Sep 18, 2010 | Media
No, not the New York Times. My local newspaper, the Tigard/Tualatin/Sherwood Times!!
Yes, folks – the Tualatin Times ran a feature of me in their latest edition which came out Thursday, Sept. 16. They included some nice quotes from me about my efforts to undermine established brand names and force everyone to pick up a pair of scissors and start crafting away. Yay for subversion!!
They also came to my house and had me play dress up (not that they had to twist my arm or anything, LOL!) and filmed me while doing it. They put together a little video of me blabbering and preening for the camera too. 😉
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No, in all seriousness, I’m so flattered that they did a story on me! The story was also run in the Beaverton Valley Times as well, so that’s about 26,000 subscribers who got a great big gander of yours truly in that crazy pillowcase skirt of mine when they opened their newspapers yesterday morning. /*o*
Thank you so much for the feature and the fabulous video, guys – I’m beyond words!! 😀 😀 😀
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Carly
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Sep 15, 2010 | DIY, Fashion, Media
The DIY Fashion Examiner has put together a great slideshow of DIY-able looks emerging off the current runways from Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week. From Cynthia Rowley to Jason Wu, Lela Rose to DKNY, these picks for Spring/Summer 2011 are fodder for any frugal crafter or high-fashion-loving DIY-er anywhere! Definitely check it out if you want to get those creative wheels a-spinning!
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Carly
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Aug 30, 2010 | Fashion, Media
photo: Fred R. Conrad, New York Times
Remember that article I wrote on Zero Waste design waaaay back in January?
Zero Waste is a concept of creating no cutting waste when cutting out the pattern pieces for the garment – all the pieces fit together like a puzzle, virtually eliminating the 15% of fabric that is essentially wasted in the process.
It’s a method that designer who manufacture on a smaller scale such as Mark Liu have been able to implement in their production processes, but one that is extremely difficult for larger manufacturers to integrate.
The New York Times has featured this movement in fashion manufacturing, discussing how this coule potentially be implemented in the design and manufacturing of jeans – and highlighted Parsons professor Timo Rissanen! Way to go, Timo! Love the photo, too, btw…
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Carly
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