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Doing our Part in Reweaving America. Are You?

Let’s start with some alarming facts about the American textile industry:

  • Over the past ten years, more than 5.5 million manufacturing jobs have been lost in the U.S. since 2001 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics
  • In 2008, there were fewer than 500,000 wage and salary workers in the textile, textile product and apparel manufacturing jobs in the U.S.
  • More than 40,000 U.S. manufacturing plants closed their doors in 2008 alone
  • Only about 11 million people still make things in the US wh
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Stella McCartney The Day the Earth Stood Still

from Benjamin Kanarek Blog  Or...The Day the Earth Stood Still

Stella McCartney has been evolving creatively at an incredibly rapid pace.  She has really come in to her own and nothing else  she has done speaks as loudly as her last Fall-Winter 2011 Collections.  I say this for my own very personal reasons.  I am always looking for  great mood board themes for up and coming photo shoot editorials.

 

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Stella McCartney Fall Winter 2011

 

Her last collection

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Rainbow Effect

Faves & Craves: We're personally hot weather lovers and the perfect way to welcome our beloved season is with vibrant and vivid colors. From fuchsia, yellow to green, you fill find the most daring colors and of course most beautiful designs. Don't miss the Rainbow Effect on http://www.fustany.com/web/trends/faves-76-Rainbow-Effect.html

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8842883295?profile=originalStructured Details & Patterns are one of the hottest Trends for SS2011. Best picks & how to wear them on http://www.fustany.com/web/yoursdaily/post-184-category-Get%20Creative-Hottest-Spring-Summer-2011-Trends---Structured-Details-and-Patterns.html
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Hottest Spring/Summer 2011 Trends - Mid-length

Mid-length skirts and dresses? Well, they also made a strong comeback this Spring/Summer 2011. They have the power to slim your body and instantly draw attentions to your heels. This trend allows you to pull off a casual chic outfit as well as a formal look on http://www.fustany.com/web/yoursdaily/post-169-category-Get%20Creative-Hottest-Spring-Summer-2011-Trends---Midlength.html

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