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Friday, September 09, 2011
SUPIMA IN THE NEWS: Jusil Carroll in WWD
By CeCe Shelburne
NEW YORK—The coverage keeps on coming.
This morning’s Women’s Wear Daily carried news of Jusil Carroll’s win in the live runway finale of the fourth annual Supima Design Competition that opened New York Fashion Week yesterday: SUPIMA’S BEST: Jusil Carroll, […] Continue reading
Thursday, September 08, 2011
AND THE WINNER IS . . . JUSIL CARROLL
By Greg Wang
NEW YORK – Jusil Carroll, 34, a 2011 Bachelor of Fine Arts graduate from New York City’s Fashion Institute of Technology, took first place in the Supima Design Competition held earlier today.
In front of the industry elite who packed the Studio tent at Lincoln Center—as well as an international […] Continue reading
Thursday, September 08, 2011
SUPIMA ALL OVER THE NEWS!!!
By CeCe Shelburne
NEW YORK—The live runway finals of the fourth annual Supima Design Competition, which kicked off New York Fashion Week earlier today, did not gone unnoticed by the international fashion press.
Japan’s NTDTV.com reported on the runway looks. While, in the […] Continue reading
Thursday, September 08, 2011
BACKSTAGE BEFORE AND AFTER THE SHOW
By CeCe Shelburne

Supima emcee Rachel Zoe poses backstage at The Studio tent with Supima Design Competition judge Coco Rocha.
For more about Rachel, check out The Zoe Report. Or check out Coco’s Twitter feed about Fashion Week.
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Thursday, September 01, 2011
Supima Design Competition at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
By Marc Lewkowitz
On September 8 at 1 PM, Supima will be hosting the fourth annual Supima design Competition in New York during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
Supima is America’s luxury cotton. Founded in 1954, the Supima brand designates an elite variety of Pima cotton grown only in California and the southwestern U.S. […] Continue reading
Thursday, September 01, 2011
The Fourth Annual Supima Design Competition
By Marc Lewkowitz
The fourth annual Supima Design Competition has begun its mad and furious rush to the final event culminating runway fashion show that will be held in New York on September 8 at 1 PM during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
This year the Design Competition has taken a different approach towards the […] Continue reading
Saturday, August 27, 2011
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Supima in WWD
By Greg Wang
“Dawnelle goes Supima” Advertisement in Women’s Wear Daily Friday, October 26, 1956
Thursday, August 18, 2011
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Lady Manhattan and Supima
By Greg Wang
Supima Cotton and Lady Manhattan, April 1957
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
COME SEE AT TEXWORLD AND EXPOFIL!
By CeCe Shelburne
PARIS—It’s getting to be that time of year again.
Yep, time to start thinking about Fall/Winter 2012/2013 and Spring/Summer 2013.
And time to start planning your September trip to the Parc d’expositions and Le Bourget outside Paris for the […] Continue reading
Monday, August 15, 2011
FROM THE ARCHIVES: ‘How to Lick a Farm Surplus’
By Greg Wang
Reprinted from PRINTER’S INK The Magazine of Advertising, Selling, Marketing February 15, 1957
Agriculture Secretary Benson, in an exclusive P.I. interview two years ago (April 8, 1955, page 27) said: “In this competitive age the market goes to the man who […] Continue reading
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
MEET THE DESIGNER: Amy Lynn Bittner
By CeCe Shelburne
Evansville, Indiana native Amy Lynn Bittner started sewing at age 10 and spent her teenage years doing costume design.
At the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she graduated this year with a BFA in Fashion Design, the 23-year-old studied corsetry, haute […] Continue reading
Friday, August 05, 2011
MORE ABOUT THE SUPIMA DESIGN COMPETITION
By CeCe Shelburne
NEW YORK—As you probably already know, the live runway finale of the 2011 Supima Design Competition is set to start at 1 p.m. on September 8 in the Studio space at Lincoln Center, kicking off the Spring 2012 edition of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
During the show, eight recent […] Continue reading
Friday, August 05, 2011
SUPIMA ON SALE!
By Greg Wang
NEW YORK—What’s better value than a T-shirt from the Supima Collection for Bloomingdale’s?
Two for one.
Here, a sample of what’s available at the SoHo store on lower Broadway in Manhattan.
Friday, August 05, 2011
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Excello and Supima
By Greg Wang
“Cotton Grows Better Every Day”
Excello shirt in Everfast fabric of Supima Cotton as advertised in the March 30, 1957 issue of The New Yorker
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
SEPTEMBER 8: It’s going to be a great day for fashion!
By CeCe Shelburne
NEW YORK—Mark your calendars now.
On September 8 at 1 p.m., Supima will host the live runway finale of its Design Competition in the much-coveted Studio space in Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center on the opening day of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week for […] Continue reading
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