Sweatshop Couture Café: - "His hand work on the sewing machine A Cafe in Paris"
read on austrianfashion.net:
" As early March 2010, the winter collection of Pelican was presented Avenue in a homely atmosphere of the storefront, told designer Carol Lerch, that this is a run to the Cyber Café principle Nähstube acted Simple for Paris not without daring idea for the recently opened room. jobs with sewing machine by the hour or rented by the day, with - for editing technology novices not insignificant - allow local complete sewing kit, consisting of purchase pre-cut fabrics and all necessary accessories. Anyone with the higher tailoring or the finesse of knitting is not familiar, need not despair. Sweatshop in Paris also held a range of courses that give adults and children all the necessary knowledge
It turned out that a the two operators of this neat DIY space-Sissi, the Austrian designer Holleis is that has brought together with the Swiss Martena Duss this company. Sweatshop Paris is located in the non unhippen 10th Parisian arrondissement to try to get a little unusual appeal to a broad-minded clientele flair: "What we do here has, of course, a bit alternative and has a kind of Berlin-Touch - Paris does indeed rather different," White Holleis, who has lived twenty years in the French capital, where from 1995 2007 her own label with an attached boutique operation. "Paris is rather posh and Bobo - this department we have to make our concept of local people first tasty.."
The hoped-for success of the Sweat Shop, meanwhile, is based on several factors: First, is of course the current wave of DIY-operated, which, due to the crisis pleased its wide appeal. Sissi wants Holleis However, this aspect does not unduly emphasize it refers to other things. Thus, the sweatshop to help one to close a gap in the French educational system. "It is also important that people learn in general crafts -. In France is not even a subject taught in elementary school here that is largely devoid."
Apart from the course units which have already been mentioned, ready assembled sewing kit is also an incentive for adult visitors - are another especially those that were created in collaboration with guest designers. As timely a Pelican Avenue as collection of textile-kit is available - collaborations with other designers to follow, and also regularly held performances and happenings in the Sweatshop be. The matter is thus in many ways represents an exciting and ambitious project that you hope to do the hard pavements of Paris the necessary durability. "
It is also in Berlin, Kreuzberg since 2007 Nähcafe calls itself LINKLE:
LINKLE Stitch 'n Bitch Café is a café with five tables, 12 chairs, a cutting table and 10 sewing machines. Customers can during the opening times simply walk in, sit down at a job and get started. Here the customer is always a perfectly functioning machine available at home and saves them is the mess. In addition, there is always someone there who can help with any problems.
The shop is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 13.00 bis 22.00 clock, Sunday by appointment only. Any person may at any moment of the opening times have entered the shop and for 5, - € per hour do the work. This allows customers to rate the Nähstunde with their schedules, and they must no consideration to fixed rate times the Linkle offering as well.
The shop is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 13.00 bis 22.00 clock, Sunday by appointment only. Any person may at any moment of the opening times have entered the shop and for 5, - € per hour do the work. This allows customers to rate the Nähstunde with their schedules, and they must no consideration to fixed rate times the Linkle offering as well.
fashion club and Critical crafting café in Electrical patron, Vienna
For the future, the fashionistas of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna lot: A mode in the electric club patrons and a café Crafting Critical to as events in the spring offer fun for all fashion conscious. Elke Gaugele in an interview with AUSTRIANFASHION.NET "... what I find exciting in Austria, is the interface of art and Fashion, socially critical approach is a specifically Austrian phenomenon "
2007/08 founded Elke Gaugele, Elisabeth Freiss (both at the Academy of forming arts, fashions and styles Diplom-/Lehramtsstudiums), Verena Kuni (art teacher Uni Frankfurt), Elke Zobl. and Sonja Eismann (external lecturers) the Critical Crafting Circle - an activist-feminist group, the analysis presents the history of manual labor in their publication Craft Ista hand as activism (valve-Verlag) (manual instructions - in the 19th century Civil journals promoted - are authorized to female production strategies; Terms such as "revolutionary knitting", "yarn bombing" or "squatting knitters" are picked up and illuminated historic for German-speaking).
Critical crafting Café ... was the first time on 3 April 2010 at the Electric patrons ( Mariahilfer Strasse 1010, 1060) instead. I had time yet abroad and could not be there ... next!
Originally coming from the punk scene, the DIY trend is now arrived in the high-end fashion:
so there from luxury label Fendi a Stickköfferchen about 690 €, the yarn, needles, thimble and embroidery instructions mitliefert, so that even the unkreativste Fashionista participate in this trend and embroider her glittering dress itself can.
seen in Glamour magazine, January 2010 issue
