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If Your Clothes Could Talk

It is already a reality! MIT scientists announced this week that they have created a new kind of fiber capable of detecting and emitting sound.

Professor Yoel Fink and his team have developed a process for making fiber that can act like a microphone or a speaker. MIT's Press Office says: "Applications could include clothes that are themselves sensitive microphones, for capturing speech or monitoring bodily functions, and tiny filaments that could measure blood flow in capillaries or pressure in the brain."

Just imagine the stories they could tell... Reality TV to a whole new level!!

Parsons Fashion Design Thesis Preview - Day 1

For the rest of the week I'll be at the Parsons fashion design senior thesis reviews. It's the culmination of their work after four years of school, and the most important collection they have designed so far. No pressure here! The first day started with an amazing group of talented students and I took 1,827 photos in 4 hours. While there is no way I can write a coherent review of any one designer I'll give you a sneak peek of just a few designers, ranging from fabulous to elegant, whimsical and demure who presented today. I'll do extensive profiles next week.

Designer: Michael Nelson

Designer: Laura Siegel

Designer: Michael Dougherty

Designer: Willie Traeger

Designer: Alexandra Vaughan

Designer: Samantha Michele

Designer: Sean Cabezas

All photos by @BobbinTalk

Sweat Shop Paris

Not sure Sweat Shop is the most appropriate name for any shop, especially when the concept is: a place where your dreams and projects come alive, but since the owners are french and the place is really a cafe filled with knitted cupcakes I'll say: OK! It really is a workshop, designated for all those who want to learn and create in a stress free and well equipped environment. Martena Duss and Sissi Holleis have created a cafe for the DIY lovers! They provide state of the art sewing machines, scissors, fabrics and vintage patterns and you transform your trousers into a dress if you like! I just wish their Paris venture was a bit closer to NYC. Check out their website SweatShopParis.com

 
 

Thanks to Krasi Genova for this lovely find!

Camera Rolling

I'm at Jet's loft all day today with Rachel from The Greyest Ghost shooting the first part of the video for FashioneTutor.com Since the video concentrates on the work rather than her space here is another teaser of her loft. 

And what we'll be working with

Photos by @BobbinTalk

Check out Rachel's insane photos of Karl Lagerfeld, shooting his Fall/Winter campaign in the LES, NYC

 

Sunny Days, Bikes, Girls and Fashion

Bikes at Washington Square park.

 

"Maple Syrup" - Find it!!
 

Girls!!
 

And a true fashionista!

All photos @BobbinTalk

Put Your Own Stamp or Button on It

Here is to a creative Wednesday!

Image via: Tomorrows Tea

Remember Fay's gold sprayed button decorated bag? Well, here are a few completely different ideas how to use buttons.

1. Use them as... functional buttons! LOL!

Image Via C+S

2. Use them in a bridal bouquet!

From LilFishStudios Flickr album

3.Use them in a craft project!

From Katie Eats Cake Flickr

4. Make a flower arrangement

Image from LilFishStudios Flickr again! She stole my heart today!

5. Or... just Go Crazy!

Image via: We Heart It

Do you decorate or buttonize the things that you own or do you loose your buttons and never find them again? Did you ever replace a missing button with a mismatched one? Would love to hear your ideas...

No Color

 

Guest Post - Leigh Viner from Create

Hello Everyone, I am Leigh Viner guest posting for Aneta over from Create I met the wonderful Aneta while I was having an Art showing in NYC at Charles Nolan this past summer and now have become online friends as well. Thank you for having me over at Bobbin Talk today. For my Guest post I wanted to share with you all ( if you have not already heard) The amazing site Rent The Runway. I fall in love with so many pieces each season, but I know I can not justify or or afford getting any of them, so most of the time I will be inspired to find something similar out of my closet or incorporate it into my art. But then came Gilt (extremely addicted) I can definitely do 70% off. Shortly after that addiction started I received an e-mail invitation to Rent the Runway. For as little as $50.00 you can rent the latest fashion from the likes of Badgley Mischka, Diane von Furstenberg, and Giambattista Valli to name just a few. Here are a few pieces I have my eye on at the moment.

Alice + Olivia Choker Tie-Neck Halter Dress. Retail $310/ Rental $50.00
Brian Reyes Marble print ruffle dress. Retail $995.00 /Rental $100.00
Diane von Furstenberg Ruffle tiered wrap dress. Retail $625.00 /Rental $75.00 I must say this is a fantastic idea, to be honest when dressing up for special occasions most the time I find that I do not wear the same dress to often and they make it easy with free shipping, taking care of the dry cleaning and sending another size for free just in case for a perfect fit.

Fashionable Technology - Magnhild Disington

I am a huge fan of any fashionable additions to technology and I do mean truly elegant or plain fun fabulous enhancement. And that's why I love Magnhild Disington's furry objects. You may or may not know that I was one of the first designers who created fashion for technology in the form of leather iPod cases way back when iTunes was taking its baby steps. You can see some objects {HERE}. Having the love for infusing fashion into technology I love seeing the fashionable evolution of memory sticks by Magnhild Disington, who tries to enhance the visual value of technology objects of everyday use.

All photos from ManghildDisington.com. She is a designer currently living in Denmark who graduated from Kolding School of Design in the summer of 2009 with a masters degree in textile design. She experiments with aesthetics and tactility in order to create new identities and tell stories of the relationship of humans and technology. Visit her website for all other projects.

3 BobbinTalk New Year's Resolutions You might Like

This past year has been a turbulent one and I am sure most of you, just like me, have gone through some tough times. I lost my job as an accessory designer at Ralph Lauren, but I gained a book contract with Fairchild Publications. Without a regular, daily job I still got to get out of the house, teaching my accessory design classes at Parsons, but really spent most of my time behind the computer writing the book. And let me tell you: the quiet and slow birthing of a book could be really lonely! I started a blog {yes, the one you are reading right now} AND got a Twitter account, AND very recently started a YouTube channel, YES I spent wayyy to much time online, BUT thanks to all of the above I made lots of online friends and actually met some of them in real life. So here are my resolutions for the new year:

1. I shall meet and get to know more of you guys! Yes, I'll get out of the house more {Yay, the first book draft is pretty much finished}. Send me an invite to a fashion or art related event in NYC and I'll be there, with my camera, I promise!

2. I promise to bring you some fun fashion videos. There will be some How-To's and fashion book reviews and behind the scenes and interviews with designers.

3. I will finally get the Accessory Design Online courses rolling. The website is already up at FashioneTutor.com and I have most of the content ready. It's based on the college level Accessory Design textbook I just wrote for Conde Nast/Fairchild Books, which isn't coming out till 2011.(I know it's corny to mention it twice in this post, but what the hell, I still can't believe it myself)  You guys would have an exclusive opportunity to benefit from from experience and the all the info I gathered during my research. All I have to do is load it up and figure out the logistics. So for any of you who would like to learn more about  inspiration, design, sketching, and manufacturing accessories this will be very helpful!

All in all, I'll be concentrating more on you! So don't hesitate to comment, email me and suggest anything you'd like to know about the business of fashion and accessories. Also I've been struggling with how personal this blog needs to be. Should I reveal more of myself or not. I've decided to come out a bit more as long as it has to do with fashion peeks and showing you how things work behind the scenes.

So... to a Fantastic, Happy, and Successful 2010!!! May all your dreams come true this year!