Feral Childe

07/08/2022

07/08/2022

06/28/2021

Congrats to Telfar Clemens! We met way back when both Telfar and Feral Childe were starting out, and repped by Black and White PR. It's been amazing to witness Telfar's resilience and creativity through the years and I'm always excited to see the next big thing he's up to. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/21/style/telfar-liberia-olympics.html

Thanks to a gig designing the uniforms for the Liberian Olympic team, he’s starting a full collection of athletic wear.

04/19/2021

There is a new-with-tags Shearwater Shirt in XS on eBay! It's for a charity so wins all around. Sewn in NYC from khadi by Indigo Handloom. The image below shows fit - the one on eBay is in gray. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Feral-Childe-Women-Long-Sleeve-Button-Down-Shirt-Shearwater-Grey-XS-New-York-NWT/274525806021?hash=item3feb035dc5:g:6sEAAOSwHxBgCvGM

09/08/2020

The art of Sonia Gomes

The Afro-Brazilian sculptor Sonia Gomes, in a debut U.S. show, gives materials new life — as they have given her life new balance.

07/26/2020

How have you all been? Thanks for your likes and follows for this page, where these days we mostly share noteworthy reads. Here is Keah Brown on fashion, inclusive design, and accessible clothing for disabled consumers. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/26/style/functional-fashion.html

But influencers say the fashion industry has been slow to embrace them.

06/28/2020

02/19/2020

Why, yes!

JOB OPPORTUNITY! Assistant Alpaca Shearer.
This is a unique opportunity for someone looking for a short-term, travel intensive, hard working opportunity. Harvard Alpaca Shearing is hiring an Assistant Shearer for the 2020 shearing season.
"We are in search of someone with a passion for adventure and love and fiber animals, particularly alpacas.
The Assistant will work side-by-side with the head shearer, traveling the East Coast from farm to farm, shearing all kinds of critters, big and small, including alpacas, sheep, llamas, and goats. The season runs between the end of March until the beginning of July. The majority of the season entails being
on the road, meeting many animals and farm operations of all sizes. The successful candidate must be physically fit and capable of working in a wide variety of indoor and outdoor conditions. If you are interested in learning more about what is entailed in this unique opportunity for learning, travel
and adventure, please email Rusty Varrell at [email protected].
(image: Plain View Farm)

02/07/2020

Congrats to Berkeley-based MycoWorks!

Amidst the tidal change rippling through the luxury sector—one that involves reduction of carbon footprint, protection of animal rights and dismissal of plastics—only one leather alternative adhere…

02/02/2020

The Cutting Class offers such beautiful and inspired writing about patternmaking. A fond reminder of our own passionate conversations about garment construction, and a great appreciation for all who are dedicated to the craft of clothesmaking.

The Row, PF20. Quiet, minimal collections usually require slower viewing to appreciate the details because

01/31/2020

'twould be wonderful to go and tour The Oriole Mill, see these jacquard looms in action!

Research and Development tests are shown on the loom. Once they’re off the loom, we will put them through an organic finishing — water, with nothing added — in an industrial washer, followed by tumble dry. We’ll then evaluate each test. Some combinations will merit further development, some will not. Stay tuned...
We weave on Jacquard and Dobby industrial looms, using the best natural fiber yarns, to make the best fabric, with no chemicals used, of any kind, at any stage in our process. Our products are cut and sewn, by hand, here in Hendersonville by our friends . The Oriole Mill and Sew Co share a commitment to quality and craftsmanship, as well as sharing this wonderful brick and glass block building.
Would you like to see a slow motion and high speed live demo on one of Jacquard looms? The Oriole Mill offers tours on most Fridays at 1pm. The tours are free and open to the public. Ages 12 and up. Pre-Registration and appropriate footwear are required. Contact us to register: e-mail [email protected] or give us a call 828-693-5500.

