Resources
TEXTILE WASTE
Ghana’s Kantamanto market, “a bustling labyrinth of 5,000 retailers and their timber stalls, many of them overflowing with the West’s unwanted fashion.”
Chile's Atacama Desert, clothing pile dump visible to satellites in outer space
The Remake Fashion Accountability Report Chart on “scoring 52 large fashion companies on traceability, wages/well being of workers, commercial practices, raw material, environmental justice and governance.”
Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024 Progress and details
TEXTILE FIBERS
DEADSTOCK suppliers within Los Angeles
Ragfinders of California (downtown fashion district) 20yd minimum
Mood Fabrics (close to downtown) selected rolls by yard
Remainders Creative Reuse (Pasadena) selected rolls by yard, scraps
BIOREGIONAL MATERIALS within California
Northern CA
Lani’s Lana - wool fabric, wool skeins
Sally Fox - colored cotton fabric, wool and cotton skeins
A Verb for Keeping Warm - fabric shop that carries wool skeins made by mostly local producers, occasional regional fabrics offered
Southern CA
Cuyama Lamb- wool skeins from sheep grazier in Santa Barbara
Socal Fibershed Regional Source book - small local producers of Socal
NATURAL DYE WORKSHOPS within Los Angeles
Graham Keegan, Silverlake
Berbo Studio, Altadena
The Dogwood Dyer, online tutorials
COMMUNITY DYE BATHS
Send in your garnments/fabric goods by mail or dropped off to be redyed, monthly colors provided
Suay, Downtown LA (not natural dyes, but also does a lot of repurposing)
Green Mattern Natural Dye, PA, natural dye monthly colors
NATURAL DYE TOOLS / MATERIALS
Botanical Colors, Washington, CA
Maiwa, Vancouver, BC/Canada