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The Uniform Project
www.theuniformproject.com
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I have pledged to wear one dress for one year as an exercise in sustainable fashion. The challenge is to reinvent this uniform everyday with layers, accessories and all kinds of accouterments. I'll post a daily snapshot of my progress here for you to see and enjoy. This is also a year-long fundraiser for Akanksha's School Project, a grassroots foundation that is revolutionizing education in India. The money raised at the end of the year will be put towards funding school uniforms for slum children in India.
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Stylish. Sustainable. Socially Conscious.

Sheena gives the World Bank the inside scoop on the Uniform Projects inception, year 1 rundown, and whats coming next. In the wee hours of Monday morning, Sheena and I boarded the Amtrak at Penn Stat...

17 jul 10 1 person likes this

New U.P Dress & Pattern Release!

With the Limited Edition dresses in the happy hands of LBDers around the globe, wed like to address the many requests weve been getting for more dresses. Were thrilled to announce that we are releasi...

29 jun 10

Live Chat @ Pattern Review

Feel like having a little Sunday supper chat with Sheena and Tara St. James? PatternReview.com is hosting a live chat sesh with our ladies this coming Sunday. So jot down some of those questions youv...

27 jun 10

Face-Off

What do you dress for? Seriously, think about it. Remove the preconditioned notion that its socially unacceptable to walk around sans clothes. There are a number of reasons, some functional and some ...

16 jun 10

Press Links

______________________________ ______________________________ ______ PRESS (US) 06.05.10 NBC Thread|NY "The Uniform Projects Expert Accessorizer Takes Us..." 05.18.10 CNN Living "How to w...

12 jun 10

U.P Looking for a Front End Coder

We have an opening for a part time volunteer position for a front end coder to help expand our online platform for the Year 2 launch. We need someone with an eye for design detail (who will pay atten...

07 jun 10

What is GOOD design?

What do you want to be when you grow up? A doctor, teacher, fireman used to be the standard responses, but as the world’s needs evolve, so does how we meet them. Last Thursday we heard four women spe...

03 jun 10

Strings attached : (Re)Fashioning Fiber

Imagine walking up a couple narrow flights of stairs into the attic to find the insides of your Grandmas sewing box transformed into ethereal works of art. You’re surrounded by knitted body organs, f...

24 may 10

Press Links

PRESS (US) 06.11.09 NBC Washington "1 Dress + 365 Days = The Uniform Project" 06.11.09 The Huffington Post "NYC Designer Wears Uniform For A Year To Raise..." 06.17.09 Flavorwire &...

20 may 10

Follow… the… balloons

Remember when Sheenas brother Sean ran the NY marathon for the U.P? This post is grossly overdue but we wanted to give you a full account of his run, a story that makes the hairs on our skin rise eve...

20 may 10

Making the Dress: The Epiphany

When I first met Sheena in 2008, I had come to the conclusion that fashion made a better creative outlet than a meaningful career. At that time, I had made the decision to walk away from the fashion ...

20 may 10

Fashion Week is upon us

New York is moving full speed ahead against the elements, amping up for seven days of fierce. But if you arent one of the select few taking refuge in the tents, fret not, you can still get your daily...

20 may 10

U.P.F.W Day 1 : STUDY NY

Tara St. James first wrote to us early last summer. And ever since our first meeting, Tara has been a steadfast supporter and good friend of the U.P. And over these past months our fondness and admir...

20 may 10

U.P.F.W Day 2 : SUNO

Eliza met Max Osterweis a few summers ago through mutual friends and they soon bonded over gin fizz cocktails and games of croquette. Max launched Suno in 2008, a fashion enterprise that we at the U....

20 may 10

U.P.F.W Day 3: SANS

Lika Volkova, the creative force behind SANS and a good friend to the U.P, is a true anomaly in the fashion world. Running SANS with Alessandro DeVito, who entered fashion himself by way of monitorin...

20 may 10

U.P.F.W Day 4: Scully

Another long-standing supporter of U.P, Scully is currently writing her Master’s thesis titled ‘Approaching Color, A New Curriculum’ at Brooklyns Pratt Institute. While working in the fashion industr...

20 may 10

Live from the Suno show, NYFW

The new kids on the block deliver on the hype. The Suno show was graced by all the fashion literati, from Anna Wintour to Susie Bubble. And the U.P represented with Sheena decked in Suno wear from he...

20 may 10

U.P.F.W Day 5: H Fredriksson

Another friend to the U.P, Helena Fredriksson’s ingenious pebble wrap necklace is one of our favorite staples. Hailing from Sweden, Helena heads the H Fredriksson label — modern, artistic and sustain...

20 may 10

U.P.F.W Day 6: Bahar Shahpar

A U.P/Shahpar collaboration has been long coming. We’ve been looking forward to working with this vivacious, vociferous talent for a long time now, so when Bahar agreed to donate pieces from her coll...

20 may 10

U.P.F.W Day 7: Snoozer Loser

Sonia Tay, the woman behind the label and artist collective Snoozer Loser doesnt have a designer profile. "That is so not me for a number of reasons," she says "I like the idea that each ...

20 may 10

LBD Monday: The first installment

And what a first its been! On March 1st, all of you U.P supporters around the globe donned your own LBDs and blew us away with your commitment and creativity. What started as a little creative experi...

20 may 10

Seeking a Graphic Design and Web Production Intern

With the 365th day of the U.P drawing near and future plans bubbling, the Uniform Project needs some help with a couple of design projects. The skill set we need is solid photoshop expertise and web ...

20 may 10

What is sustainable about fashion?

When posed with the question, "What is sustainable fashion?" the industry has come to no agreement. The luxury and couture designers claim its timeless design and quality that allow their des...

20 may 10 1 person likes this

U.P party in Oz!

Sheenas ever enterprising brother Sean, who has moved to Sydney for the year, has charmed us again by organizing a U.P party for all our supporters and friends in Oz. So if you are in Sydney this Sun...

20 may 10

Day 1. Year 2.

On May 1st 2010, at the stroke of midnight, with a festive atmosphere in full effect, surrounded by friends old and new, Sheena slipped into a new dress, albeit one that was reclaimed, recycled, reno...

20 may 10

Behind the scenes of our LBD photoshoot

In light of the incredible success of our Limited Edition LBD sale (sold out in a week!) and dress production now underway at our local factory (well have more updates soon), weve been meaning to sha...

20 may 10

Goto Show

Picture this. Stillness in a room full of people. One pristine bell sounds ... ding ... and a figure walks through the room in a trance wearing indigo chain mail made of tiny hand stitched squares of...

20 may 10

The eBay Green Team Steps U.P

If youve followed U.P closely, you may have noticed a couple of sharp spikes in our fundraiser for Akanksha this year. Perhaps youve been wondering who the angel donors of the project were? Well, the...

20 may 10

Hello, Goodbye

When you’re at a loss for words it's best to defer to the masters. So I’ll pinch from John & Paul, letting you know that when You say Goodbye, I say Hello >Because to say farewell would not be fair a...

30 apr 10

Hold on for one more day

Words fail to capture the multitude of emotions welling up as the curtains draw near. So I defer to Wilson Philips > Thrifted onesie donated by Jackie Sumell. Vintage pumps from ebay. 1 DAY LEFT! Don...

29 apr 10

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