Arts & Culture
Andres Biel looking at his designs. Isoke Samuel/Bklyner.On Sunday September 15, at the City Museum of New York, Andres Biel walked down a newly erected runway, past the flashing lights of photographers and wild applause of recently converted fans. At the end, he reached for his trophy and
Business
Malia Mills Photo Credit: Avi GlicksteinFour years ago, fashion designer Malia Mills moved her studio from the garment center in Manhattan to Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. She’d been in Manhattan since beginning the business in her apartment in 1993 in between nights waitressing at the Odeon. The
Central Brooklyn
Via Fashion Institute of TechnologyHey Brooklyn, Do you want to learn what it takes to start a clothing line? Let the Fashion Institute of Technology, Brooklyn Army Terminal [http://www.fitnyc.edu/ccps/fit-brooklyn.php] location help you answer the questions you have and those you did not know to
Central Brooklyn
Sunset Park, Brooklyn (via Fashion Institute of Technology)Hey Brooklyn! Are you trying to figure out how to get your clothing line off the ground, how to price your work or how to merge sustainability and ethics into your design process?The Fashion Institute of Technology [http://www.fitnyc.edu/
jobs
“Made in NY” Campus rendering via the Office of Mayor Bill de BlasioMayor Bill de Blasio announced yesterday [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/084-17/state-the-city-mayor-de-blasio-creates-made-ny-manufacturing-campus-bush-terminal-in#/0] the city’s $136 million plan for a 300,000-square-foot “Made in New York” Campus at Sunset Park’s Bush Terminal. Joined by
fort greene
There’s been another attack of thieving fashionistas [/blog/2016/06/02/thieving-fashionista-order-9k-barneys-victims-card/] at the Greene Grape Annex [/?s=greene+grape] (753 Fulton Street) and cops are asking for help in finding the two unknown male culprits, police say. The sticky-fingered sartorialists struck at 5:20pm on June 27 at
Arts & Culture
Rihanna steals the show in Calvin Harris’ new music video — well, her jumpsuit does anyway. And there’s a Pratt [/?s=pratt]grad to credit for it. 2016 Pratt Institute grad Isabel Hall [http://www.isabelhall.com/] designed the dress for her senior thesis project and not long after the
Announcements
Photo by: Natalie Viglione/Corner Media GroupGRAND OPENING! Sheepshead Bay’s newest woman’s clothing boutique, Prime Boutique, has only been open for a few weeks, but has already attracted a steady following and plenty of repeat customers. Why? Because it’s bringing trendy, modern looks to the neighborhood, nothing
Arts & Culture
Patrons of Greenlight Bookstore peruse the tables of new books. (Photo by Jose Bayona)Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Check back Thursday to see what’s scheduled this weekend! Submit your event listing [/calendar/] to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/
Albemarle Maxi Dress
Alexis wearing her Albemarle Maxi Dress [http://www.alexismera.com/collections/dresses/products/coming-april-albemarle-maxi-dress-in-grey-heather] . (Photo via Alexis Mera)Local fashion designer Alexis Mera [http://www.alexismera.com/] was so inspired by the neighborhood that she named all of her pieces after streets in the neighborhood. Now she has a popup
fashion
Zoe, age five, loves pineapples.Spring flowers are popping up all over the place, but not just in local parks and gardens — they’re also making appearances on kids clothing! Shirts, sunglasses, hats, sneakers and more are showing signs of sunshine celebrations everywhere we turn, so we took the opportunity
business insider
In what will come as no surprise to the chic men of Clinton Hill, Business Insider [http://www.businessinsider.com/coolest-new-small-businesses-in-brooklyn-2014-9] has named Leisure Life NYC [http://www.leisurelifenyc.com] (559 Myrtle Avenue between Emerson and Classon Avenues) one of the 25 coolest new business in Brooklyn. In a recent