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The Future Of A Factory Town Special Report
Published February 9, 2010, 3:41 pm, NBC 29 Charlottesville
Big factories built Waynesboro's economy nearly 90-years ago, and the city boomed for decades.
Hanging On by a Thread
Published February 8, 2010, 8:25 pm, Los Angeles Downtown News
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - For decades in Los Angeles, men in search of high-quality suits at bargain prices knew to come to Los Angeles Street. These days, the street is still a menswear hub, with three blocks lined with suit clad mannequins, though finding top-notch threads is no longer so easy.
Concerns raised over bamboo labelling
Published February 7, 2010, 11:25 am, Stuff
New Zealand consumers may have been bamboozled by clothing companies' "misleading" claims, a consumer watchdog says. Kiwi companies selling bamboo clothing are updating their labelling after Consumer NZ raised concerns that labels may be misleading to customers.
Vermont Ski Museum doesn't gloss over long history
Published February 7, 2010, 4:09 am, Plattsburgh Press Republican
Vermont Ski Museum, Old Town Hall, P.O. Box 1511, 1 South Main St., Stowe, VT 05672. Phone: (802) 253-9911. It's a mobile that rivets your attention when you first enter the Vermont Ski Museum in Stowe.
Missoni accomplished: Photographer Juergen Teller captures three generations of the Italian fashion dynasty
Published February 6, 2010, 4:27 pm, Independent
Florence, 1967: the models' underwear is clashing with their dresses, leaving Rosita Missoni with but one option: ask them to remove the offending items. Under the glaring lights of the catwalk, the jersey pieces become nigh-on transparent. The Missonis are asked not to return.
Have fun with fabric to add texture to a room
Published February 6, 2010, 10:52 am, Asheville Citizen-Times
Dear Jean and Richard: Could you define some of the basic fabrics you use in your work? — Suzanne, Fairview
Best for getting lost: Fez
Published February 5, 2010, 4:24 pm, Independent
Every great city is entirely itself and nowhere else. At the same time, they're all like ... somewhere. Somewhere that doesn't exist. A Platonic copy, perhaps; an embodiment of the idea of the city, whatever that may be. Morocco has several versions – all different – but in the end Tangier, Rabat and Marrakesh seem to me just rehearsals for the world's great masterpiece, Fez. In particular, the ...
Yoani Sanchez: A Threat to Freedom: When We Let the Fear Make us Censor Ourselves
Published February 5, 2010, 1:52 pm, The Huffington Post
"Guardian Angels" I see police everywhere. I don't know if they are stuck on my retina or if in recent months there has been...
FTC warns retailers about mislabeling products
Published February 5, 2010, 9:04 am, Mississippi Business Journal
WASHINGTON — Seventy-eight companies nationwide have received Federal Trade Commission (FTC) letters warning that they may be breaking the law by selling clothing and other textile products that are labeled and advertised as “bamboo,” but actually are made of manufactured rayon fiber.
Don't be 'bamboo'-zled, FTC warns
Published February 4, 2010, 3:52 pm, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Clothing and other textile products that are labeled as "bamboo" and sold at Wal-Mart , Target and other retailers actually may be rayon fiber,
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