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PinkyShears coverage of New York City’s Save The Garment Center Rally will be posted later today, with photos and video from the event.

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Upcoming feature documentary Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags, premiering Monday October 19th at 9 pm on HBO. Paul Cavazza who we featured earlier in the week is in this movie. So be sure to catch it!

Press Release for PinkyShears.com

Announcing the launch of PinkyShears.com, a web magazine created to foster communication across the different aspects of the fashion industry, from design, to manufacture, to marketing.

Geared towards students, industry professionals, and anyone whose curiosity is piqued by Project Runway, PinkyShears.com will use interviews, profiles and news roundups to rebuild communication across the industry.

Free content will include:

* A gallery of contributors’ and readers designs.
* Resources for designers creating their own clothing lines.
* Fashion history and current industry news

Real or Fake Bags. “This is the Musée de la Contrefaçon (Museum of Counterfeiting), a fascinating five-room short course in the history of knock-offs, counterfeits and blatant infringements.”

Next Week:  Interview With Paul Cavazza of Create-A-Marker.
Need help grading patterns or creating a marker?  Don’t know what that is?
In our 5 Post series Paul will explain patterning terms, his role in the industry, and why he likes working with new designers.

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Coco Before Chanel opens tomorrow, 9/25, in New York & LA.
We ran into this poster on the street today which reminded us to remind you of the premier.  If you see it this weekend please drop us a quick line with your thoughts.

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Thanks,  PinkyShears

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