During the return edition of <strong>LA Textile</strong> at the <strong>California Market Center</strong> in downtown Los Angeles, apparel makers and creatives were welcomed back to the trade-show floor to find inspiration following the event’s hiatus, which began after its March 2020 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 17, 2021 at 11:03am
Given the spread and nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, masks have now become an integral part of our “new normal.”
Since most masks typically completely hide the user’s mouth, individuals within the hearing-impaired community cannot read lips. FIU Architecture student and Tikkun Olam Makers (TOM) fellow Sophia Neves, along with volunteers, is doing her part to change that. Together, they created a virtual mask sewing festival to make transparent masks.
TOM Global is an international group of communities that are focused on creating and distributing affordable solutions for persons living with disabilities, the elderly and the poor.
By Dorothy Crouch | Thursday, December 17, 2020
Limited-edition, sustainable and ethically made activewear from Skatie’s most-recent collection | Photos courtesy of Skatie
The deep Southern California roots of activewear from the
Skatie brand have been growing for more than a decade. From classmates to co-founders of an active-clothing and swim line, Skatie Noyes Hutchinson and Mandi Glynn have been working together since 2009 when they were students at the
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, where the former studied fashion design and the latter pursued visual communications. After graduating from the school in 2011, each worked in the fashion industry and, in 2016, launched the Venice, Calif., Skatie brand of swimwear, with activewear following in 2018.