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SAVE ON ONE-OF-A-KIND SAMPLES
Halfway Mark: Our Sample Sale continues with 60% savings. Featuring ready-to-ship samples and one-of-a-kind designs in limited colorways, quantities, and sizes. Find a unique, heirloom piece for your...
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SAMPLE SALE: 60% OFF TODAY
Save 60% today during our Annual Sample Sale. Our Collection samples are the first of their kind, often acting as the blueprint for our custom garments. As we introduce new designs, it’s important for...
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SEPTEMBER’S SWATCH OF THE MONTH
September’s Swatch of the Month reflects on the creative process and journey in each of us. Using the New Leaves Stencil design, natural elements come into play and call back Natalie’s monthlong...
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70% OFF: LAST DAY TO SAVE
Today marks the last day of our Sample Sale with styles discounted at 70% off. Thank you to everyone who shopped our sale this week and supported our mission furthering a sustainable approach to...
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PROJECT THREADWAYS: NATIONAL NONPROFIT DAY
Today, National Nonprofit Day, recognizes the efforts nonprofits and charities put into making an impact in their communities. In 2019, Natalie, CEO and creative director of Alabama Chanin, continued...
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#THOSEWHOINSPIRE: HOPE HILTON
Rinne Allen, longtime friend and current collaborator, adopted the phrase “permission to wander” several years ago from her friend, artist Hope Hilton and Hope’s work. As Rinne told The Bitter...
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AUGUST’S SWATCH OF THE MONTH: Q&A + MORE WITH MADELINETOSH
Swatch of the Month inspiration featuring August’s Swatch of the Month; Plain Cake Yarn by Madelinetosh; Dyeing yarn in Madelinetosh dye studio; Plain Cake from The Factory Café; The Wrap Top Kit in...
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INSPIRING EXPLORATION
In addition to hand-painted and organic cotton tops in collaboration with Rinne Allen, our Permission to Wander collection includes a curated selection of books and objects to inspire exploration....
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THE FACTORY + ALABAMA CHANIN 34/52 | 2021
“Insightful Photos of 1960s Afghanistan Reveal What Life Was Like Before the Taliban”; Image via Dr. Bill Podlich’s collection, managed by his son-in-law Clayton Esterson. “I want every girl to know...
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NEW STUDIO BUNDLE #3
Studio Bundle #3 inspiration featuring a display in Mary’s Weave Shed highlighting “Process in Work” by Natalie Chanin and Rachel K. Garceau. Photo: Rinne Allen; Studio Bundle #3; September’s Swatch...
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REMEMBRANCE
For many of us, September 11th, 2001 is a time stamp—creating a definite threshold of before or after. I have children and grandchildren who were born into a post-9/11 world. Though they will never...
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RAISE A GLASS
Today marks Natalie’s 60th birthday, and we’re raising a glass to celebrate this special day for Alabama Chanin’s founder, fearless leader, creative director, jack of all trades, and H.B.I.C....
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THE FACTORY + ALABAMA CHANIN 37/52 | 2021
Left: The Family of Woman: A World-Wide Photographic Perception of Female Life and Being published by Jerry Mason and Ridge Press; Right: Light Drawing by Rinne Allen featured in the Permission to...
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NEW DIY KITS: FEATURING NEW LEAVES
Design and color inspiration featuring September’s Swatch of the Month; The Swing Skirt Kit; Studio Bundle #3; The New Leaves Corset Kit; Fabric Swatches in Abstract Concrete with Metallic and Tonal...
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THE FACTORY + ALABAMA CHANIN 38/52 | 2021
Left: Early hand-sewn Alabama collection “Sister Shirt”, 2001, Natalie Chanin; Right: Film still portraits from the Life Ball awareness campaign, 1999, photography direction by Sissi Farassat;...
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THE FACTORY + ALABAMA CHANIN 39/52 | 2021
Left: Models in Project Alabama for Prom Night show, photographed by Billy Farrell for Patrick McMullen; from left: Maxamilla, Ksenia, Camila, Jaja Tomorrow, the 21 Year Celebration continues to...
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INSPIRATION: SWATCH OF THE MONTH + HAMBIDGE
Swatch of the Month Inspiration featuring Fabric Swatch in New Leaves White/Sand; Fabric Swatches in Abstract Concrete with Metallics and Tonal Paint; View of a display in Mary’s Weave Shed...
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THE FACTORY + ALABAMA CHANIN 40/52 | 2021
The Alabama Chanin 21 Years celebration continues tomorrow, highlighting the years from 2004 – 2006 during which Natalie collaborates with more artists and designers, becomes a member of the Council...
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EXHIBITION + OPENING: VALERIE S. GOODWIN
Left: “African Burial Ground”, 2009; right: “Meanderings of an Imaginary River”, 2020 by Valerie S. Goodwin This Thursday: Exhibition + Opening featuring fiber artist Valerie S. Goodwin | Florence,...
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OCTOBER’S SWATCH OF THE MONTH
October’s Swatch of the Month highlights the Medium Polka Dot Stencil using the Negative Reverse Appliqué technique with the Feather Stitch. The neutral Sand on Sand color palette in 100% organic...
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