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Sustainable designer Mara Hoffman to shutter business

Sustainable fashion designer Mara Hoffman is shuttering her New York-based brand. In a posting on the brand’s Instagram, Hoffman said after 24 years “it is time to take a pause for inbreath.” The brand’s Spring 2024 collection will be its last. Citing the difficulties of operating a sustainable fashion label in the industry Hoffman acknowledge...

Podcast

Mara Hoffman: a testament to being an “woke” fashion entrepreneur

In this podcast by Man Repeller, CFDA designer and social activist Mara Hoffman recalls her work on Women’s Work, a partnership with the non-profit advocacy group Art Not War. Through this portrait project, 25 feminists and activists served as models for Mara’s newest collection and, in the process, make a statement about the intersection of...

Fashion Featured

Spotlight on NYFW day 3

As fashion week rolls along, the designs are becoming more fabulous, the shows more exhilarating, and the fashion more fierce. Saturday at fashion week saw a heart stopping show from Lacoste, a glamorous presentation from Jay Godfrey, and the finest in apparel architecture from Max Azria. It is NYFW after all, so nothing but the best is to be...