Artists and Makers – Textiles, Wearable


Banner image by Lobo Mau

Ceramics, Functional
Ceramics, Sculptural
Furniture
Glass
Jewelry
Leatherwork 
Metalwork
Mixed Media
Textiles, Fibers
Textiles, Wearable
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Asata Maisé

Asata Maisé’s garments are just a reflection of the designer’s passionate commitment to personal development, inspiring others, and preserving a tradition that has become overlooked with the rise of fast fashion.

Buddha Babe

Buddha Babe is a Philadelphia-based luxury design studio focusing on accessories for babies, toddlers, and the home.

conradbooker

Our core mission is the alchemy of art, fashion and design principles found in architecture to elevate and transform common materials into wearable works art. 

GOLDEN HOUR

GOLDEN HOUR’s small batch garments are hand sewn in Kensington using sustainable deadstock fabrics.

Granaté

Granaté by Annina King is a line comprising high-end, made to measue, and fully custom garments. 

Grant BLVD

Grant BLVD sources reclaimed fabrics, manufactures exclusively in Philadelphia, and supports incarcerated and returning citizens.

Hamid Holloman

Holloman’s pieces reflect the bold patterns, style, and vibe of city life by using abstract lines and vibrant colors to become a statement.

Ikiré Jones

Walé Oyéjidé and tailor Sam Hubler are described as two artists with a zeal for creating beautiful things that challenge the status quo.

K Riley

My training and specialties are in textile and apparel design, illustration, and costume history.

Keyonna Butler

Keyonna Butler is a designer and visual storyteller based in Philadelphia, PA. Since 2017, Keyonna has been passionate about the power of storytelling through cloth and wardrobe. Keyonna specializes in creating custom wearable art pieces for everyday wear.

Lillian Jackson Textiles

Each knit good is hand-loomed, with built-in shaping, finished on the knitting machine, then hand-dyed using low impact dyes and processes.

Lobo Mau

Rooted in slow fashion values, Lobo Mau is a zero waste company that produces with local factories and silk screens its original textiles in house. 

Madalynne Intimates

You’ll find me in my studio, designing my next collection, or teaching women how to make a perfectly fitted bra.

Malagueta

Sherman’s lively interpretations of color, pattern, texture, and shape pay homage to her passion for nature, world cultures, and the female body.

Marla Duran

I create two bodies of work: limited editions and one of a kind pieces. My strengths lie in the interesting fabrics and attention to detail.

MayFaire Moon Corsets & Costumes

Multiple corset lacings make these pieces not just incredibly versatile and accommodating, but also beautiful and unique.

Modest Transitions

Modest Transitions aims to empower women through conscious clothing, beauty and inclusion, while respecting Mother Earth.

NINObrand

NINObrand is a living, breathing representation of Bela Shehu’s resourceful spirit, ingenuity, and hard-won utilitarian design perspective.

Riverside Tool and Dye

All goods are hand-painted and dyed using natural fibers and small batch processes with a modern approach to tradtional Japanese dyeing techniques.

Roy Urban Kollection

Unique fusions made into existing and unique pieces that reveal the beauty of Africa from their beautiful handmade batik textiles, fashion designs and artworks.

Sandra Miller Design

Sandra’s innovative designs and top-quality craftsmanship have won her accolades throughout the craft and textile world. 

Sew Elevated

Sew Elevated is a leading modest fashion brand that provides contemporary styles for the discerning and sophisticated woman.

Sharon Bedford Designs

My wearable fiber art stems from a desire to make beautiful garments for color and texture lovers. I am intrigued and challenged by designing patterns in modules and blocks to get a watercolor like effect.

Steel Pony

When you buy one of our made to order pieces, it is sewn and dyed just for you.

Toile

Toile is a fashion atelier in Fishtown featuring the designs of local designers with products made domestically or by the designers themselves. 

Wear to Wall

Wear to Wall is a unique apparel brand because each design is produced as an individual iece, making it more like artwork.

West Oak Design

West Oak Design offers small batch and one of a kind goods for women and home, handcrafted by Christie Sommers.