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...Winmil Fabrics is a dingy, unassuming store overflowing with fabrics in every color and texture: from stretch cotton to light chiffon, patterned fleeces to psychedelic prints, faux fur to feather boas, oversized buttons, sturdy zippers, and spools of thread. This is square one for fashion design, a place where three dollars will buy you thirty inches of zipper...

Author: By Kate E. Cetrulo and Emily C. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: FM's Third Annual Fast Fashion Challenge | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...morning of the show, Dang left for Winmil Fabrics in Boston, where she’s shopped for other costume and design projects in the past. She spent only 10 minutes and $23.92 at the store—eight cents shy of the $24 limit—and bought four yards of black and white jersey fabric. “I knew ahead of time I wanted jersey, black and white. It took longer getting there than shopping...

Author: By Kate E. Cetrulo and Emily C. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: FM's Third Annual Fast Fashion Challenge | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...won’t have much time, so she keeps the concepts simple. With an idea for her “space-age cocktail dress” in mind, she heads out with fellow competitor, Vicky D. Sung ’10, to a fabric store in Boston. Winmil Fabrics is a dingy, unassuming store overflowing with fabrics in every color and texture: from stretch cotton to light chiffon, patterned fleeces to psychedelic prints, faux fur to feather boas, oversized buttons, sturdy zippers, and spools of thread. This is square one for fashion design, a place where three dollars will...

Author: By Sha Jin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lucy W. Baird ’10 | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

...class of 1678. Dang says her initial reaction was an incredulous, “How am I going to do this?!” She started thinking of Mather house, puritans, and witches, in order to get ideas. At 10 a.m. the morning of the show, Dang left for Winmil Fabrics in Boston, where she’s shopped for other costume and design projects in the past. She spent only 10 minutes and $23.92 at the store—eight cents shy of the $24 limit—and bought four yards of black and white jersey fabric...

Author: By Catherine J. Zielinski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Quinn L. Dang ’09 | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

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