About this Event
Lizzy Gee's Vers Takeover! March 27th-30th
Exclusive designer sales & promos! Learn from local designers how to upcycle fabric scraps & create an accessory to match your fave outfit! Lizzy will be popping up with new designs for these four days. Also, outside of the hours of the workshops Lizzy is offering a donation based consultations for upcycling, repurposing, and repairing clothing. Please sign up if you'd like to join in for the fun workshops or ask sustainable fashion advice.
March 27th-28th
Lizzy Gee Spring Has Sprung SALE! 35% OFF ALL sweaters, jackets, coats, & archival designs at VERS only. And with the purchase of a regular priced design- choose a complimentary eco-resin accessory to pair with it!
March 27th-30th
Sustainable fashion designer, Miranda Watson, joins the popup shop!
March 29th 2-5pm
Lizzy Gee’s Eco-Resin Workshop
Make your own eco-resin fabric-casted accessories
Lizzy Gee, a sustainable fashion designer, leads a lesson in how to make jewelry with Eco-Resin and fabric scraps!
They’ve been experimenting and honing this innovative craft, that uses a material that is NOT plastic to mold into any shape you can imagine. They use the genius method of embedding the smallest scraps from their collections, so that nothing goes to waste.
This workshop is perfect for those who want learn to do resin-pours, textile artists who want to make brilliant use of your smallest scraps, and anyone who wants to spend a few hours making your own beautiful jewelry! Choose between a pair of earrings, necklace, and/or keychain!
All materials are supplied! Eco-Resin, molds, and a dehumidifier for fast-drying! Bring your own beloved too-good-to-toss scraps, or use Lizzy Gee’s gorgeous textile tidbits!
The class fee is $sliding scale donation- $20-40 is recommended and appreciated in order to cover material/equipment costs. We want to make this accessible to everyone! So if you can afford pay more, please do!
March 30th 2-5pm
Miranda Watson’s Tailoring & Alterations Workshop
Watch Miranda tailoring live and bring clothing you need alteration advice about
Miranda Watson is a fashion designer, tailor, and textile artist operating under her eponymous sustainable clothing and accessories brand, MIRANDA WATSON. Watson has a keen sense for employing eco-friendly materials such as Tencel, a lyocell fiber sourced from renewable wood. In a 2018 Vogue feature, Emily Farra describes Watson as an “on the rise, eco-minded designer” while quoting the designer as saying, “conscious buying is how we’re going to change the industry.” Watson, who grew up immersed in the heart of New York’s feminist art scene as the daughter of artist Sharon Gold, takes her earliest memories of art and culture into each project she tackles.
All materials are supplied but you may also bring your own fabric scraps as well. The class fee is $sliding scale donation- $20-40 is recommended and appreciated in order to cover material/equipment costs. We want to make this accessible to everyone! So if you can afford pay more, please do!
Spaces are limited! Get your ticket to reserve your spot!
The popup shops & workshop takes place at VERS :: Clothing for People, a boutique of rad local designers, like Lizzy, who all hand-make their own creations. Find us online @versbk.nyc and in Bushwick at 1329 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn off the Jefferson L. Open for shopping Wed-Sun 12-8PM + events and workshops like this!
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
VERS :: Clothing for People, 1329 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, United States
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