We are very happy to be involved with Savage Senses. The water crisis is a huge problem, but with more organizations like Savage Senses stepping up to the plate and saying “No More” we can make a greater difference tomorrow than we did today. They have generously pledged 10% of their proceeds to Wine To Water and we can’t thank them enough for the support! So, we want to go ahead and highlight some of our favorite Savage Senses products.
A product that really caught my eye was the Recycled Glass Beach Charm Suede Necklace. I’ve walked on the beach countless times picking up random seashells and pieces of smoothed glass while thinking this would make a great necklace. Well, the SS crew beat me too it! I love the connection back to water too. Each piece is strung on a natural colored string of suede, so you know it’s comfortable. Very cool piece!
~Josh Elliott and the WinetoWater.org Team
We are very happy to be involved with Savage Senses. The water crisis is a huge problem, but with more organizations like Savage Senses stepping up to the plate and saying “No More” we can make a greater difference tomorrow than we did today. They have generously pledged 10% of their proceeds to Wine To Water and we can’t thank them enough for the support! So, we want to go ahead and highlight some of our favorite Savage Senses products.
—Josh Elliott and winetowater.org
Our inspiration board!
HAND-DIPPED NOMAD V-NECK TUNIC
© 2012 Joseph Moran. All Rights Reserved.
— with Erica Lawrence and Anly Krepinevich at NYC.
443 million school days are lost each year from water-related illness according to our friends at Water to Wine. Savage Senses donates to clean water programs to help create healthy, educated children.
1. What is your favorite sector of the Savage Senses brand?
My favorite part of Savage Senses is our one of a kind ready to wear pieces and accessories. The Water Raw Materials collection features silk georgette tunics and hand dyed linen scarves perfect for any look, day or night. Savage Senses uses a unique dying process that gives each piece irregularities that are truly one of a kind.
2. How has Savage Senses made a difference in clean water initiatives?
Savage Senses donates 10 % of sales to CNN Don Henley’s Wine to Water which is a non-profit aid organization focused on providing clean water to needy people around the world. Nearly one billion people in the world today lack access to adequate water and 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation. At Savage Senses we work to raise awareness to these issues through remaining completely eco conscience.
3. What sets SS apart from other brands?
What sets us apart from other brands is that each piece is designed, fabricated, and branded with care by its two owners Waldo Tejada and Gary Nelson. They both are world travelers and have been entrenched in the fashion industry for many years. They’re attention to detail and work ethic is flawless and it truly shows in each piece.
4. What types of events have you worked on for the brand?
For Savage Senses RT-PR helped launch the brand at The Jimmy during NYFW in February 2012. Right out of the gate, we were featured in Women’s Wear Daily…which for a new brand like Savage Senses is MAJOR! Recently, we launched our latest collection Water Raw Materials, at Environment Furniture showroom. DJ Cory Kennedy spun great music as our guests explored the new looks and accessories.
5. Describe the ideal Savage Senses customer.
Our ideal customer is of course casual and chic but also aware of the role each of us play in creating a more conscience world.
We’d love to hear your thoughts so check Savage Senses, DJ Cory Kennedy, Wine to Water and RTPR out online and via Twitter and Facebook!
Each week we’re unveiling items in our collection. Spread the word and stay tuned!
A taste of the Savage Senses “look”. Each week we are releasing items from our collection. So stay tuned and spread the word!
in the NYC Fashion District
One of Savage Senses founders, Waldo Tejada, takes us behind the curtain to see exactly what it’s like to open a fashion showroom.
1. What is it like to be in a showroom?
To have the opportunity to be in a showroom in NYC is a great moment for a fashion line and a special milestone for any fashion start-up company. Our vision is to reach as many fashion directors, buyers and editors and have them interact with the collection first hand.
2. When a buyer comes to the showroom—what will they find?
Our “Water -Raw Materials” SS 2013 collection consists of uniquely design 100% silk, 100% Cotton Fleece and 100% linen pieces which are hand-dipped and hand-printed in New York, in addition to our hand-printed canvas bags (all shown in our website http://savagesenses.com/). We have extended the collection with other 100% silk pieces (not show in the website) and 100% certified farmed crocodile trimmed canvas bags for an additional element of luxury.
3. How is the Savage Senses showroom unique to others?
We have been given the opportunity to be part of a great space shared with very well known brands like Chloe, Missoni, Balmain Beach Wear and Just Cavalli Beach Wear. We feel honored and humbled to be next to such recognized brands right in the heart of New York City.
4. What’s been the biggest challenge to setting up the Savage Senses showroom?
Certainly the biggest challenge was editing down the collection; we have grown to loved all the pieces that we’ve worked so hard designing and it was kind of sad to not include some of them. At the end is all good as those pieces will make it to our website e-commerce later in the year, giving everybody a chance to fall in love with them as we did.
