Preview of EDS Spring 2013 // deLange designs
Posted By: Katherine Price Emerging Designers Showcase is a runway show put on by MN FASHION and this spring they have chosen Rachel Roff’s fashion label, deLange designs to be featured. Rachel is a member of the Sol Inspiration’s Board, works in media production and is an amazingly conscious designer with big aspirations. It was [...]
THIS THURSDAY: Sandy Black & MIA Fashion Event
Posted By: Katherine Price February 21st, this coming Thursday, there are two events that SOL is endorsing and enthusiastically encouraging all of you to attend! The first is an hour long seminar hosted by the University of Minnesota – Professor Sandy Black, a very prominent educator and author in the sustainable fashion movement. [...]
Fashion Scholarship Competition and Benefit // Recap
Posted By: Katherine Price Last Thursday Sol Inspiration and Bespoke Hair Artisans pulled off a ground breaking event – SOL’s (and the nation’s) first ever Eco-Fashion Scholarship Contest, it would not have been possible with out the help of many wonderful souls! Officially called the Sol Inspirations’ Fashion Scholarship and Benefit was an event hosted [...]
Nations First Eco Fashion Scholarship Program
Sol Inspirations kicks off the nation’s first eco fashion scholarship program this Thursday at Bespoke Hair Artisans in Edina. Thursday, February 7th at Bespoke Hair Artisans 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM “You can never be overdressed or over-educated.” – Oscar Wilde MINNEAPOLIS, MN (February 4th, 2013) – This Thursday evening, Sol Inspirations will kick [...]
Introducing Sierra Blake // Student Blog Intern
Posted By: Katherine Price Sol Inspirations has always been blessed with wonderful people who’ve graced us with their efforts, and the latest addition to the team is no exception. Sierra Blake is our newest blog intern, currently she is working as a tutor and goes to school at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. [...]
Redefining Redesigning Fashion : Sneak Peek
Post by: Katherine Tonight the University of Minnesota opens it’s Redefining Redesigning Fashion Exhibition in the McNeal Gallery of the Goldstein Museum. It says a lot about the attitude we are cultivating in the Twin Cities, that this conscious fashion gallery is manifesting here, at our Big Ten university! It is all very exciting and [...]
PRESS RELEASE: Sol Inspirations’ Fashion Scholarship Benefit
DESIGN CHALLENGE: One student from each design program in local colleges has been chosen to compete in a design challenge. The winner will receive a $500 scholarship. Fabrics sourced will adhere to responsible fashion practices. Thursday, February 7th at Bespoke Hair Artisans 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM “You can never be overdressed or over-educated.” – [...]
Do your clothes smell toxic? Greenpeace says they might be.
“Many chemicals that are used in the dying and processing of fabrics can become hormone disrupting and even cancer causing when they break down in nature,” said Greenpeace’s Media Officer, Myriam Fallon. Today, Greenpeace release a report, Toxic Threads, detailing their toxic chemical findings from 141 items of clothing purchased this year from authorized retailers [...]
Sol Inspirations’ Model Guidelines
SOL INSPIRATIONS MODEL GUIDELINES The choices we make in the fashion world truly impact the perceptions of ‘normalcy’ in young teenage girls. An unrealistic body type in media and can be a HUGE reinforcement in their eating disorder behaviors, thoughts, and expectations. Sol Inspirations has adopted Vogue Magazine’s six point pact which is an adaptation [...]
Maren Herby Joins Sol Inspirations’ Staff
Posted By: Katherine Price Today we are so excited to introduce the latest addition to our Sol Inspiration’s team, Maren Herby! She will be writing some blogs in the future and you will definitely see her shining face at some of our events. Keep an eye out for her blogs and be sure to [...]
