Chureca Chic and the Earth Education Project
The design studio at Chureca Chic

Chureca Chic and the Earth Education Project

  If you ask me to name the highlight of my trip to Managua, the answer will come fast and easy: getting to meet the remarkable director, Andrea Paltzer, and the full-time designers at Chureca Chic, a fashion label with accessories made from 100% recycled material. The profits…

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Clothing in Communist Times

I hadn’t planned on visiting the Slovak National Gallery (SNG) during my stay in Bratislava, but the ubiquitous advertising for their special exhibition “Nech Šije! (Sew Long!): Fashion in Slovakia 1945-1989” had me too intrigued not to drop in. History museums in Central and Eastern Europe often discuss…

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