The Oriole Mill Store Hours:
Tuesday-Saturday 10am-6pm
701 Oriole Drive, Hendersonville, NC 28792
We have lots of free parking

10/31/2019

San Francisco natural dye fans, here is an opportunity to hear Kathy Hattori Botanical Colors talk! Midday Monday 11/4.

BOTANICAL COLORS: SCALING NATURAL DYES IN APPAREL

10/17/2019

Lately totally and completely obsessed with everything . Costumes by Steven Junil Park. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTgyJ8jWD3M

'Zoo Eyes' by Aldous Harding, from the new album 'Designer'. Out now on 4AD/Flying Nun, buy and stream here: aldousharding.ffm.to/designer.oyd Directed by: A...

09/21/2019

Cheers for the relaunch of Eco-Chick, which always championed Feral Childe. The newly designed site is easy on the eyes and brimming with provocative reads.

The web's home for Heroines for the Planet, Fair Fashion, Ecofeminism & Ethical Travel. Since 2005.

08/03/2019

06/26/2019

Feral Childe's earliest collections were made from deadstock fabrics. That's what was on offer for cheap in downtown NYC at the time and we loved other people's leftovers; the discovery of strange and unusual fabric remainders from other fashion companies. It worked perfectly when we made just a few pieces at a time.
Who remembers Long Island Fabrics on Broadway just below Canal Street? Up until our last collections we often had at least a couple of styles made from mill ends. We worked with jobbers like Stylecrest, Rimmon, and Elliott Berman, and Fabric Mart. As our company grew, though, working with mill ends was quite high risk. There were several instances where we ran out of fabric and had to scramble for another source or ask our buyers if they would take a substitute. What stress! In other cases, we betted that you might like a fabric, and bought rolls and rolls of fabrics that just sat in a heap in the studio. Sometimes the cool vintage fabrics fell apart, brittle with age or faded in all the wrong places. But we did it!

https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/intelligence/how-designers-build-big-businesses-out-of-old-fabric-bode-reformation-raeburn

Once the domain of thrifty fashion students, some of the industry's hottest designers and biggest brands are incorporating leftover fabric, unsold clothes and vintage textiles into their clothes.

06/20/2019

The mechanics of Jacquard looms.

06/13/2019

Dyeing textiles with "supercritical CO2" - no chemicals, no water involved. Curious to learn more!

06/02/2019

Yes! Congrats to FABSCRAP! Rescuing fabric from landfills by making it available for sale to the public 👌

05/20/2019

05/14/2019

Magical! Thanks Sass Brown!

05/01/2019

Congratulations to Cal Patch Hodgepodge Farm for her featured pattern designs in the latest print issue of Making. Happy to see our Triangle Print on organic cotton jersey made into leggings! Fun fact: Cal Patch had a store on the Lower East Side in aughts and was the first shop to take a chance on Feral Childe. We are so happy to have had her friendship and support all these years.

04/29/2017

Great Big Story

"We weave devices that help save lives." Medical technologies made possible by the ancestral weaving techniques of Bolivia's indigenous Aymara women.

Dr. Franz Freudenthal Tichauer developed a life-saving technology to address the heart problems faced by those living in the high-altitude city of La Paz. Unfortunately, no single machine was capable of producing these intricate devices. But, when automation failed, Freudenthal turned to craft. Now, the ancestral weaving techniques of Bolivia's indigenous Aymara women are being used to knit these breakthroughs in medical technology.

08/26/2016

Our gift to you.

Hi, friends! Bishop Collective is having a summer sale and you can still find a few choice Feral Childe pieces here. Shop now with code MANYTHANKS! http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=b5c0a34d002408b68d9cf30e3&id=d8cbc0cda5&e=f0fb4791e4

Our way of saying thanks. Take 25% off today thru Labor Day. Enter MANYTHANKS at checkout.

07/10/2016

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Police uniforms are designed to hide indications of the violence they're involved in.

