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Do you guys remember when I posted about a skirt I designed for Native(X)? Well, the skirt is originally priced at $70, but we're dropping the price to $50! Only 22 skirts were made so snatch them up while you can...... We're also offering up free returns. Check out the site for more information. 

It's summer, you know....

BY THE WAY this is the second prototype of the NATIVE(X) skirt I'm designing and selling (look a few posts down to read more about it). I decided to give it a spin..it's super nice, the pouf has definitely deflated and it keeps the wool extremely cool in the summer with enough room in the fall/winter for tucking in ridiculously large sweaters....ideal.

NATIVE(X) Skirt Project, step 1

My friend Mac contacted me to help design skirts using Pendleton fabric. He already had prototypes of the skirts made and all I have to do now is let people try them out, give me feedback and figure out how to make the skirts better. Jessica is wearing the small tall, for girls who are 5'8 and up. The small regular is 5'7 and shorter, but it really depends on how you wear your skirt.

There's a huge line behind her to try the skirt and tomorrow I'm handing it off to another girl. The goal from now until the end of school is to let as many people try the skirt out to get a lot of feedback on it so I can figure out what the sizing will be. Then I'm going to a seamstress with a few friends to get the skirts redesigned and make new prototypes. Hopefully the next set of skirts will be perfect so we can start selling them. In the meantime, I'm making myself a pair of loose white summery pants. Super excited right now, two projects going on at the same time!!

Pendleton&NATIVE(X)

Mariel and I love Pendleton. We have three Pendleton coats (one of them is my mom's) and too Pendleton blankets scattered around our house. My coat demonstrates the more tradition, well tailored side of Pendleton, while Mariel's is made from the Native American fabric. The patterns are crazy interesting and the colors used are incredibly saturated. And the fact that the blankets have different colors on either sides makes them all the more better....

I was walking around my house finding everything Pendleton and this blanket is by far the best. Then I found the red one on my way to my room (I was a little peeved about the lack of blankets in our house so I asked my mom where all they all went and supposedly they're up at the mountains, so next time I go, I will snap some pictures because they are sooo worth sharing):

Mort Bishop's son, Mac, was Mariel's classmate from kindergarten through senior year and now he's a junior at Cornell. Mac started NATIVE(X) as a little start-up apparel project. With this brand, Mac aspires to work with Indigenous people around the world to help them sell and market their creations. He's selling these shorts (starting at $98):

Only 24 pairs were produced and a limited number remain.
Click here and here for more details and ordering information.