How to REALLY Succeed in the Apparel Industry : Avoiding the Pitfalls of So Called “Insiders and Consultants”
Come join PeopleWearSF Member Ivy Moya who is hosting a lecture on: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 – 6 – 8 PM Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising SF Campus 55 Stockton Street, Seminar Room 501 San Francisco, CA 94108 *Free for currently enrolled FIDM students* $20 – general public, tickets available for purchase on : Register for this lecture...
Read MoreGail Baugh presents -The Secondary Supply Chain as a Resource – The TableCloth Project – at the International Symposium on Fiber Recycling, in Yokohama Japan in June
Gail Baugh, PWSF president, will be traveling to Japan June 8-15, to visit with Teijin Frontier in Tokyo to discuss fiber and fabric innovations that can benefit our membership. Teijin Frontier is leading the textile industry’s efforts to reduce waste and recycle polyester fabrics into new high quality fabrics. Teijin Frontier has worked with PeopleWearSF members to show its high-quality fabrics produced from existing polyester fabrics, which reduces CO2 emissions, conserves petroleum resources, and reduces discarded textiles going to landfill. Gail will also present a paper on...
Read MoreRunway 2013: Ignite
San Francisco State University Apparel Design & Merchandising Students, in collaboration with students from the Broadcast & Electronic Communications Art, and Design and Industry departments, invite you to the 19th annual student fashion show, “Runway 2013: Ignite.” The event takes place Thursday, May 2 at the Galleria San Francisco Design Center, 101 Henry Adams Street. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m. Purchase tickets for Runway...
Read MoreFabric Open House, April 23rd and 24th at Ivy Moya Fine Fabrics
Hi everyone! This is an invitation to the 2nd to the last Fabric Open house of the Spring 2014 season, an event so large it will be held over **two** days. As always, this event is only open to those with valid CA resale licenses. It’s not only a fabulous opportunity to request color cards of the season’s latest textiles but also to network with your fellow local manufacturers. In addition to the open house, there will also be a “Fabric Purchasing 101″ lecture from 10-11:30am. As a former fabric buyer, I will go over the basics of fabric sourcing for...
Read MoreDigital Print Fashion Exhibit at the Phoenix Art Museum
On display now through July 14, 2013 Advances in digital textile printing have brought about the widespread use in fashion design of a new range of prints in bold, eye-catching patterns and colors. Over the past two decades, technological advances in graphics software, photography and ink-jet printing have expanded the range of possible image sources, the potential for image manipulation, and the rapid production of intricate patterns in limitless colors. These digital tools also aid fashion designers in engineering the custom placement of a print on a garment as so the notion of the repeat...
Read MoreBabette: Handmade in the U.S.
Check out this video by PeopleWearSF members Babette on how they made their one-of-a-kind pleated garments. It’s very cool.
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