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MORE SAVINGS DURING OUR YEAR-END INVENTORY SALE
It’s the last day to shop our Inventory Sale. Hand-sewn Collection samples increase to 75% off. Machine-sewn styles increase to 60% off. And look for new additions in The School of Making sale. Find...
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BLDG. 14: THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Next in our “year in review” series is a look at 2018 for Bldg. 14, Alabama Chanin’s Design & Manufacturing division. Bldg. 14 began the year developing and making machine-sewn styles for the...
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THE FACTORY + ALABAMA CHANIN 51/52 | 2018
“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others.” ― Bob Hope The signs of a Christmas season in full swing are all around us: homes and Christmas trees are...
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THE FACTORY STORE + CAFE: THE YEAR IN REVIEW
In 2018, the store and café celebrated five years serving our community and the public and is anticipating brand new programming for 2019—read about it here. Having shared a review of the past year for...
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ALABAMA CHANIN: THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Every year it seems that we say what a busy year it has been for us at Alabama Chanin, and every year we mean it. We seem to keep growing as a company and as people and making opportunities that expand...
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OUR INVENTORY SALE IS BACK FOR ONE MORE DAY. SAVE UP TO 80% OFF.
Shop our sale for one final day as we close out the year. Find Collection samples marked down 80% and machine-sewn styles 70% off. Shop the Alabama Chanin sale here. Shop The School of Making sale...
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THE FACTORY + ALABAMA CHANIN 1/52 | 2019
“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, ‘It will be happier.’” ― Alfred Lord Tennyson The eve of 2019 has inspired us to explore food traditions from around the world that are...
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2019: THE YEAR AHEAD
As we reflect back on the year behind us, we have also been looking forward to the year ahead. Our workshops were planned months ago to allow time to make travel arrangements, and our collections have...
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FIVE YEARS OF FRIENDS OF THE CAFE
The Slow Food movement and its principles have inspired Alabama Chanin’s commitment to slow fashion. We take their mission of Good, Clean, Fair to heart, as we attempt to make responsibly, grow...
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2019 BUILD A WARDROBE: THE FRACTAL DRESS PATTERN
2019 marks the fourth time The School of Making welcomes the new year with an inaugural Build a Wardrobe pattern debut. With its modern style and relaxed, yet tailored fit, The Fractal Dress is...
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THE FACTORY + ALABAMA CHANIN 2/52 | 2019
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself,...
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COLLECTION SUCCESSION
“And it was that day I first began to understand that a collection could be like the environment— slowly evolving, morphing, and changing—and that a trend could be something that describes a slow...
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ANNOUNCING FRIENDS OF THE CAFÉ 2019
It has been five years since we began our Friends of the Café dinner series here at Alabama Chanin. Take a look back on our Journal for a look at the experiences created by the generous chefs who...
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MENDING MATTERS
Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More, by Katrina Rodabaugh, includes 22 how-to projects, a number of essays on the topic of slow fashion, over 200 color...
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THE FACTORY + ALABAMA CHANIN 3/52 | 2019
To set the tone of our new Collection release, we explore our color theme: blue. And not just any blue—it’s a vibrant possibility of the color. The color blue: A history from Egypt to now On the...
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RED BEANS + RICE + A RECIPE
In the grey lull between the end of the holiday season and the first signs of spring, we retreat indoors to soak up as much warmth as we can—spending more time in our favorite reading chairs, piled on...
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VARIEGATED EMBROIDERY FLOSS
Common in botany, the word variegated means to exhibit different colors, and it often refers to leaves and foliage on plants that show the appearance of differently colored zones. Now in six color...
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THE FACTORY + ALABAMA CHANIN 4/52 | 2019
“How long? Not long, because no lie can live forever. How long? Not long, you shall reap what you sow… How long? Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” ―...
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BLUE: INSPIRATION
Blue: one of the three primary colors. In Dutch, it is blauw; in Irish, gorm. In the ancient world, blue was the color of the working class. It can convey trust, loyalty, cleanliness, and...
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