Seattle Fashion Academy

Community Clothing Clinic Explore the ideas behind sustainable fashion while mending, repairing and upcycling your clothes with community.

Sassafras: Stewarding Slow Fashion and Connecting the Belltown Community - Intentionalist Sassafras boutique owner Amy Tipton shares about rekindling community in Belltown and recovering from the pandemic.

Congrats to our alum Meg White. Take a look and see what she is working on. Way to go, Meg!

Pretty Dresses Save the World Marie Marie is a sustainable clothing line for women featuring feminine style in a fit that flatters or creates hourglass curves.

The ancient fabric that no one knows how to make Nearly 200 years ago, Dhaka muslin was the most valuable fabric on the planet. Then it was lost altogether. How did this happen? And can we bring it back?

Hermès | Silk marbling: a Japanese technique rediscovered Hermès - Footsteps across the world collection: Kyotohttps://www.hermes.com/uk/en/story/sustainable-development/Droplets, waves and mountains… the etchings h...

New exhibit honours Yukon First Nations high school graduates and their regalia | CBC News A new exhibit opened this week in Whitehorse to celebrate the stunning regalia worn by Yukon First Nations graduates.

SFA is still temporarily closed, but we hope to see you January 11, 2021 for Winter Quarter.

Woman Makes Breathtaking Needle Lace Portraits With All Natural Threads and Dyes Hungarian artist braids, twists and knits plant-based threads into amazingly detailed portraits of humans and nature Humans never cease to amaze us with what they can manufacture with a pair of knitting needles. A Hungarian textile artist named Ágnes Herczeg takes lace knitting to the next level. Y...

Fat Fashion Won't Be Ignored Any Longer Retail often treats plus-size clothing as an afterthought, but some locals are making it big.

More Men Reach for Sewing Machines A long-neglected home art is reclaimed during the pandemic, including by some eager to break gender stereotypes.

Due to the new mandate, SFA will be temporarily closed until at least December 14. Stay safe and healthy out there, friends!

Veterans receive handmade quilts, crafted with love - Tulalip News By Kalvin Valdillez, Tulalip News “Oh, how gorgeous,” exclaimed Misty Napeahi, Tulalip Board of Director. “So beautiful, that took a lot of hard work,” added Tulalip Chairwoman, Teri Gobin, as a handmade quilt, crafted with extra love, was gifted to … Continue reading →

This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Support Authentic Native Artists 16 Indigenous-owned brands to shop now, from fashion to beauty.

Meet the NYC street tailor mending clothes from a pushcart Call her Tailor Swift.

Congolese dandies: Meet the stylish men and women of Brazzaville – in pictures Since the 1920s, the sapeurs of the Congo have been making sartorial statements on the streets of Kinshasa and Brazzaville. Tariq Zaidi shot them in their home communities

Q&A: Samantha Rei Is Designing Change The former Project Runway contestant and fashion veteran on designing during a pandemic, and the importance of supporting Black-owned businesses.

The Museum at FIT | Black Fashion Designers Black Fashion Designers examines the significant but often unrecognized, impact that designers of African descent have had on fashion design.

11 Black Owned Plus Size Clothing Brands and Designers Although you see loads of posts like this one in February, I think that shopping

We are in anguish over the constant violence perpetrated against Black bodies. We must continue working to change systems & find a way through pain to healing, justice, & liberation. Justice for Floyd. Justice for Black Lives.

SFA is closed until Spring quarter: April 6, 2020. We are taking today by day and if we need to delay the start of Spring quarter we will let y'all know. Rest assured everyone will get the classes they signed up for regardless of which day we actually begin. Thanks for your patience and we can't wait to get back to fashioning the future!

SFA is open, but we are taking it day by day. For now, we are disinfecting all of the work surfaces, tools and areas touched by hands twice a week. Our Spring quarter enrollment is still open, as is our Kids Fashion Camp.

Seattle Artists Relief Fund Amid COVID-19 organized by Ijeoma Oluo The Seattle arts community has held and nurtured me for years. Those of us in th… Ijeoma Oluo needs your support for Seattle Artists Relief Fund Amid COVID-19