DLC Brooklyn Toltec Necklace

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

You could WIN this DLC Brooklyn Toltec Necklace, handcrafted in NYC from sustainable materials, valued at $175. Click to find out more.

10 Most Unglamorous Facets of Fashion Design

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Runway. Red carpet. Vogue editorials. Ad Campaigns. Silk ruffled into clouds. It all looks effortlessly divine. Design gods like Marc Jacobs and Karl Lagerfeld make designing the most fabulous dresses look like one long cocktail party with Anna Wintour picking up the tab. Well, if you’re a designer you know that making it werq is WORK. Hard, annoying, painful and decidedly unglamorous work. Okay, creating clothing as only you can imagine it is incredibly rewarding, but getting those designs into the world on any sort of scale takes a lot of bitch work.

Designers: Afingo.com has Launched to Help You Succeed

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Trying to make it work as a fashion designer? Whether you’re in the very beginning stages of theorizing your business with sketches, or a couple of years into production, Afingo.com is a website that will help you every step of the way. The content is brimming with articles by industry insiders giving tips and instructions for how to accomplish certain necessary steps. It also is a “match.com” for designers and contractors, working tirelessly to pair fashion designers up with the best factories for their needs. Meet your new insider’s fashion bible: Afingo.com.

INTERVIEW: Carrie Parry Designs for the Circus and Mother Earth

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Carrie Parry has had a wild ride of a career, everywhere from learning hand-work techniques from Jonathan Saunders to the entertaining children in a frog suit at the Gifford Circus. Having studied at Central St. Martins, her passion throughout has been design, and now she’s fueled by her resolve to design sustainably. See what Carrie Parry has to say to Fashion Indie about eco and social responsibility, and what it’s like to be part of a traveling circus. And meet her at the Carrie Parry Trunk Show April 14th – 17th at Bloomingdale’s Soho!

Boutique Critique:: Début: Look 5

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

All week you’ve seen the debut of this new column, Boutique Critique, and today brings our first shop Début to the final outfit. This look has a whole lot of that green buzzword about it: Sustainability. Storeowner Lisa Weiss runs her store to be socially and environmentally conscious with the small batch runs of new lines alongside handmade jewelry. Reaching even deeper, Début features several designers who take more radical steps to be sustainable. Such as Christopher Raeburn who takes the philosophy of repurposing to warrior status, and Monisha Raja who brings a whole new meaning to outsourcing with her line Love Is Mighty. Read ahead to see the most eco-loving look yet. And a dash of of pattern mashing.

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DESIGNER TO KNOW: Holstee

Edited by Melanie Lauren

These days there is no doubt that times are tough. Even in the world of all things fashion and glam we find ourselves tightening our stylish belts. But editing down your wardrobe isn’t necessarily a bad thing. There are benefits to being selective and limiting your fashion choices to just a few meaningful pieces; you just may find that one elusive piece that makes the perfect statement…