At the Chelsea Hotel show, orders are taken from a handful of stores around the world that include stores like Barneys NY, Barneys Tokyo, Fred Segal/Ron Herman LA, and Browns in London. Natalie returns to Lovelace Crossroads, and with a team of artisans, patternmakers, friends, and family produces the first round of shirts to be delivered in the late spring and summer.
Slide 1: Early hand-sewn “Sister Shirt” from the Alabama collection, 2001, photograph by Natalie Chanin
Slide 2: Alabama collection catalog cover, featuring a photo by Natalie Chanin entitled “From the Back Door,” 2001, photograph by Robert Rausch
Slide 3: Early hand-sewn Alabama collection “Roses” t-shirt, 2001, photograph by Natalie Chanin; Alabama collection t-shirts on the clothesline, photographed by Natalie Chanin, 2001, photograph by Robert Rausch
Slide 4: Alabama collection catalog, featuring a color photocopy of the “Random Ruffle Shirt”, 2001, photograph by Robert Rausch
Slide 5: Alabama collection catalog, featuring a color photocopy of the “Bodice Lace Shirt”, 2001, photograph by Robert Rausch
Slide 6: Alabama collection catalog, featuring a color photocopy of the “Wings with Arrow Shirt”, 2001, photograph by Robert Rausch
Slide 7: Early hand-sewn Alabama collection “Sister Shirts”, 2001, photograph by Natalie Chanin
Slide 8: Alabama collection catalog, featuring a color photocopy of the “Thread Appliqué Eagle”, 2001, photograph by Robert Rausch
Slide 9: Alabama collection catalog back cover, featuring a photo by Natalie Chanin entitled “The Clothes Line”, 2001, photographed by Robert Rausch