shabd Bio:
Designer Shabd Simon-Alexander creates limited edition collections based on simple shapes with attention to fabric combinations and compositions. Her approach to working with fabrics draws from minimalist art, quiltmaking, and the folk costume tradition of beginning one dress with the remnants from the last.

She began doing her own hand dying to create fabrics that could interact playfully with the rigidity of manufactured prints, and has become known as one of this generation’s leading dye-artists, and credited with bringing tie-dye back to the forefront of fashion. Her breakthrough collection included a limited edition line of hand dyed accent pieces, inspired by NASA Hubble telescope photos of worlds being born and stars dying. They bring design, chance and chaos into a perfect balance.

Her namesake line has recently developed into a blank canvas to explore dyeing and painting techniques, and pieces are unique in color and design. It fuses two worlds, bringing hand dyed and hand painted fabrics together with classic designs, handsewn details and luxurious fabrics.The craftsmanship of the pieces is readily apparent, and pieces are finished with the upmost attention to detail. Quality natural fibers are used - luxurious silks, organic cottons, textured wools - and she is continually working to evolve the collection to include more environmentally-friendly fabrics. “It’s very important for me to be socially- and historically-conscious as well: I want to know where and how my clothes are made, and I want to know that they have a history behind them.”

Location
Brooklyn, USA

Website
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Interview
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