as the fashion and costume industries scramble to rebuild designs to new standards, here's a toolkit to work through the compliance requirements

The fashion industry produces 30 billion unsold garments every year. That number is not a tragedy. It is a design feature — and I have spent 15 years inside production at the highest levels watching it play out in real time. I am Gina Vincenza Van Epps, Emmy Award-winning celebrity seamstress, author of the Modern Garment District Model, and the person behind Shakira's Super Bowl Halftime Show costumes. I built a system to fix what is broken. Now I am putting the tools in you

Mass-produced goods are cheaper because they are designed to be. Lower labor costs. Faster production. Less attention per piece. When you pay more for custom or handmade work, you’re not overpaying.