NV at the FabricDiscoveryCenter
Donation protected
Please help support our re-launch. We,ve put in 3 years of hard work creating New Vestures; a fashion and textile maker's co-working space. We are finally in the home stretch.
Now New Vestures is requesting your help with some of the start-up costs.
With your help,
We will re-launch this January with programming supportive to small business growth, workforce training and community education.
Support employment opportunities, increase job skills.
$10,000 will cover workforce training costs for 20 participants.
Assist small business growth and the creative economy.
$5000. financial assistance for full time memberships, small business mentorship and production assistance for a qualifying individual.
$2000 will get us moved into our new space.
$2000 will buy 6 dress forms, essential for apparel development.
$1000 will fully equip our hardware station with snap setting, rivet press and leather working tools.
Thanks for helping us make changes in the way we consume and manufacture apparel and textiles.
MissionEncourage and increase apparel manufacturing and job growth in the commonwealth by contributing to the fashion and textile ecosystem through workforce training and support for innovation.
Our goal is to support a community of fashion designers, entrepreneurs and innovators who believe through creative, sustainable apparel, textile innovation and manufacturing practices will improve lives and better the world.
The fast fashion industry has has driven jobs overseas to countries with very poor enviromental and labor standards. It has become the second largest polluter in the world. US consumtion alone produces 12 million tons of textile waste annually. The average hourley wage for garment workers is; Bangladesh $0.24, Cambodia $0.45, Pakistan $0.52, Vietnam $0.53, China $1.26. Workers are forced to work 16 hours a day in miserable conditions. New Vestures along with many others is part of a growing movement to create more ethically made apparel and bring manufacturing jobs to the US. We hope to encourage an increase of sustainable practices. Here in Lowell we are re-igniting the textile revolution through job training, affordable space for entrepreneurs and
innovators.
We are proud to have trained 30 individuals from the refugee community who now have jobs in the industry.
Thanks for your generosity!
Now New Vestures is requesting your help with some of the start-up costs.
With your help,
We will re-launch this January with programming supportive to small business growth, workforce training and community education.
Support employment opportunities, increase job skills.
$10,000 will cover workforce training costs for 20 participants.
Assist small business growth and the creative economy.
$5000. financial assistance for full time memberships, small business mentorship and production assistance for a qualifying individual.
$2000 will get us moved into our new space.
$2000 will buy 6 dress forms, essential for apparel development.
$1000 will fully equip our hardware station with snap setting, rivet press and leather working tools.
Thanks for helping us make changes in the way we consume and manufacture apparel and textiles.
MissionEncourage and increase apparel manufacturing and job growth in the commonwealth by contributing to the fashion and textile ecosystem through workforce training and support for innovation.
Our goal is to support a community of fashion designers, entrepreneurs and innovators who believe through creative, sustainable apparel, textile innovation and manufacturing practices will improve lives and better the world.
The fast fashion industry has has driven jobs overseas to countries with very poor enviromental and labor standards. It has become the second largest polluter in the world. US consumtion alone produces 12 million tons of textile waste annually. The average hourley wage for garment workers is; Bangladesh $0.24, Cambodia $0.45, Pakistan $0.52, Vietnam $0.53, China $1.26. Workers are forced to work 16 hours a day in miserable conditions. New Vestures along with many others is part of a growing movement to create more ethically made apparel and bring manufacturing jobs to the US. We hope to encourage an increase of sustainable practices. Here in Lowell we are re-igniting the textile revolution through job training, affordable space for entrepreneurs and
innovators.
We are proud to have trained 30 individuals from the refugee community who now have jobs in the industry.
Thanks for your generosity!
Organizer
Diana Jaye Coluntino
Organizer
Lowell, MA
