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29 Apr

Closely Crafted Goals to Support the Next Generation of Craftspeople

Closely Crafted Goals to Support the Next Generation of Craftspeople
The word is getting out about Closely Crafted. The organization was founded by milliner and accessories designer Gigi Burris O’Hara in the course of the pandemic with a mission to coach and train up-and-coming talent to preserve craftsmanship within the American fashion industry. The impetus for the group’s creation got here after Burris O’Hara watched so many other Recent York City-based factories close, resulting in a dearth of artisans for each her business and others. So she rallied quite a few her industry friends to hitch her within the cause to preserve and revitalize quality American goods including Nike’s Matthew Kneller, fashion attorney Douglas Hand, Public School’s Maxwell Osbourne, Markarian’s Alexandra O’Neill and others.  On Tuesday, the organization held its first fundraiser at the...
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21 Apr

The brand new generation of artists giving henna a

The brand new generation of artists giving henna a
Young henna artists are moving away from traditional floral designs, creating art that’s more relevant for day-to-day life It’s the day before Eid, and a small makeshift henna parlour is taking form within the dining room. The family henna artist, my sister, is in the midst of a circle of stretched arms. Fingers wiggling, arms flapping, it’s chaotic to the unfamiliar eye. But to us, it’s nothing out of the atypical, a seasoned ritual to bring to start with of a celebration, steeped in intricate tales of belonging.  While a typical consensus on its origins is yet to be agreed on, some historians report the earliest use of henna as a component of the...
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27 Dec

Dakar Fashion School Trains Recent Generation of African Designers

Dakar Fashion School Trains Recent Generation of African Designers
Dakar Fashion School PARIS —Dakar Fashion School African fashion is having fun with a renaissance as a latest generation of designers captures the imagination of luxury brands and consumers. But while the continent is wealthy in creativity, most brands have found it difficult to grow beyond their borders as a result of an absence of formal training. That’s the assessment of Sophie Nzinga Sy, a Senegalese designer who has opened the Dakar Design Hub, a training facility that gives courses for budding fashion entrepreneurs and native tailors alike. Nzinga Sy launched her Sophie Zinga brand in 2012 after studying fashion design at The Recent School’s Parsons School of Design in Recent York City, having dropped out of her earlier economics studies at college. “I...
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13 Dec

LVMH’s Sidney Toledano Talks Recruiting the Next Generation of

LVMH’s Sidney Toledano Talks Recruiting the Next Generation of
PARIS — Luxury association Comité Colbert brought brands and massive names together to advertise careers in craftsmanship to students. Sidney Toledano, LVMH Fashion Group chair and newly elected president of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, joined French Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak on stage, together with Minister for Education and Vocational Training Carole Grandjean and Minister for Small and Medium Enterprises, Trade, Crafts and Tourism Olivia Gregoire. The afternoon panel closed the three-day educational fair “Les de(ux)mains du luxe,” Comité Colbert’s clever play on words referencing the long run of handicrafts. Despite business booming for the posh sector, firms across the board have expressed difficulty in recruiting young artisans to hold forward traditional methods. Toledano reminded the gang that Louis Vuitton,...
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