Fabrickit is a collection of wearable electronic modules that make it easy to construct wearable projects. And if you still need some inspiration or guidance, you can have a look at the tutorials!

Last week, the WWD Apparel & Retail CEO Summit Conference took place in New York city. One of the speakers was Jack Nickell, the founder and chief strategy officer of ‘crowdsourced’ fashion brand Threadless. During the conference, he talked about the importance of the online community on their website.

Nickell talked about how Threadless is about celebrating their community’s work and that this should be reflected across the brand. According to PSFK, he said that “the reason they haven’t partnered with large retailers is that they can’t tell the story behind the tees in the same way they can on their own site”.

Nickell also stated that user voting was vital because of the impact it has on building the community. He said: “It is more valuable to have a user score a design than have them buy a tee.”

Read about it here!

Have you always wanted to make your own pair of shoes? I know I have!!

And it is possible. In East London, I CAN make Shoes - an initiative of Australian shoe designer Amanda Luisa – organises 3-day workshops for amateurs, like me, that dream of making their own pair of killer shoes and take them back home afterwards.

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Looking for that particular shoe that exists in your mind but can’t be found in the stores! Look no further and just browse to Shoes of Prey. Shoes of Prey is an Australian website that lets you create custom  shoes online.

So how does it work? You start by choosing one of the six starting designs — ranging from gladiator heels to ballet flats. And afterwards … the fun starts by altering the whole form of the shoe by choosing the toe, back, heel, decorations and of course the leather or fabric.

So why keep on searching for that one shoe of you just can design it yourself!

The London-based label DIYcouture launched its debut collection DIYC<now/>.

DIYC<now/> is not the average clothing collection. Instead of buying a finished garment, one purchases a book containing a set of instructions to make that particular garment yourself.

Their message:

“Inspired by the thousands of invisible pairs of hands around the globe that make the clothes we buy, DIYcouture hopes to inspire people to turn off their screens and get up to their elbows in the 3-dimensional world of creation. It supports the slow revolution. Helping people to produce garments that are precious, rather than disposable, this is the antithesis of fast-fashion.”