Tuesday 31 March 2015
Tuesday 17 March 2015
Good evening! To everyone who received my email earlier today,...
Good evening!
To everyone who received my email earlier today, I’m overwhelmed by the number of you who not only took the time to vote, but also took the time to write lovely messages back to me! THANK YOU. I was truly touched. The past few weeks has been particularly stressful with the change in our systems and changes to our warehouses, but your messages made me feel all the hard work is worth it and I am filled with renewed energy and spirit!
For those of you who might have missed my email (and therefore have no idea what I’m talking about!), please could I ask a huge favour of you this evening and ask you to nominate Offset Warehouse for the Observer Ethical Awards: http://bit.ly/1vjWWBB
As some of you know (and will remember!), Offset Warehouse began life as an against-the-odds start up. I worked from my front room building the dream of a place to source small quantities of ethical fabrics - and I can’t believe how far we’ve come!
It has by no means been easy and we may be a small team, but we now offer hundreds of ethical fabrics, in fashion-forward styles to anyone who wants to create beautiful, sustainable products. Incredibly, we stock the biggest range of ethical textiles in the UK, and all of our products either benefit the people who make them, the people who handle them or the planet - and usually, all three.
If you like what we do and what we stand for, I’d be absolutely honoured if you would take thirty seconds to vote for Offset Warehouse for this year’s Observer Ethical Awards!
Thank you so much for your continued amazing support, and for taking the time to help us.
Best wishes,
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Friday 13 March 2015
Tips for Mending Clothes http://ift.tt/1b7PxMN If you’d...
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Monday 9 March 2015
We are delighted to present our Eco Designer of the Future 2015,...
We are delighted to present our Eco Designer of the Future 2015, Chloé Wright!
With over 800 votes, Chloé confirmed her winning place at 8pm last night and we’re honoured to provide her with £100 of fabrics from http://ift.tt/1ayK0du and 20% off any further Offset Warehouse fabrics towards her final collection for the next year!
We’d like to say a huge “Thank You” to all of you who took the time to vote. Over 2000 people voted, and we’re overwhelmed with the support and encouraging comments you left for the finalists.
We’d also like to say a big “Congratulations and thank you!”, to the other five designers who made it to the final vote. We launched the award to recognise the young designers out there who are putting ethics at the heart of their work. It’s these designers who will head into their design careers waiving the flag for human rights, animal rights and protecting our environment. We feel it’s hugely important to recognise these efforts and reward them for the additional time and effort it takes to do the research needed to work ethically.
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Friday 6 March 2015
Garment Not Just Sewn, But GROWN In London...
Garment Not Just Sewn, But GROWN In London http://ift.tt/1ANMUo2
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Monday 2 March 2015
Hi I’m Ryan Kirk. I’m studying Honours in BSc...
Hi I’m Ryan Kirk. I’m studying Honours in BSc Fashion Technology (Year 4) at Heriot-Watt University, in Galashiels, Scotland
The topic that I am looking at within my final year project is Environmental Sustainability and some of the issues related to fashion and the damage to the environment. I am combining a few different issues together within my collection and are primarily based around the fabrics.
One of the methods that are in my project is the use of natural fabrics so that they can help landfill issues. Natural fabrics typically biodegrade much quicker than man-made fibres like polyester. The other route is the use of waste materials within a fashion collection. The one I have chosen to use is another method where I have managed to create my own fabric using plastic ‘shaving’ scraps from a plastic manufacturer. The aim for the use of waste items is to prevent them going to landfill.
The design I am submitting is the first outfit from my final year collection. This is a full co-ordinating outfit using the Black and White Banana fabric. The jacket is fitted with shaped hem and side pockets, and the sleeves are hanging (more like a cape effect). The trousers are high-waisted straight leg. I am also using the banana fabric within another full co-ordinated outfit. If you love fabrics like we do, then sign up for monthly updates!
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Hi, I’m Fayola Kamilah Wilkinson and I’m at...
Hi, I’m Fayola Kamilah Wilkinson and I’m at Nottingham Trent University studying MA Fashion Design.
The starting point of my project was Ancient Greek statues of goddesses. Using key elements such as pleating, draping and consideration of movement, my collection will present a modern and contemporary interpretation of an ancient style of dress. The bodice uses knife pleated ‘natural draped peace silk’, and the skirt; layers of ‘super fine chiffon’ both from Offset Warehouse, dyed with a subtle gradient effect.
