Friday, April 18, 2014

{SNEAK PREVIEW} Madam Chino Spring/Summer 2014 RUNWAY and WEB Releases!

We've been working really hard every day to bring together our new collection so that we can share it with you ON THE RUNWAY on Monday April 21st, and ON THE WEB on Thursday May 1st at 6pm CTS! Madam Chino is in it's 11th year creating sustainable fashion from reworked fabrics and we've got a lot to be proud of! Here is a sneak peek of our studio progress, swiped from our INSTAGRAM FEED so follow us there as well!

T-SHIRT DRIVE Follow-Up
Our T-Shirt Drive went great and we have received much new fabric to convert into garments from our local friends. This photo is about 1/3 of what we received in our 2 day drive, with many promises of follow up donations. Madam Chino is consistently taking donations of used T-Shirts in MKE, WI. Please contact madamchino@gmail.com to set up a drop-off/pick-up appt.
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BACKLESS TULIP TANKS
One of our newest designs for spring summer "The Backless Tulip Tank" is already available at MKE's newest and best place for indie-sourced designs THIRD COAST STYLE
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These backless "Tulip Tanks" are now available pre web release in #mke at @thirdcoaststyle #ecofashion #sustainablefashion #recycle #tshirts
See our Desert Story with Sarah Caron in the "Tulip Tank" HERE

SWEETHEART PEPLUM BUSTIER
One of many new patterns, the Sweetheart Peplum Bustier is one of our favorites. Patterned from scratch, we do several tests before we are satisfied with the form and fit.
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Sweetheart Peplum Bustier

CIRCLE TANK
One of many new designs, this is a new T-shirt construction using a V-yoke from the shoulders and a circle bodice from two T-shirts that comes together at the V.
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NEW ACCESSORIES
Ribbon clamps are our favorite Spring fastener. Here is a close up of some of the braided work we are doing, trapping braids in the clamps for necklaces, earrings, bracelets.
Inverting #tshirt hems into tiny tubes that are braided and conjoined with #ribbonclamps for new accessories, available with our May 1st webshop update.  Stay tuned!
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MEN'S HOODY COLLECTION
This year's version of our one-of-a-kind Men's Hoodies, sold exclusively in person at the LOOK NOOK Traveling Showcase, incorporates sweaters and sweater ribbings to our usual hoody design for a sharper more interesting look! You'll have to wait to see them on the runway, because these won't be available on the web immediately.
#bananachips, j/k, #handmade #woodenbuttons
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