The Inner-views of Fashion: Sublet Clothing

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A chance meeting by a sublet posting during college, resulted in a temporary living situation which lasted longer than expected.. two years later, Tara and Inessah decided to create an eco-friendly brand.. Sublet Clothing.

I had the pleasure of meeting the designers to talk about their line.

Fashion Indie: How did you both decide to solely use organic material?

Sublet Clothing: (I) Off the bat I knew I wanted to use eco-friendly material. The Green movement being important.. I was always concerned with environmental issues. (T) I was open to the idea, I did a lot of research about it and saw the physical difference between organic cotton and market cotton.

FI: Has fabric ever been an issue with your designs?

SC: Yes, from the very beginning. Fabric is one of the biggest challenges.. there’s limited supply, as well as tracking down resources that are legitimate. We can only use selective items, synthetic fabric cannot be used – we have to be concerned with the process and work around it. It actually encourages us to be innovative. For instance, dying the fabric.. there are many limitations with what’s available to make it beautiful.

FI: How do the both of you design a garment?

SC: We collaborate on ideas and certain esthetics – what direction, trends.. what we like. I (Inessah) do the draping and sketching then we both consult on it; we build and change things together. We want everything to be us and we want it to be evident that we take care of the garment. We want people to want to wear our pieces. Detail is also very important the placement of a zipper or where certain fabric drapes is very important to us. We never make anything we wouldn’t wear. Most of our clothing is catered towards people in their 20s-30s.. We want them to be able to wear our clothing for daily activities, most importantly we want the piece to be comfortable and long term.

FI: What do you want your brand to represent?

SC: Lifestyle, collaborate, creative, transitional, versatile.

FI: What is in store for the future of Sublet Clothing?

SC: Definitely growing as a company. We want to recognize others and support the community..we want full time effort to also support other people. We want to expand our basics and designed collections; adding woven and knits. Most importantly we want to grow into a trustworthy company for the eco-friendly.

Continue reading the interview after the jump…

FI: How did you get into fashion designing?

SC: (I) I actually went to college at Boston University for advertisement but I realized it wasn’t for me. I transfered to a college in Texas and took the fashion design program. I’m lucky that i found something I’m passionate about. (T) I started out undeclared at NYU. I would cut-up t-shirts and make clothes in my room with who ever wanted to do that with me, I actually really enjoyed altering clothing. I was always interested in fashion design but I never had a way to make it into something until Inessah and I collaborated.

Tara: This is actually the first non-job interview.. haha. This is so cliche but anyone who wants to do something, for real.. just do it. Take it one day at a time. Take one challange at a time. You can do it. Do what you want to do.Inessah: What we’re happy about.. we had no clue this is where we would be- you have to figure it out. We compliment each other and hopefully we will just figure it out. We don’t want to regret it. We work around four nights a week with each other, any time we’re not working together- I wish we were! It’s awesome working with my best friend.. it’s creative and challenging. Any reward no matter how big or small is great for us, nothing is better than that.

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