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Alabama Chanin back at Fashion Week

Submitted by stsmith1 on 09/13/2009 - 14:26

I was happy to see Natalie Chanin was back at Fashion Week with her Alabama Chanin label.

Chanin, a graduate of N.C. State's College of Design, has built a successful fashion business making sure there's as little waste as possible, and keeping as many jobs as she can in her community. The garments are all sewn by women out of their homes in Alabama, and the fabrics are new, organic or recycled. Many are grown in the United States.

The spring collection is a little more tailored and a little less earthy and Bohemian (although there's still plenty of it) than I remembered from previous Alabama collections. The standouts really seem to be the coats, made with lots of rich textured fabrics

I love this one particular coat. I can only imagine the love and care that went into making it.

(Photo by Peter Stanglmayr / Courtesy of Alabama Chanin)

Alabama Chanin teams up with HBO on new T-shirts

Submitted by stsmith1 on 03/27/2009 - 13:40

N.C. State grad Natalie Chanin has taken an interesting and somewhat surprising step for her fashion design company.


She's teamed up with the HBO Shop in New York with a special collection of Alabama Chanin for HBO limited-edition, embellished T-shirts. Each design will be one-of-a-kind, handmade and recycled from previous HBO collections. That means each shirt will have logos or key themes from hit shows such as "Entourage," "True Blood," "Flight of the Conchords," "Sex & the City," and "The Sopranos."

The collection will include men's and women's shirts and each will have Natalie's signature hand-stitching, embroidery and applique details.

Look for the collection in April at the HBO Shop in New York City (1100 6th Ave. at 42nd St.) and at www.HBO.com/store. The t-shirts will cost between $65 and $85.

Chanin,who gradated from State in 1987, has made a name for herself in the slow craft movement with her Alabama Chanin brand. She's known for turning old T-shirts into couture garments and selling them in stores such as Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue. People know her work by her exaggerated quilting and stitching techniques from the Depression-era South. All of the clothes are handmade by Alabama artisans.
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