Shabd Simon Alexander

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.

After studying art and photography at university, she continued her exploration into textiles in both a traditional and art based context, honing her skills in embroidery, weaving, fabric dyeing and tailoring, and exploring the roots of these traditions. Ever since, Shabd's aesthetic has been influenced by a sense of history, though she continues to look forward as she creates new collections. Her collection fuses two worlds, bringing hand dyed and hand painted fabric together with classic designs.

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Here's a nice peek into her studio: 

http://www.themakersproject.com/

Leila Antakly

Leila Antakly is the founder and editor of Antakly Projects, the independent cultural platform she launched in New York in 2003 as Ninu Nina. Syrian and Colombian, she began her career at Vogue Italia and has spent more than twenty years in conversation with artists, musicians, designers, photographers, and inspiring thinkers around the world.

https://www.ninunina.com/
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