So we're on Instagram

and are following 1 person... Hoora... Instagram IP

and we changed out twitter images to Harness the Potential of Women in Action...

and work towards a website...

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Just catching up with online life...

as stitching cutting and designing ordering fabric, cycling to location, take so long, 

virtual life is on pause once in a while...

SO for International Women's Day

Things got exciting... visinting the  V&A : if you wish to visit DIOR booked till July, show up at 8am for 10am opening: 50 tickets are allocated daily)

Feminity

Rescuers

Makers

Wearers...

It takes original thinking to fight for Nature's well being with starting a brand of sustainable sportswear called SueMe... which sparks off an array of reactions... 

which is exactly what pure fashionistas aim to create...

and definitely sparks an interest to work hard for the right cause...

A challenge to help the next generation remember the good old days... :-)

EthiCat- Factory off-cuts

So I did not get the job to coordinate textile charity projects-- and yes the lease extension will cost 40K plus fees on both sides, just when I would have wished to dent my mortgage...

however, there is always more to look forward to and enjoy, like making the new SUEME gilet with wool off-cuts picked up from Tottenham factory in 2015 after Echoic mini production..

And when good friend asks why I make the gilet myself I ask: who is going to cut small pieces? Factories like to lay the whole length, and who will match the checks?

Plus I love the traditional hand making process mixing UK wool and Millerain to create a hybrid modern yet vintage looking over garment to satisfy active men on the go, yet stylish... leisurewear revisited...
Team work at creative SUEME studio: Hand processed Gilet

Re-Defining Sustainable...Ethical...

sustainable

Dictionary result for sustainable

/səˈsteɪnəb(ə)l/

adjective

1. 1. able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.

    "sustainable economic growth"
   

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2. 2. able to be upheld or defended.

    "sustainable definitions of good educational practice"
   

ethical

Dictionary result for ethical

/ˈɛθɪk(ə)l/

adjective

1. 1. relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these. "ethical issues in nursing"

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2. 2. (of a medicine) legally available only on a doctor's prescription and usually not advertised to the general public. "all types of drugs, including ethical drugs and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals"

   
   
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4. How do we define - describe - introduce new healthy practices within the "fashion industry"?
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6. It seems so many words would need to be re-defined, and new terminology might be required too: 
7. so HELP if you have interesting suggestions ...
8. 
   

1- The fashion industry... 

2- The clothing industry...

3- The rag trade...

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Where do new people who try something a little different stand? fit in?

Constructing collar with hand written wording

For instance SUEME sustainable sportswear / activewear concept brand is introducing a Gilet 
- designed in 2013 - sourced for materials over 3 years -  now graded to measure, cut and made in North London SueMe creative studio for clients, one at a time...

Hand cutting XXL for Rod

It is not Savile Row yet it resembles it with the level of crafmanship and direct business to person approach

It is not Barbour yet it resembles it by the choice of iconic British Millerain, and look which could pass for a hunter's outfit, yet incorporates modern features such as reflective piping ...

It is a new hybrid - serie speciale- gilet for active modern men on the go who can dress up or down yet can be presentable at an event or enjoy the extra layer on a bike...complimenting the Echoic jacket and under layer Line jacket all made with recycled plastic bottles, coupling traditional "couture and tailoring" slow paced know-how with modern ultrasonic seaming technologies...

Hand Crafting every piece and detail

How to finish an Iconic SueMe Gilet...

So what is it? Can anyone help? 

And how can we price this one off item crafted by hand from concept to finished product?