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INSIDE ALTERNATIVE: TIFFANY RUIZ
Read more: INSIDE ALTERNATIVE: TIFFANY RUIZby Eleni Snider (Originally posted in Common Thread) Photos by Stephen Zeigler Street fashion aficionado and design extraordinaire, Tiffany Ruiz is the latest addition to Alternative’s Los Angeles Design Lab. Coming from a lifelong interest in fashion which led her to a design career, this California girl has what it takes to create super comfortable and…
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Lethbridge College has revamped its fashion design program to include an emphasis on sustainable mass production.
Read more: Lethbridge College has revamped its fashion design program to include an emphasis on sustainable mass production.(Originally posted in Lethbridge Herald) BY CAROLINE ZENTNER czentner@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge College has revamped its fashion design program to include an emphasis on sustainable mass production. The new program, Fashion Design and Sustainable Production, replaces the former Fashion Design and Marketing certificate program. Last April, amid funding cuts from the provincial government, the college shut down both…
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South African govt approves R200mn for textile cluster
Read more: South African govt approves R200mn for textile clusterOriginally posted in Fibre2Fashion The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Government of South Africa, has approved a R200 million (approx. US$ 19 million) Grant Fund and a 5-Year Plan for the establishment of a Southern African Sustainable Textile and Apparel Cluster (SASTAC), according to a DTI press release. The National Cluster would help the…