5. Be honest—have you danced around the showroom yet? And if so—what music was on your iPod when you did it?
Well I did not jump up and down, but was kind of lip-synching while setting up the hangers and listening to BUIKA on my iPod.
Production method
The quality of the finished linen product is often dependent upon growing conditions and harvesting techniques. To generate the longest possible fibers, flax is either hand-harvested by pulling up the entire plant or stalks are cut very close to the root. After harvesting, the seeds are removed through a mechanized process called “rippling” or by winnowing.
The fibers must then be loosened from the stalk. This is achieved through retting. This is a process which uses bacteria to decompose the pectin that binds the fibers together. Natural retting methods take place in tanks and pools, or directly in the fields. There are also chemical retting methods; these are faster, but are typically more harmful to the environment and to the fibers themselves.
After retting, the stalks are ready for scutching, which takes place between August and December. Scutching removes the woody portion of the stalks by crushing them between two metal rollers, so that the parts of the stalk can be separated. The fibers are removed and the other parts such as linseed, shive, and tow are set aside for other uses. Next the fibers are heckled: the short fibers are separated with heckling combs by ‘combing’ them away, to leave behind only the long, soft flax fibers.
After the fibers have been separated and processed, they are typically spun into yarns and woven or knit into linen textiles. These textiles can then be bleached, dyed, printed on, or finished with a number of treatments or coatings.
An alternate production method is known as “cottonizing” which is quicker and requires less equipment. The flax stalks are processed using traditional cotton machinery; however, the finished fibers often lose the characteristic linen look.
Producers
Flax is grown in many parts of the world, but top quality flax is primarily grown in Western Europe. In very recent years bulk linen production has moved to Eastern Europe and China, but high quality fabrics are still confined to niche producers in Ireland, Italy and Belgium, and also in countries including Poland, Austria, France, Germany, Denmark, Lithuania, Latvia, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Britain and Kochi in India. High quality linen fabrics are now produced in the United States for the upholstery market.
—Learn more about this topic from Wikipedia
Washed 100% Linen Oversized Square 50”x58” “Artisan Stripes” Hand-Streaked Scarf (Olive)
Photo: © 2012 Joseph Moran. All Rights Reserved.
![Next up in our series of posts introducing you to the Savage Senses team and collaborators: our amazingly talented photographer Joseph Moran! Find below a brief Q&A I did with Joseph at his studio. Can’t wait to show you guys the full look book for the new collection featuring Joseph’s photos soon, but you can preview a few images from it on Racked! - Farah
How did you get involved with Savage Senses?
My husband was having dinner with Gary [Nelson, Savage Senses founding partner], who he’s known for a hundred years, and he hadn’t seen Gary for a long time so Gary didn’t know that I was taking pictures. Gary went to the website the next morning and sent me an email saying we should be working together on this project.
What were your favorite pieces to shoot from the new collection?
I think it was probably the sweatshirt dresses. I just was intrigued by the way they actually fit on the body. I was not expecting that. They looked one way when you pulled them out of the bag, but when they actually wrapped around the body, I thought they were fantastic. It jumped in a way that I wasn’t expecting, and they look like you could go anywhere in them.
How does water inspire you?
The perfect place to be is the beach. Lying in the sun with the waves coming in…I can’t think of a better space. Whenever I’ve had to do meditations or group meditations where they ask you to go to a place for quiet and serenity, I always think of myself on the beach. That’s the first place I’ll go to.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m61gt8W8eG1rtapr4o1_500.jpg)
Next up in our series of posts introducing you to the Savage Senses team and collaborators: our amazingly talented photographer Joseph Moran! Find below a brief Q&A I did with Joseph at his studio. Can’t wait to show you guys the full look book for the new collection featuring Joseph’s photos soon, but you can preview a few images from it on Racked! - Farah
How did you get involved with Savage Senses?
My husband was having dinner with Gary [Nelson, Savage Senses founding partner], who he’s known for a hundred years, and he hadn’t seen Gary for a long time so Gary didn’t know that I was taking pictures. Gary went to the website the next morning and sent me an email saying we should be working together on this project.
What were your favorite pieces to shoot from the new collection?
I think it was probably the sweatshirt dresses. I just was intrigued by the way they actually fit on the body. I was not expecting that. They looked one way when you pulled them out of the bag, but when they actually wrapped around the body, I thought they were fantastic. It jumped in a way that I wasn’t expecting, and they look like you could go anywhere in them.
How does water inspire you?
The perfect place to be is the beach. Lying in the sun with the waves coming in…I can’t think of a better space. Whenever I’ve had to do meditations or group meditations where they ask you to go to a place for quiet and serenity, I always think of myself on the beach. That’s the first place I’ll go to.
(Source: instagr.am)