we had a busy wednesday. first we had a meet me at the corner filming at 10:30 am. it was at 38th street between 7th and 8th avenue, and we had a nice walk there from home. donna's son colin filmed this episode (it was m's first time doing a full episode with him) and it went very quickly and smoothly. mother and son worked very well together! you could sense donna's confidence with colin, and colin's intuition in setting up the angles that he knew his mom needed to make the piece interesting and fun. the icing on this video was that erin, one of the designers for suno (and here), grew up with colin in their neighborhood in colorado, and donna has known her since she was 3 years old. it was a real family affair.
erin and her co-workers sketch out many of the designs for the material, and then send it out to mills to be made up into fabric. this fascinated m and c and i! we thought we would enjoy creating different and intricate designs for fabric!
erin says the company below her on the 9th floor makes up the patterns and samples for the garments, which are then sent to kenya for production. it was exciting to go down and see them at work with all her clothes. the woman to the left is ironing a vest, and the workers in the back were sewing dresses. we also saw a man working elaborate denim stitching on a jacket with a heavy duty sewing machine.
