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‘Wherever there are textiles, there is civilisation’ (F. Arechabala)
While researching the next MAG issue for this website over the holidays, I came across pineapple fiber. ... |
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:34:36 -0800
Word count: 824
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'This 20 storey building was supposed to become a hotel. But then the people ran out of money and just left it to rotten. We used to have parties here in the fifties, before the whole area became a ... |
Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:30:04 -0800
Word count: 713
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I tore her out of an Austrian newspaper three months ago and she has been in my notebook ever since. In between diary scribbles, graphics and intelligent professor quotes, she just lied there. Pat... |
Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:00:00 -0800
Word count: 438
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They are all over the place now…I’ve seen them on store windows together with ethical shoes Veja in Bilbao and also side by side with Levi’s at a new shop behind our fashion sc... |
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:20:42 -0800
Word count: 250
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I had never heard any of the ‘conscious’ designers and fashion entrepreneurs talk about sex before I met Peter. Mr. Ingwersen, as they might have called him at the European headquarter... |
Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:43:22 -0800
Word count: 233
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I've been eating too much chocolate lately. Because my new flatmate is a chocoholic. Because my love is not with me here. And oh yeah, because I live in Switzerland now. And that means: not in Bra... |
Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:39:43 -0800
Word count: 419
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They flew in from across the Atlantic on a sunny Thursday morning. While they were speaking in front of over a couple of hundred heart-taken fashion students and professionals for two complete ho... |
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:11:57 -0800
Word count: 213
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"So, what are you doing here?" the man invites me to his breakfast table and I sit down with my little bowl of yoghurt-muesli-fruit. Big coincidence that the only other guests in the hot... |
Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:38:16 -0800
Word count: 922
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A few days after conquering Säntis, I visit the Sentis shop. The pop-up store showcases the Sentis™ collection, a fusion of young design with traditional textile craft from the Appenzel... |
Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:34:02 -0700
Word count: 690
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Rain drips into the collar of my sports jacket and instantly chills my sweaty back. I have lost the feeling in my hands, cold as they are from the icy wind that blows around us. Slowly I place my ... |
Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:24:49 -0700
Word count: 567
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When I‘m in Paris I can’t help but sing Frank Sinatra’s song all day. While waking up in my Occidente nightwear in which I feel like an Oriental princess. Doing my yoga in Sobos... |
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0700
Word count: 848
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WOW, cool jeans, eco?
Did you compensate your flight to Costa Rica?
I’m sorry but meat eating causes poverty, do you have a vegetarian dish maybe?
Great new house. Beautiful f... |
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:19:41 -0700
Word count: 520
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What does an eco fashionista do in a strange place during a four day CSR conference, with her head full of words, words, words on sustainability? She sneaks out for some fresh air and eco practice o... |
Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:35:04 -0700
Word count: 534
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‘To do a show is one thing, but to stand there selling your own designs, that’s a completely different story. Because some people just say: ‘Jeez, that’s ugly!’ while... |
Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:35:45 -0700
Word count: 957
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It was a grey and rainy Friday in 1993. Two brothers sat in their flat overlooking Zurich’s highway. Both of them were designers and both of them were in need of a cool and functional bag. I... |
Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:30:57 -0700
Word count: 621
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An American, a Cuban, a Nigerian and a Swiss were asked the same question: Can you give me your own honest opinion on the biggest scarcity in the rest of the world?
The American answered: Ah ... |
Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:21:18 -0700
Word count: 657
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It’s a bit strange to see each other after such a long time.
Strange and simple at once. Because we’re still partners.
Connecting souls you could call us.
Five years ago we fou... |
Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:00:00 -0700
Word count: 911
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30 July
Hi A,
I have several people who want to buy the bags you produced in your
atelier, can I place an order with you? And do you think I can receive
them within the next three weeks?
b... |
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:00:00 -0700
Word count: 930
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Two years ago a little tree was planted on a small piece of land in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. The tree had lived in a glass house for some time where it stood among the other trees. One day a couple c... |
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:25:09 -0700
Word count: 663
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Sometimes you can feel so vulnerable, you’d rather secretly dissappear off the earth. Like when you’re surrounded by tough fashion people who don’t give a damn about the planet, bu... |
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:51:29 -0700
Word count: 778
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