Archive for the ‘Videos’ Category

How to milk a spider

December 7, 2010

Milking goats, O.K. Milking cows, O.K. But milking spiders for silk? Now that is just preposterous. Or is it?

Summer Rayne Oakes of Source4Style explores how to milk a spider in the second installation of THE CUTTING EDGE: Sustainable Design News in 60 Seconds (or something like that).

View silks on Source4Style here.

Summer Rayne Oakes of Source4Style explores how to milk a spider in the second installation of THE CUTTING EDGE: Sustainable Design News in 60 Seconds (or something like that).

View silks on Source4Style here.

How much silk does a silkworm silk?

November 13, 2010

Watch the facts you never knew (or perhaps didn't want to know) about silk production.

Summer Rayne Oakes of Source4Style explores how much silk a silkworm silks in THE CUTTING EDGE: Sustainable Design News in 60 Seconds (or something like that).

Source Tassar (peace) silk on Source4Style now.

This episode is brought to you by MODO Eco.

Summer Rayne Oakes of Source4Style explores how much silk a silkworm silks in THE CUTTING EDGE: Sustainable Design News in 60 Seconds (or something like that).

Source Tassar (peace) silk on Source4Style now.

This episode is brought to you by MODO Eco.

Source4Style launches “The Cutting Edge” videos

November 13, 2010

Source4Style launches a new video newscast called, "The Cutting Edge: Sustainable design news in 60 seconds (or something like that)."

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Source4Style launches “The Cutting Edge” – Sustainable Design News

November 10, 2010. New York, NY. Source4Style, the premier destination to search and source sustainable materials and services online announces the launch of a series of sustainable design videos called The Cutting Edge: Sustainable Design News in 60 seconds (or something like that).
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Source4Style launches “The Cutting Edge” – Sustainable Design News

November 10, 2010. New York, NY. Source4Style, the premier destination to search and source sustainable materials and services online announces the launch of a series of sustainable design videos called The Cutting Edge: Sustainable Design News in 60 seconds (or something like that).

Described as “Talk Soup meets CNN,” The Cutting Edge highlights innovations in sustainability and technology from the frontline of fashion. Hosted by Source4Style Co-founder, Summer Rayne Oakes, the series features graphic editing and writing with a comedic twist.

“Source4Style is a new way to source online so we wanted news videos with a fresh perspective to storytelling so we decided to go the humorous route,” says Oakes. “Sustainability is such a serious matter, it’s nice to temper that sincerity with a good belly laugh.”

For the first few months, The Cutting Edge will feature a new video every four weeks and then become more frequent in the first quarter of 2011. Videos can be viewed at http://www.source4style.com/S4.

About Source4Style:
Source4Style was founded by Summer Rayne Oakes and Benita Singh in October 2009 and launched in Public Beta on October 4, 2010. It is an online B2B marketplace that allows designers and brands to search and source sustainable materials and services from a curated network of global suppliers. For more information please visit: www.Source4Style.com.

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New Suppliers and a new look for Source4Style

September 18, 2010

In just a little over two weeks, Source4Style will unveil the public beta site.

9.17.10 Report: Source4Style will be launching in a little over two weeks with a fresh design, new videos and a host of information on materials from suppliers around the globe.

9.17.10 Report: Source4Style will be launching in a little over two weeks with a fresh design, new videos and a host of information on materials from suppliers around the globe.

Source4Style heads to the Green Shows

September 12, 2010

It's Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York and the first day of the Green Shows.

9.12.10 Report: Summer Rayne Oakes heads to The Green Shows to support a venue for sustainable designers and reveals that Source4Style is about 18 days away from launch.

9.12.10 Report: Summer Rayne Oakes heads to The Green Shows to support a venue for sustainable designers and reveals that Source4Style is about 18 days away from launch.

Christian Siriano sources on Source4Style for Spring ’11 Runway

September 9, 2010

Christian Siriano sourced some of the fiercest fabrics on Source4Style: Hand-pounded bark cloth from Uganda to round out his Asian- and African-inspired Spring '11 Collection.

Source4Style Shows up on New York Fashion Week Runway

September 9, 2010

Source4Style Public Beta will launch in about twenty days and shows up on the runway at NY Fashion Week.

9.9.10 Report: The Source4Style team has been working around the clock to prepare the Public Beta version, which will be launching in about 20 days time. Christian Siriano, an early private beta designer, sourced some of Source4Style’s more novel materials, like the hand-pounded barkcloth from Uganda for his Spring 2011 collection at New York Fashion Week at Lincoln Center.

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Christian Siriano sourced one of Source4Style’s more novel materials for his Spring 2011 runway collection – hand-pounded Bark Cloth from Uganda.

9.9.10 Report: The Source4Style team has been working around the clock to prepare the Public Beta version, which will be launching in about 20 days time. Christian Siriano, an early private beta designer, sourced some of Source4Style’s more novel materials, like the hand-pounded barkcloth from Uganda for his Spring 2011 collection at New York Fashion Week at Lincoln Center.

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Christian Siriano sourced one of Source4Style’s more novel materials for his Spring 2011 runway collection – hand-pounded Bark Cloth from Uganda.