Artist Indira Allegra's digital weaving project "Blackout" shows the power of invisibility encoded in the cloth of police uniforms—which resist blood stains and remain freshly pressed—when woven together with stories of police violence told by the families of victims.
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From "Take This Hammer: Art + Media Activism from the Bay Area" at YBCA: http://ybca.org/take-this-hammer

Police uniforms are designed to hide indications of the violence they're involved in.

Artist Indira Allegra's digital weaving project "Blackout" shows the power of invisibility encoded in the cloth of police uniforms—which resist blood stains and remain freshly pressed—when woven together with stories of police violence told by the families of victims.

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From "Take This Hammer: Art + Media Activism from the Bay Area" at YBCA: http://ybca.org/take-this-hammer

06/21/2016

Bangladesh Tanneries Fined, Ordered to Move

First-hand reporting on Bangladesh's leather industry. Processing exposes the laborers and this entire community to toxic pollution: "Hazaribagh is in a very grim situation. For the last 25 years, no one has invested in Hazaribagh. It needs to be shut down as soon as possible. The rules of the game have changed. You can't get away with the old arguments any more. If industry wants to go to the next level, there is no choice but to do this."

Pollution, health risks and export restrictions are issues that worry residents and workers in Hazaribagh, which is home to 90 percent of country's tanneries

06/21/2016

Here's What Really Goes Into Fashion Preservation at the Met

Here's a wonderful, swoon-worthy feature on the Costume Institute's head conservator, Sarah Scaturro. While we're no longer producing a clothing line, you might see periodic posts since we come across so many fashion/textile-related articles worth sharing and discussing. Thanks for staying in touch! http://www.racked.com/2016/6/20/11923066/sarah-scaturro-metropolitan-museum

How do you clean a dress that's older than America? Carefully.

12/08/2015

Today we say thank you and farewell:

After twenty-two Feral Childe collections, we decided we'd take this past year off from the rapid pace of designing and manufacturing, to take time to reflect and think about our next steps.

Feral Childe has always been a deeply personal project for us. We first began working together on art projects in 1996, and became Feral Childe in 2002. We did not set out to create a fashion company, but through your support and encouragement, we have grown beyond our wildest dreams and traveled the world. We have enjoyed getting to know you over the years and we are grateful for your friendship. We thank you for letting us into your lives, for choosing to purchase Feral Childe clothing.

So, after more than 13 wonderful years as Feral Childe, we have decided to officially close our doors at the end of December. You have helped make our work truly collaborative, from attending and participating in our earliest performance and installation pieces, to coming to our studio and retail trunkshow events in cities all over the world. Our goal for Feral Childe was to establish a creative venture exploring art and fashion, to create a wardrobe that inspires your confidence and imagination, to produce clothing in a manner as environmentally and socially responsible as we are able, and to be inclusive and welcoming to all. With your support, we feel we have achieved our dreams and we are ready to embrace our next adventure.

We have a few clothing items and some printed fabrics remaining in our inventory. We would like to close up shop at FeralChilde.com quickly in order to get a fresh start for the new year. If you are looking for a special piece to add to your collection and you do not see it on our site, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. We can inquire whether one of our retailers might still have it in stock.

Thank you again for being a part of the Feral Childe story. You will always be forever dear in our hearts.

With gratitude,
Moriah Carlson and Alice Wu

11/12/2015

Yes San Francisco! We'll be celebrating Kate Black of Magnifeco.com and her new book at Amour Vert Eco-fashion Tues 11/17 (1905 Fillmore St Pop-Up) Come meet the author!

11/11/2015

Meet Your Heroes: Apiece Apart Sits Down With Eileen Fisher

Bravo Refinery29 for facilitating this really great conversation between EILEEN FISHER and APIECE APART. Thanks for your candidness and insights! http://www.refinery29.com/apiece-apart-eileen-fisher

To consumers, designers must seem like islands: floating by their lonesome and eyeballing each other from a distance. The reality is that designers hang out together; they get drinks, bitch about work, and swap ideas. Friendships (and friendly competition) make this space better for everyone in it