Fashion Incubator » News From You http://www.fashion-incubator.com How to start a clothing line or run the one you have, better. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:36:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Manhattan Trade School for girls -addictive reading http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/manhattan-trade-school-for-girls-addictive-reading/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/manhattan-trade-school-for-girls-addictive-reading/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:28:58 +0000 Kathleen Fasanella http://www.fashion-incubator.com/?p=10041 the Slate series about histories gleaned from student report cards at the needle trades high school in Manhattan. While only three entries have been posted, the material is riveting and addictive. Says historian and journalist Paul Lukas:
It wasn't so surprising that Marie had saved her diploma. Manhattan Trade helped arrange employment for her for more than a decade, helped her support her family during hard times, and taught her skills that she used for most of her life and passed on to her daughter. Not bad for a school she attended for only two years.
permanent_record_slate]]> http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/manhattan-trade-school-for-girls-addictive-reading/feed/ 5 Open tabs 5/4/11 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/open-tabs-5411/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/open-tabs-5411/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 23:03:47 +0000 Kathleen Fasanella http://www.fashion-incubator.com/?p=9356 previous entry of open tabs (tagged News From You) and the ADHD side effect of having too many windows open, here is today's edition. I should mention the open tabs thing is worse now that I've upgraded to FireFox 4. Now you can group tabs according to different subjects in the background (I love it!). Mine are production scheduling, business, cotton and vanity sizing. I have 33 37 55 open... Manufacturing: Yet another mega consulting firm has realized that outsourcing doesn't work. Here's a quote:
[...]Accenture found that 61 percent are considering moving some of their manufacturing back to their home market. Ferreira and Heilala describe this as being a "secret shift" and a "quiet trend." Many manufacturing companies that shifted production offshore "likely did so without a complete understanding of the 'total costs,' and thus, the total cost of offshoring was considerably higher than initially thought," write the two analysts. "Part of the issue is that not all costs of offshoring roll up directly to manufacturing; rather, they impact many areas of the enterprise."
Not that I've ever said differently, (I know folks e-pat me on the head and wink behind my back over my irascible inflexibility) I still think the best move anyone can make is to start their own sewing factory because you'll be much better positioned by the time everyone else figures they need domestic cut and sew and finding any open production slots in the US will be an even harder scramble. Speaking of, many domestic cut and sew operations are expanding. This operation in Olive Hill KY is hiring 200 sewing machine operators.]]> http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/open-tabs-5411/feed/ 14 Open tabs 3/8/11 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/open-tabs-3811/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/open-tabs-3811/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:25:27 +0000 Kathleen Fasanella http://www.fashion-incubator.com/?p=8848 seyed_alaviToo often I don't share what I've been reading or finding across the web but several sites compel today's effort. That and I have too many tabs open in my browser. Typical. On the heels of yesterday's entry I found three textile glossaries courtesy of Textilesmithing, glossary one, glossary two and glossary three. There's a fourth but it's not loading for me. Textilesmithing is a newish blog featuring topics on surface design, weave, pattern and with a healthy smattering of stuff you should have known a long time ago. Such as, sharkskin suits are not made of sharkskin. Yes indeedy! I imagined they weren't made of shark skin but I didn't really know what they were made of and so now thanks to the internet, I can pretend I always did. Be careful though or you can waste a whole day there -speaking of the Lexus carbon fiber circular loom that amounts to nothing less than autie-porn. The photo above is Sayed Alavi’s Flying Carpet installation at the Sacramento Airport, again courtesy of this entry on Textilesmithing. If you follow Seth on twitter, you can pick up more tres cool stuff like this gizmodo story about a brief history of bulletproof fabric.]]> http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/open-tabs-3811/feed/ 15 News from you 2/8/2010 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news-from-you-282010/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news-from-you-282010/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:11:11 +0000 Kathleen Fasanella http://www.fashion-incubator.com/?p=6095 small_long_wangNews From You was a popular series I used to do more frequently. NFY is an eclection (eclectic+collection) of news, humor, arcane tidbits and nothing of importance to the community, sent to me from all of you. Your submissions are always welcome! Today's post is sponsored by the letter "S": Sewing machines: I found this machine (right) with the brand name of Long Wang a few month ago. It's pretty, no? Ever heard ot it before? Here's a larger photo (300 kb). Or how about this; have you ever seen a sewing machine made of a legos? Shoes: Speaking of legos, Armo has come up with a component shoe you can assemble, click and snap together yourself. Soccer balls: And speaking of making, this is how soccer balls are made. I still don't understand how they close them. I would pay to see a detailed industrial video of the process start to finish. Humor:
  • Zoe sends a link to label fail -or win?
  • The continuing Obama debate: is he a muslin or a satinist?
  • How to gift wrap a cat.
  • Unintentionally funny: 10 Rules for Choosing between Industry and Academia.
  • Whimsical barcodes from Japan.
  • Also from Japan, Inflating Bra Commercial.
  • Crayola's Law. The number of colors doubles every 28 years.
  • So you think you are an expert with a tape measure? These guys are better.
    • ]]> http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news-from-you-282010/feed/ 8 News From You 9/18/09 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news-from-you-91809/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news-from-you-91809/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:20:06 +0000 Kathleen Fasanella http://www.fashion-incubator.com/?p=4906 News From You used to be a regular feature on this site, posted weekly more or less. It was probably the most popular entry I published all week but it got too long to keep up with. It was described as an eclect-tion of news, the weird, the arcane and the downright useless of interest to F-I infovores. We can try it again, more modestly this time. You're welcome to send your submissions (include your web address for link love) to News From You. ---------------- First up, Julia Stiles has started a clothing line. Yep, another celeb snags the gold ring. Where will it end? If the video on her website is any indication, hopefully with her even though the line is completely sold out. Not what you think -it's hilarious- and not to be missed. At press time the video link wasn't working. Try this one. The punchline is on her site so go back to it if you ended up on youtube. ----------------- There's a newish site about children's clothing sizes called SizeTracker. It's intended to aid parents in selecting appropriately sized clothing for their children. Put it on your watch list to monitor what consumers have to say about their kid's clothes. Via this entry, I found an article about children's fit models. Duly noted this morning, the most recent post contains opinions couched in innocuous verbiage which are based on inaccurate information. Try not to be too offended by either.]]> http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news-from-you-91809/feed/ 8 News from you 7/28/2008 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news_from_you_7282008/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news_from_you_7282008/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:05:41 +0000 Kathleen Fasanella http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2008/07/news_from_you_7282008/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news_from_you_7282008/feed/ 6 News From You 6/19/2008 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news_from_you_6192008/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news_from_you_6192008/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:51:20 +0000 Kathleen Fasanella http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2008/06/news_from_you_6192008/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news_from_you_6192008/feed/ 0 News From You 6/6/2008 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news_from_you_662008/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news_from_you_662008/#comments Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:11:05 +0000 Kathleen Fasanella http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2008/06/news_from_you_662008/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news_from_you_662008/feed/ 5 News From You 5/23/2008 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news_from_you_5232008/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news_from_you_5232008/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 23:57:42 +0000 Kathleen Fasanella http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2008/05/news_from_you_5232008/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news_from_you_5232008/feed/ 7 News From You: Earth Day 2008 http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news_from_you_earth_day_2008/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news_from_you_earth_day_2008/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:32:01 +0000 Kathleen Fasanella http://www.fashion-incubator.com/2008/04/news_from_you_earth_day_2008/ http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/news_from_you_earth_day_2008/feed/ 3