Free online film about climate change

Watch HOME, an informative and visually stimulating carbon offset movie by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, for free on youtube until June 14th.

Le Hou Hou

Le Hou Hou, originally uploaded by Velvet_Moustache.

The latest addition to our team, resting comfortably on the couch in our lobby, is Hou Hou – created with Delyla fabrics by Velvet Moustache of Montreal. More on our little Hou Hou…

“Hou Hou est le dernier né de la grande famille des Velvet Moustache. Hou Hou est un hibou. Il est beau, sage, adore la nuit et jouer avec ses amis les coussins et oreillers.

Hou Hou est le fruit du mariage entre le Guerrier de l’Arctique et du Poussin Babyface. Il retient de cette alliance ses grandes qualités physiques d’un plumage haute qualité tricoté localement. Ses pattes et ses yeux sont faits de tricot récupéré, son nez de suède recyclé, et sa bourre est toujours achetée localement.

Voilà, c’est à vous d’en profiter, jouez et admirez autant que vous le pouvez!!!

Le Hou Hou disponible en exclusivité à la Maison Simons, 50$”

Updates!

New fabrics being knitted daily! We are currently in production of Bamboo and Organic Cotton Jerseys, Ribs, Velours, French Terry, Jacquard Terry and Organic Sherpas, among many others. At present, we are extremely excited about our new developments, which we will reveal more about in the coming weeks. Please feel free to get in touch with us to inquire about any of these products. We’d love to hear from you!

Another quick note: there is some new written content in our ‘About Us’ page: Click here and read up!

Cheers,
Team Delyla

Two downloads!

Make sure to download the Guide du Vêtement Responsable 2009 by Montreal-based environmental group, Équiterre. An article was published in The Gazette about this awesome new resource: read it here!

Also, an example that proves government support of sustainable fashion! Check out the recently released Sustainable Clothing Action Plan by Defra (UK). A good summary of the plan can be read here, or in this article by the BBC.

Montreal’s old textiles & clothing district, today.

The following article was published in the Montreal Gazette on March 3rd, 2009. It gives an interesting take on the area we work in at Delyla Fabrics. Once defined as the heart of Montreal’s textiles industry, St. Viateur East has certainly been transformed- one might even say, run down. However, there are still a handful of occupants adding lustre to the neighbourhood (Delyla stands as proof that not every manufacturer in the area is dead!). Whether you’re a resident of Mile End, interested in urban issues, or both, read on to find out more about how this neighbourhood is changing…

Redefining St. Viateur East

Café consultations give residents voice on what should happen to old textile, clothing-manufacturing area
By LINDA GYULAI

When the garment factories jamming de Gaspé and Casgrain Aves. and St. Viateur and Maguire Sts. were operating, and thousands of workers filled them to tend knitting machines, cut, press and sew, and line loading docks to feed a steady stream of delivery trucks, it wasn’t just the mammoth buildings that came alive.

The neighbourhood seemed to tremble with activity.

But it has been a decade since most of the clothing and textile manufacturers in the St. Viateur St. E. area shut, victims of global trade policies and cheap labour elsewhere.

Now the giant industrial buildings, vestiges of Montreal’s textile and clothing manufacturing supremacy in the 1960s and ’70s, appear out of place. For the most part, the district has given way to smaller-scale artisanal activities, clothing design and multi-media creation.

Welcome!

Thank you for visiting Delyla’s new blog! Here at Delyla Fabrics in Montreal, we are currently responding to an inspiring boost of interest in sustainable fashion and textiles. We are thrilled to launch this blog in the hopes that it will help us keep in better touch with our growing list of clients, as well as with anyone who is generally interested in the ever-evolving state of the fashion and textiles industry in Montreal, as well as across Canada and abroad. Our team is excited about the opportunity to share news, ideas, observations, and most of all, a passion for textiles, fashion, and the environment. Please check back often for updates!