A Family Crisis Inspires an Adaptive Clothing Company

Brittany Burke launches Uniteable to bring stylish options for wheelchair users and people with amputations

"...with chronic illnesses for whom shopping and putting on clothing was a challenge. Burke saw there was a stunning..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Shane Pfender

Manufactured Landscapes

With the eye of an artist, photographer Edward Burtynsky views the effects of China's industrial incursions into its natural landscape.

"...meditative in something as dreary and disheartening as a manufacturing plant. Then again, other documentaries aren’t about the topsy-turvy..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

After a Fashion

Stephen's brother sheds light on the shattered shards of the family looking glass

"...is because of Benson Roberts and his White Star Manufacturing (www.facebook.com/WhiteStarManufacturing) partner Markhollan Swientek (and a few private investors),..."

July 6, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Comfortable Carnage at Pallbearer Press

Horror experts Pallbearer Press make gore fashionable

"...and live screenprinting. Pallbearer Press sells all things horror; clothing, toys, and other collectibles, the shop caters to those..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Arts Feature by Robert Penson

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, January 1-7

"...PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In 2013, workers at a clothing manufacturing plant in Gazipur, Bangladesh staged a mass protest...."

Jan. 1, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

I Want My H&M!!!

Why has H&M left the Lone Star state out in the cold?

"...Euro-style fashion: H&M. Much to my dismay, the Swedish clothing giant – which operates more than 1,800 stores in..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Design Post by Christopher Carbone

Love Craft

Stitch Austin, your rockin' showplace for indie design

"...Sparkles of Sparkle Craft, Karly Hand of Identity Crisis Clothing, and Jennifer Perkins of Naughty Secretary Club), who meet..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Rylander's Prison Plans Not Sewn Up

Comptroller Rylander seeks to aid the war effort with Texas prisoners.

"...subtitle "Revenue & Tax," Rylander suggests (among other things) "manufacturing relief items, such as clothing and machinery, through prison..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Hightower Report

Get ready for the sweatshop tsunami; and Congress gives itself a raise

"...have been battering our country, but the surge of clothing and textiles flooding into our land from China, drowning..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

After a Fashion: AFWIII!

Stephen is almost ready for his close up, Mr. Bad JohnPaul...

"...You know the drill. Jewelry, hair, makeup, and clothing designers coming out of the woodwork. Boutique showcases and..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Longhorns for Laborers

Is Longhorn clothing made in sweatshops?

"...monitoring group, to ensure adequate working conditions in factories manufacturing Longhorn clothing. UT is currently affiliated with the Fair..."

May 6, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

Day Trips

Factory outlet stores offer great savings on everything from dominoes to ice chests

"...The Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Co. began in Bryan, Texas, in 1918 making bib..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Making Reuse Mainstream

Austin needs a combo of government leadership, corporate responsibility, and individual commitment to meet reuse benchmarks

"...is present across Austin, in consignment shops primarily peddling clothing and housewares. That retail mix makes north Burnet Road..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

aGLIFF: Like a Virgin on the Runway in Trinidad

Onward through aGLIFF, night 2!

"...a show at fashion week and begins to manufacture clothing. The real boon of Eleven Minutes is that it..."

Sept. 6, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...still exist in thousands of overseas factories which produce clothing for the mega-store, which has faced its share of..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Feature

Father’s Day Gift Guide

Hop on this crop of opps for top Pops shops

"...with team members in Austin, Dallas, and Houston, has manufacturing and retail partners across the state and beyond, and..."

June 9, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

Austin slowly thaws out from an unprecedented – but not entirely unexpected – disaster

"...Brown signed an executive order that would force "all manufacturing, industrial, and commercial businesses" to "minimize non-essential processes and..."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

The Foodservice Community: Keeping It Together

Because pretty much everybody is in the damn weeds atm

"...nothing taken out of the transaction except the bare manufacturing costs?..."

March 26, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Luv Doc: A Li'l Spendy

The kind of economic Übermensch G-Dubs prayed for back in '07

"...As G-Dubs would earnestly try to make you understand,..."

April 7, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

A House of My Own: Stories From My Life

In this collection of essays, letters, lectures, and more, Sandra Cisneros opens wide the doors to the house of her life

"...border: "In a time when 75 percent of the manufacturing industry is owned by American corporations operating in Mexico,"..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Melanie Haupt

TV Eye

It's spring-cleaning at "TV Eye," and we're clearing out the inbox

"...treasures but some designers are working exclusively with discarded clothing to create something entirely new and unique...."

May 2, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Jeans: A Cultural History of an American Icon

Yes, jeans are iconically American, but however many ways this is restated, it does nothing to quell the question of ... so what?

"...a manufacturer whose 501 jeans were the most successful clothing item in the world and whose annual sales tanked..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Books Review by John Dicker

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...a reputable institution for learning the finer points of manufacturing foam rubber bullet hits. Once back in Austin, Day..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Texas Growth Fund

The Texas Growth Fund is a bipartisan creation.

"...of those companies -- including a manufacturer of children's clothing in El Campo and a heavy equipment vendor in..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Postmarks

Do the Right Thing

"...paid an entry-level wage of $7.50 per hour for manufacturing specialists. We pay $8 per hour. The actual average..."

March 27, 1998 Column

The Zine Scene

Anthologies Top the Underground Stream

"...relationship, breast feeding, lounges, selling out, lap dancing, how clothing brands are like boyfriends (J. Crew = a writer..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Books Feature by Stuart Wade