Natalie and Lisa Fox meet during a trunk show at Bergdorf Goodman in New York in 2000. They quickly realize that they eat lunch each day at Bar Pitti on Sixth Avenue—where Project Alabama makes the uniforms. After making plans to meet the next day for lunch, a lifelong friendship forms. From trunk shows and travels, to “Stitch and Bitch” gatherings and Makeshift dinners, the two collaborate often. Lisa’s business, gallery, and event space, LF8 becomes showroom, and home, for Natalie in New York.
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Designs from Alabama Chanin are included in the exhibition “A World of Folk” in Stavanger, Norway Curated by internationally renowned trend forecaster, Lidewij “Li” Edelkoort, the design exhibition celebrates Stavanger as the 2008 Capital of Culture of the European Union.
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Inspired by the work of famed Civil Rights photographer Charles Moore, a native of The Shoals and Natalie’s neighbor, a collection of garments is designed for Fall/Winter 2008.
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Alabama Stitch Book publishes in the spring of 2008. Focusing on the use of recycled t-shirts as the basis for a collection of 20 projects, the publication is the first in what is to become the Studio Book Series.
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Alabama Chanin produces an exhibition, “Ceremony,” in collaboration with Robert Rausch and Angie Mosier, in Tuscumbia, Alabama.
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