Other fabrics I’m exploring using are the lightweight charmeuse satin, natural spun peace silk and cream peace silk organza. If you love fabrics like we do, then sign up for monthly updates!
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Hi, I’m Amy Ward. I’m studying my Masters degree in...
Hi, I’m Amy Ward. I’m studying my Masters degree in Sustainability in Fashion, at ESMOD Berlin.
My design uses a very basic low waste technique, utilizing the negative space of the pattern to create other parts of the outfit. I know the Hessian is not typically used for clothing like this, but I think the colour is so nice I just wanted to use it, so I thought lining it with the blue and white striped jersey rib could give a nice feel and interesting effect.
I also love the hand-block print and thought the colours are all quite fun and summary together, definitely something quite playful. I find zero waste or low waste design really interesting, and rather than limiting design actually encourages more clever ways of approaching design. If you love fabrics like we do, then sign up for monthly updates!
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My name is Patricia Soares Gomes and I’m studying B.A...
My name is Patricia Soares Gomes and I’m studying B.A Fashion Design (Hons) at Middlesex University.
The concept behind this collection is durable, sustainable design through no-waste pattern cutting techniques. I started by looking at origami and paper folding techniques as a means of achieving an interesting silhouette whilst not wasting any fabric when designing. This led me to looking at other ways paper has been used previously, especially the work done by artist Carlos Amorales and his ‘Black Cloud’ project. His work inspired my decision to use laser cutting as one of my techniques for surface design, which, for this particular design, depicts instructions on how to make an origami butterfly. However, as laser cutting in itself can be considered wasteful, I will then use the bits of cut out fabric and appliqué them onto another garment.
As for my colour palette I looked at the way different metals rust and react to certain acids. This is due to metal being one of the most durable elements that exist, linking in nicely to the original concept of durable clothing. The fabrics I expect to use in this design, and hopefully my final collection, are the White Silk Organza, the lightweight Charmeuse Satin/Silk and Off-White Peace Silk Taffeta for the skirts of the dress and the Thick Basket Weave Banana fabric for the top. The coat will be made up of 100% wool from the Joel&Sons Company, with trimmings made up of the Charmeuse Satin/Silk. I will conduct my own dyeing as part if my final research project. If you love fabrics like we do, then sign up for monthly updates!
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I’m Grace a final year Fashion Design student at the...
I’m Grace a final year Fashion Design student at the University of Leeds.
This men’s jacket is from my final collection which aims to minimise the waste from garment production and therefore make the production process more sustainable. The waste fabric resulting from this garment is 0.8% of the fabric used compared to an industry average of 15%.
This design was generated by treating the pattern pieces as jigsaw pieces, trying to find a way to slot the pieces together so there are minimal gaps between them. To make this easier I used a basic pattern that would tessellate well, resulting in the use of a kimono style sleeve. Many of the other features of this garment have been influenced by the shapes of other pattern pieces and the shapes of waste pieces, for example the shape of the hem comes from the shape of the pattern piece from the hood.
The jacket is made from organic cotton denim from Offset, giving a twist on the usual denim jacket. The fabric ties in with the sustainable ethos of the collection allowing it have as small an impact on the environment as possible. As the garment aims to reduce waste only one fabric is used and so colour is conveyed through the components. If you love fabrics like we do, then sign up for monthly updates!
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Hi, I’m Chloé Wright and I’m studying Fashion Design...
Hi, I’m Chloé Wright and I’m studying Fashion Design BA (Hons) Level 3 at Falmouth University.
The Offset Warehouse fabrics I will be using are: - Indigo Organic Denim Chambray (Jacket and Shorts) - Organic Cotton Wadding (All over inside of the jacket)- White Single Rib Jersey (Cuffs and Waistband of sweatshirt)- Paperlike Tussah Silk (Skirt) - Organic Cotton Threads in: Salmon Pink, White, Indigo
Other Fabric in Look 2 are: - Organic silk jersey (Vest under sweatshirt)- Baby fleece made from recycled polyester (Sweatshirt) - Dakota Fleece sustainably made with 84% Polyamide micro, 16% Elastane
I am also using various other Offset Warehouse fabrics in the other outfits. If you love fabrics like we do, then sign up for monthly updates!
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