NYFW: Titania Inglis Spring/Summer 2012

Bias Tank + Half Kilt + Pleat Short / Titania Inglis S/S12

Dip-dyed Peak Dress / Titania Inglis S/S12

Colorblock U-neck Tee + Mini Pencil Skirt/Titania Inglis S/S12

Collarless Jacket + Pleat Short/Titania Inglis S/S12

Flyaway Top + Two-Tone Pant/Titania Inglis S/S12

Brooklyn based designer Titania Inglis has yet again demonstrated that sustainable fashion is all about killer style that dovetails seamlessly with the ethical use of organic and dead stock fabrics as well as local production resources such as NYC's Garment Center and the talents of natural dye expert Isa Rodrigues at the Textile Arts Center.

Titania's latest Spring/Summer 2012 collection speaks for itself in terms of bold versatility, exquisite patterns and asymmetrical draping, and the cool permutations that this graphically rich line offers. I love the addition of Bliss Lau jewelry as a means to highlight the edges and seams of the garments.

You can follow updates on Titania Inglis clothing via her blog and Facebook page.

Photography: Evan Browning
Jewelry: Bliss Lau
Model: Vanessa Lee/Muse
Makeup: Kumi Hosoda
Styling assistance: Erin Lee
Dyeing: Isa Rodrigues/Textile Arts Center

NOW Showcase AW 2011 Opens This Weekend

A classic ensemble by Titania Inglis for F/W 2011

(made in New York of organic and deadstock fabrics)

'Nature Speaks' volumes by Andy Lifschutz Jewelry

NatureVsFuture Wool Double Collar Sweater

(designed in Brooklyn, made in New York City)

JoAnn Berman's 'Real Housewives of Bushwick' Collection

olsen Haus super glam, pure vegan heels

a.d.o. clothing's herb-dyed, organic Tanya Dress

Just a few of the talented designers who will be presenting their collections at the NOW Showcase in NYC this weekend. There will be a special cocktail reception on Saturday, February 19 and Sunday, February 20 from 4 to 6:30pm. My sustainably-savvy colleagues from EcoSalon, Gretchen Jones and Amy DuFault, will be on hand to chat and share their latest findings for market week February 2011. Read the scheduling details here.

NOW Showcase at the Terminal Building
FEB. 19, 20, 21 – 2011 / 10AM – 6:30PM
651 West 27th St. (@ 12th Ave), NYC 10001

Save the Date: Fashioning Self and the Environment, An Earth Day Event at Brooklyn's Textile Arts Center

Titania Inglis Spring/Summer 2011 Collection

Save the Date for  this Earth Day event at the Textile Arts Center

in Brooklyn on Friday, April 22, 2011 

Join me for Earth Day 2011 to explore ideas related to fashioning self and our shared environment. Invited artists and local sustainable fashion designers will feature their own fiber, textile, and green design initiatives, as well as offering activities related to slow fashion styling and organic interactions with the environment.

Visitors will be able chat first hand with presenters, participate in on-site activities, and celebrate Earth Day 2011 with refreshments and treats from local sponsors and green businesses.

Susan Benarcik, Meiling Chen of Fearless Dreamer, Abigail Doan, Daria Dorosh, Eko-Lab, Titania Inglis, Eve Mosher, and Zoe Sheehan Saldana – are just a few of the names who will be participating.

Organically Grown sculpture by Susan Benarcik

Friday, April 22, 2011 from 6-9PM

rsvp@textileartscenter.com

NYFW: Titania Inglis Spring 2011

Brooklyn-based designer Titania Inglis is stepping lightly into Spring 2011 with a finely-tuned collection of exquisite pieces inspired by zen serenity and subtle hues from the floating world. These artful, bias-cut pieces are origami-like in their folds and illusion of simplicity, while also functioning sustainably in their well-researched range of versatile, eco-conscious materials.

Titania Inglis Spring 2011's fabrics include natural-indigo-dyed organic denim from Japan; an organic cotton shirting, also from Japan; and an organic cotton-silk blend from Italy. The latter two fabrics were hand-dyed by the designer with madder and tea. With cool dressing options like Inglis' cocoon pants, reverse dress, and superwide pants, trans-seasonal dressing options are carefree and oh so, stylish.

