Two makers, business-owners, mothers — artfully transmuting land-based raw materials into simple yet luxurious sustainable goods.
Designers have a unique opportunity in our textile systems to turn natural materials grown on our regional landscapes into beautiful, long-lasting goods that serve our communities.
As Clementina Martinez-Masarweh and Alexandria Vasquez emphasized, garments aren't just products – they're powerful cultural narratives, environmental statements, and educational tools.
Alix’s body primacy and thoughtfulness resurrect the priorities that drove the creation of humanity’s first garments: what a particular body needed based on a person’s activities and lived experience, their local climate, land context, and available fibers.
A captivating exploration of California's climate beneficial agriculture and sustainable fashion systems, as written by our Program Director Mira Musank. Photos by Paige Green unless noted otherwise.
“Our practice invites others to experience what the day to day could feel like when we are brought back to our native origins, living in harmony with nature in our modern time.”
Herderin is a clothing design studio focused on creating sustainable silhouettes that embolden the body’s natural architecture, and make people feel comfortable.
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