INSIDE OUT (SKIRT)
While developing new styles for the Collection, the design team began using “inside out skirt” as our development name for a new skirt style—and the name stuck. The meaning of the phrase “inside out”...
View ArticleSTEVEN SATTERFIELD RECAP
We couldn’t have asked for a livelier kick-off to our 2018 Friends of the Café Dinner Series. James Beard award-winning chef Steven Satterfield joined us in house and created a flawless meal. Steven...
View ArticleDESIGN ON FABRIC
As a textile artist and designer, Elaine Lipson has spent much of her life exploring creative mediums and the fine arts. Born in Canada, Elaine has found a home (many, in fact) in the United States and...
View ArticleSWEET SUMMER SALE STARTS TODAY
We’ll be spending this weekend switching gears and moving into the summer mindset of sandy beaches, warm, breezy days, and afternoon dips in the pool. We invite you to enjoy 20% off select* online...
View Article#WOMENWHOINSPIRE: TANZILA KHAN
Tanzila Khan was born in Sialkot, Pakistan, and a physical disability has confined her to a wheelchair since birth. Her activism began early in her life, as she was on the receiving end of...
View ArticleSATURDAY SAVINGS
Enjoy 20% off select* online purchases this weekend. Find your perfect summer style in our Collection or choose your next DIY project from The School of Making. Use code SWEETSUMMER at online...
View ArticleSWEET SUMMER SALE
Our 20% savings continue today. Save on select* online purchases with code SWEETSUMMER at online checkout. Shop here. *Exclusions: Core Club, non-Alabama Chanin products including but not limited to:...
View ArticleBOXED LUNCHES @ THE FACTORY CAFÉ
The Factory Café has you covered on all fronts—and that also includes catering. The café team can create boxed lunches that accommodate large groups of employees and students. Our boxed lunches are...
View ArticleTHE FACTORY + ALABAMA CHANIN | 22/52 | 2018
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” – Henry James The (unofficial) start of summer is here, especially in Alabama...
View ArticleSAVINGS END TONIGHT
Our sweet savings end tonight. Welcome summer with 20% off select* purchases. Shop here. *Exclusions: Core Club, non-Alabama Chanin products including but not limited to: Reclaimed Down Scarf, all...
View ArticleAIR LOVE + WAFFLE DRAPE TANK
When last fall’s collection launched, it included Alabama Chanin’s embroidered take on a graphic tee, which was hand embroidered with the phrase “Air Love” as a nod to our beginning as a company and to...
View ArticleQ&A WITH CHEF REBECCA WILCOMB
Rebecca Wilcomb has worked for and under the tutelage of several renowned chefs, including Keith Pooler at Harvest and Ana Sortun at Oleana, both in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Even so, it is safe to say...
View ArticleE-BOOK NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON
The Geometry of Hand-Sewing has received positive reviews since its launch back in November—so much so that it is currently backordered through many retail outlets. (Don’t worry, we’re fully stocked if...
View Article#WOMENWHOINPISRE: WAGATWE WANJUKI
In August 2016, Wagatwe Wanjuki live streamed herself burning her once-loved Tufts University sweatshirt on Facebook Live. She held up the shirt bearing the name of her former college, one she bought...
View ArticleTHE FACTORY + ALABAMA CHANIN | 23/52 | 2018
“The white T-shirt is like a blank canvas – eternally versatile.” Edward Enninful Whether stark white and paired with jeans for the epitome of cool or emblazoned with a bold political statement, the...
View ArticleTHE SUMMER OF THE T-SHIRT
It’s the summer of the T-shirt at Alabama Chanin. Next Tuesday, we’re launching The Clean Tee program from our Bldg. 14 manufacturing facility. Later in the summer, we’ll introduce one-of-a-kind...
View ArticleSMOKED RIBS + THE FACTORY CAFE
Summertime and barbecue go hand-in-hand and, with that in mind, The Factory Café can help you make the most of your July 4th holiday weekend. The Factory Café team will be preparing racks of smoked...
View ArticleFOLD-OVER ELASTIC UPDATE
We’ve written before about our supply chain and how the availability of fabric and notions directs what we do at The School of Making and Alabama Chanin. As a lean-method manufacturing company with...
View Article#WOMENWHOINSPIRE: CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR
The newsroom has traditionally been a “boys’ club”—and we are just beginning to see a shift in this mindset, both on cable and network news. For decades, Christiane Amanpour has been challenging that...
View ArticleTHE FACTORY + ALABAMA CHANIN | 24/52 | 2018
“One of the greatest gifts my father gave me—unintentionally—was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity…He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial...
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