Titania Inglis Fall 2010 collection is available at the following NYC boutiques. The Spring collection is currently available for pre-order. You can follow the designer's process via her informative blog, Fade To Green.

FNO: Fiber, Textile, and Slow Fashion Rules

Titania Inglis F/W 2010

There is no doubt that Fashion’s Night Out (FNO) is an occasion to celebrate fashion as we know, love, and covet it – up close and from afar. With a globe-spanning agenda aimed at rattling the timbers of gilt fashion houses and retail venues, FNO is also great way of celebrating the very fiber of what inspires us as unique style makers and shoppers. 

Whether you are in NYC, LA, Rio, or Reno, there is something for everyone this Friday, September 10. Given my passion for all things fiber, textile, and eco-related, here are a few of my picks for FNO happenings in NYC’s environs and beyond.

KRELWear 2 Go and Trunkshow at Kaight NYC (Sept 9 -10)

A two-day event at Kaight NYC where visitors can custom design their own ‘quickie couture creations’ with KRELWear’s talented knit designer, Karelle Levy. KRELwear’s philosophy is based in the simplicity and beauty of "toobular" knit design. Their stunning collections include sweaters, dresses, skirts and tanks, as well as colorful hats, scarves, leg warmers and cuffs. This will be a totally unique way to fashion a one-of-a-kind FNO couture creation, suitable for fashion week parties and fall fêtes to come.

Clothing Map (2007) by Daria Dorosh

Fashion Lab in Process (FliP™) at the American Folk Art Museum


Do not miss the launch of Fashion Lab in Process (FliP™), a one-of-a-kind fashion house created by designer and Project Director Daria Dorosh, PhD, with a social, economic and environmental agenda to carve a new sustainable niche in the fashion industry and support local young designers. FliP™ will show its first collection of garments and accessories in a 'fashion theater' installation at the American Folk Art Museum, 2 Columbus Avenue, between 65th and 66th Streets on Friday September 10th, from 5 – 7pm.

Daria Dorosh's recycled textile 'Wrist Loops'

Current participants include: Dorosh’s line of ‘Wrist Loops’ (jeweled textile accessories for both women and men) and fashions by eco-conscious designers, among them Meiling Chen of Fearless Dreamer, Phaedra Elizabeth, Laura Bond, and the local sustainable design collective Eko-Lab by Melissa Kirgan and Xing-Zhen Chung-Hilyard. A special fashion performance by artist Meghann Snow will be ongoing in the AFAM window.

'Slow Fashion' at The Textile Arts Center in Brooklyn

Titania Inglis F/W 2010

Come celebrate the official kick off of the fall season at the Textile Arts Center in Brooklyn with an evening of slow fashion and design discussion, hands-on workshops, and local sustainable designers presentations. 

Recycled rubber band necklaces by Margarita Mileva of M2 Jewelry

6 – 7 pm 'Hack Sustainable Fashion' workshop with Giana Gonzalez
7 – 8:30pm Ecouterre eco-fashion panel and Q&A moderated by Jill Fehrenbacher of Inhabitat and Ecouterre. Invited panelists include Greta Eagan (FashionMeGreen), Caroline Priebe (Uluru), Sarah Scaturro (Fashion Projects/Cooper-Hewitt Museum), Titania Inglis, Shabd Simon-Alexander, and Laura “London” Shirreff (Waste Not Want Not)
8:30 – 11pm Shopping hours with local designers (reMade USA, Wiksten, Shabd, Titania Inglis, and M2 Jewelry), free DIY workshops, food, drinks, live DJ 


Visit The Textile Arts Center's website for more details

Ikou Tschuss Store Opening at 8 Centre Market Place, New York City

Ikou Tschuss unique knitwear designs are all hand-crafted and "the process of doing the work is vital to the form the design takes. Their production is staffed exclusively by grandmothers, who retain the old crafts-womanly approach to handwork—skills that owners Guya Marini and Carmen D'Apollonio feel are disappearing today."


You can weave together your own rockin' itinerary for the evening of September 10 via Fashion's Night Out.