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NYC Is Finally Going Green With New Clothes Recycling Program

Posted by Afingo Fashion on July 6, 2010 at 3:56pm

Photo via Flickr/Kelly Melissa Photography


If you’re anything like us, whenever you need more room in your already packed apartment, it means another humiliating trip to Buffalo Exchange or Beacon’s Closet only to find out that your spare threads are “unsellable” and all you’ve got in your hands is three drawers worth of landfill. Well, if you’re a New Yorker, fitting the hottest fall trends in your closet just got a lot easier. This September, NYC is finally going green by launching a massive te

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Tech Designer, Nina Banks Talks Dress Forms. by PinkyShears.com

Posted by Brandon on November 25, 2009 at 1:13pm

A simple thing like changing a dress form can save a lot of money. We changed our form to the Alvanon form recently. They’d been working with old Wolf forms. The problem with old Wolf forms is they are just not made like a human, and when you start to use those forms as a base, your garments are bigger and too boxy to reflect how people are. The Alvanon form looks more like a human in so many ways. The thigh looks like a thigh, the ankle looks like an ankle. You can see a muscle’s shape and when
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Cutting Costs on Fashion Business Expenses

Posted by Tyese on March 19, 2009 at 1:38am
I'm starting this blog post because I was just so IRRITATED at how freakin expensive the fashion business is. Or rather how expensive the business of fashion is. I'm not so much talking about product costs - but after you have your line. The marketing, the prototypes for the next line, the supplies for printing cartridges of all things!I just saw a posting about a girl simply asking about fabrics and people gave links to the fabric sourcing show, fabric store links - I didn't even scroll down fu
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Save VS. Splurge

Posted by Fashion Without Guilt on February 3, 2009 at 9:00pm
Disco pants are back. The fashion of Studio 54 is slowly making its way back into the 21st century. I just want to say that I am in love with the high waisted shiny metallic pant.American Apparel and Forever 21 have similar designs but extremely different price tags. Which would you choose? Would you rather SAVE or SPLURGE?

American Apparel $90

Forever 21 $22.80
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