Manufacture New York

03/25/2021

We are back! Join our founder- 20 year fashion veteran, Made In USA sustainable manufacturing advocate and Women's March co-founder Bob Bland tonight at 7PM EST with NYC organizer + City Council candidate Shahana Hanif to mark the 110th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. The topic will be Building a People Powered Economy for NYC Workers, Small Businesses & Manufacturers.

We would love for you to join us- RSVP here: http://bit.ly/PeoplePowerMar25

To cap off Women's History Month, we are honoring the memory of the 146 garment workers, mostly young Jewish immigrant women, who died from the lack of workplace safety regulations and uplift links between our past and current ethical fashion & labor rights movements.

Speakers include:

- Katie Unger, 4th generation Jewish labor organizer
- Ligia Guallpa, Executive Director of Workers Justice Project
- Swati Argade, ethical fashion designer + owner of Bhoomki
- Bhumika Muchhala, Feminist Green New Deal

This conversation has national implications, so please attend whether you're from NYC or not. These visionary women will share on-the-ground stories on how we can protect essential workers and small businesses, advance a feminist COVID–19 recovery, and create a people-powered economy that centers local manufacturing, creative industries, green jobs, and gender justice.

Hope to see you there!

06/27/2017

Learn all about natural dyes in Genspace's upcoming workshop- Local Color: Extracting Pigment from Plants Unlike synthetic dyes, which are often toxic and polluting, natural dyes are renewable and biodegradable.

Learn to analyze local color—how to grow it, find it, and extract it. Participants will begin to master how to bind plant-based pigments to fabric and yarn using mordants, change colors by shifting PH, reuse food waste to create a wide spectrum of color, and create prints with flowers.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/local-color-extracting-pigment-from-plants-tickets-34980909843

This is a 2 part course meeting July 11 + 12 from 7pm-9pm. Learn all about natural dyes in Local Color: Extracting Pigment from Plants. Unlike synthetic dyes, which are often toxic and polluting, natural dyes are renewable and biodegradable. In many cases, the waste in the dyeing process becomes an…

06/02/2017

Registration just opened for this year's classes at New York State Sheep and Wool Festival! Class tickets sell out quickly - sign up for Natural Indigo Dyeing with Nica Rabinowitz (founder of Fiberhouse Collective, and former Director of Education and Programming at MNY) while you still can! We will see you at The Duchess County Fairgrounds in October :

http://workshops.sheepandwool.com/workshops/workshop-instructor.asp?instructor=67

05/20/2017

Revive your spirits and listen to 5 panelists share their “citizen journey ” from the perspectives of art, design, activism and fashion next Tuesday at Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator

As a part of NYCxDESIGN, the BF+DA is creating an interactive experience that digs into the history of citizenship and the role of the citizen over time.

03/03/2017

Our former Director of Programing and Education, Nica Rabinowitz, will be leading a Local Color workshop at Genspace on April 1st! This hands-on class will examine local color- how to grow it, find it, and extract it. We will create natural dyes from food waste and locally foraged plants.

Participants will learn how to bind plant-based pigments to fabric and yarn using mordants, shift colors using PH modifiers, reuse food waste to achieve a wide spectrum of color, and ultimately create prints with flowers!

https://pigmentfromplants.eventbrite.com

This hands-on class will examine local color- how to grow it, find it, and extract it. We will create natural dyes from food waste and locally foraged plants. The word ‘natural dye’ encompasses all the dyes derived from the natural sources like plants, animal and minerals. Natural dyes are mostly no...

02/23/2017

Genspace, New York City's Community Biolab, is now offering desk rentals for biotech startups and bio designers which include access to their labs and lab equipment!

Contact Nica Rabinowitz at Genspace for more information: [email protected]

Learn more about Genspace:
https://vimeo.com/48596585

In our latest video we explore Genspace, a community biotech lab based in Brooklyn. When most people imagine a research laboratory they usually don't envision…

02/22/2017

Fruit Leather tasting? Discover what this is and more as you discover the future of food with food designer Katja Gruijters at this unique event at the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator -Next Wed, March 1st!

Join us for a one of a kind event in collaboration with the Pratt Institute and Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator with food designer Katja Gruijters.

02/02/2017

Next Tuesday at Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator -learn how Trump's policies will be shaping our community and ways to combat it.

Post-elections, the world is reeling from the possible repercussions of a president-elect that has voiced major changes in how the US will respond to immigrant populations, environmental issues and global manufacturing.

11/23/2016

“Well, I think Kathryn is beautifully addressing our biggest challenge, which is to re-shore.” – Tim Gunn

Featuring Good Clothing Co founder Kathryn Hilderbrand and two of her advisers: Mark Linton and Project Runway superstar Tim Gunn.

11/15/2016

American Fashion Podcast sits down this week with the Editor In Chief of the world's most influential new menswear magazine.

GQ Style's Editor-In-Chief, Will Welch, is the man at the helm of a brand new approach to a broad appeal fashion magazine for men.

11/10/2016

Where are we now? Listen to Save The Garment Center founders talk business in the latest episode of American Fashion Podcast.

A status report on the effort to protect the heart of New York's fashion manufacturing business: Save The Garment Center in 2016.