Saturday, January 15, 2011

January 15th, 2011: This Week in Slow Clothes

Here are a few articles I found this week relating to slow fashion, knitting and fiber art.

Outsider Art Finds Its Place in Fashion, NYT
Fashion house Missoni, British artist Peter Blake and photographer Juergen Teller converge at outsider/visionary art museum The Museum of Everything.
Read the article at the New York Times

Handmade clothing is having its fashion moment
Are fashionistas ready to kick their addiction to crappy sweatshop knockoffs and start buying (or even making their own) quality slower clothing?
Read the article at The Toronto Star Online

What's in the New Ford Focus? Your Old Jeans
Now, if they could only build the cars to run on old jeans..
Read the article at Mercury News

Waste Couture: The Environmental Impact of the Clothing Industry
New Year's resolutions: buy less, buy recycled, wash in cold water, air dry.
Read the article at Ecology Campus Network

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