggling to stay afloat doing business as usual. In this five-part series, we take a hard look at the fashion world, speaking with industry leaders, luminaries and experts. […]

The Post-Recession Fashion Industry: A Return to Nature

Jun. 22, 2011 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

SeriesPart 3: The fashion industry is emerging from its cocoon post-recession, a changed sector where consumers are more cautious, manufacturers are on their toes and designers are struggling to stay afloat doing business as usual. In this five-part series, we take a hard look at the fashion world, speaking with industry leaders, luminaries and experts. […]

The Post-Recession Fashion Industry: Discounted Sells

Jun. 15, 2011 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

SeriesPart 2: The fashion industry is emerging from its cocoon post-recession, a changed sector where consumers are more cautious, manufacturers are on their toes and designers are struggling to stay afloat doing business as usual. In this five-part series, we take a hard look at the fashion world, speaking with industry leaders, luminaries and experts. […]

Using Your Hands to Soothe the Brain: Part 3

Jan. 28, 2011 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

The reaction to this series by women of all ages via social media has been really amazing. When EcoSalon introduced it two weeks ago, launching with Americana Couture designer and author Natalie Chanin, fashion writer and textile artist Abigail Doan, Owyn Ruck of Brooklyn’s Textile Arts Center as well as occupational therapist and FiftyRX3 writer […]

Using Your Hands to Soothe the Brain: Part 2

Jan. 19, 2011 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Last week we gave you Part 1 of  “Using Your Hands to Soothe the Brain,” featuring designer and author Natalie Chanin, textile artist and Ecco Eco founder Abigail Doan, and Jill Danyelle, Occupational Therapist and founder of FiftyRX3. When I came across this blog entry from sustainable designer and writer Natalie Chanin, it not only […]

Using Your Hands to Soothe the Brain: Part 1

Jan. 13, 2011 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Women have innately basked their brains in feel good juices since time immemorial to get through tight economic and emotional times. Though dovetailed as woman’s work and not really discussed, for centuries women have enjoyed the calming properties of knitting, sewing, embroidering or even just rhythmically folding or ironing clothes. When I came across this […]

Dumbing Down American Design, Part 4

May. 20, 2010 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

Our series on Dumbing Down American Design, has afforded us opportunities to catch up with some really interesting people. Our final installment is no less attractive, interviewing both Howard Brown of Stewart+Brown and Davora Lindner, co-designer of Prairie Underground. For the last time we revisit the driving question: Has our quest for convenience and rock […]

Dumbing Down American Design, Part 3

Apr. 26, 2010 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

In part three of Dumbing Down American Design, we talk with Han Lee, owner of Fine Line Production, a company that does everything from pattern making  to grading and hang tags. We also speak with Nancie Chan of Tyler Production, a cutting and sewing floor. Both companies are located in New York City’s historic Garment […]

Dumbing Down American Design, Part 2

Apr. 12, 2010 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

In part two of Dumbing Down American Design, we talk with Anthony Lilore, co-designer for sustainable design label RESTORE and a board member for New York City’s Save The Garment Center. We revisit the driving question: Has our quest for convenience and rock bottom prices forever altered fashion and is American design becoming a thing […]

Dumbing Down American Design, Part 1

Apr. 05, 2010 / by Amy DuFault / 0 Comments

In a special four-part Dumbing Down American Design miniseries, EcoSalon takes a closer look at American design and considers different perspectives from leaders in the design and fashion world. Has our quest for convenience forever altered fashion? If we are to invest in sustainable design, doesn’t it start with the designer knowing something about fit? […]

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