The new SS2015 Pigneto Collection for Cabiria and La Strada per CABIRIA is here!

Hello friends!

It has definitely been a minute since I last sent out a letter about our goings-on, but I think you'll see, it's been worth the wait.

First off, the new Spring Summer 2015 Pigneto Collection for Cabiria and La Strada per CABIRIA has arrived in our online store, and in several of our stockists across the country.  Pigneto is a very cool artistic community with tons of street art and a cutting edge food scene in the East-Southeast part of Rome, and has been described as the "Mission Dolores/Williamsburg of Rome".  I'm so excited to show off these new pieces, as well as new fabrications of our favorite styles.  Here's a shot of Maxey in our classic Sofia dress in Pixellated Floral, a double organza floating confection, perfect for summer breezes.

And here's Chearice in our new Lorna dress in silk twill for long summer evening strolls or effortless office wear with just the tie of a bow.

We also have a variety of separates this season, including our Palma top in silk crepe de chine, and our Cinzia pants in silk twill or silk broadcloth, so you can mix and match with ease.

Check these out at the newly updated Cabiria store, store.cabiriastyle.com, or at one of our fantastic stockists internationally.

In other news, we've had the extraordinarily good fortune to have been introduced to Brittany Howard of the Grammy nominated band Alabama Shakes.  She's enthusiastically worn Cabiria on a bunch of outlets in advance of the release of their new album Sound & Color, coming in April 2015.  

Brittany has now worn Cabiria on The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS This Morning, the cover of Billboard Magazine, for the launch on IHeartRadio, in Entertainment Weekly, for the promos and their performances on Saturday Night Live, and live on stage for their performances.  Here's a few samples:

Brittany Howard and Alabama Shakes on The Late Show with David Letterman

Brittany Howard and Alabama Shakes on Saturday Night Live (promo)

Brittany Howard and Alabama Shakes on Saturday Night Live

Brittany Howard and Alabama Shakes on IHeartRadio

I couldn't be happier to work with such a gifted artist.  Stay tuned to see (and hear) more in the near future!

All my best, 

Eden

Big end of season Sale through Saturday morning!

Hi friends,

Just a quick note for you all - Cabiria is having a huge end of season sale at Zulily through Saturday morning.  The items you've been coveting for months are going to be gone if you don't grab them in the next few days!  They even ship internationally.

Zulily Cabiria direct link

We're doing this because in about a month, we're going to be getting all the new Cabiria collection items in, as well as the new La Strada per CABIRIA line.  There's just only so much room!

In the meantime, here's a shot from some of the new fabrics for a future collection I've just found on a fabric hunt.  So fantastic, even if the shot is a bit blurry...

All my best, 

Eden

The new La Strada per CABIRIA and Cabiria Collections and a SALE

Hello friends,

I have been super busy the last few months drawing, sourcing, plotting, pattern developing, and getting items into the factory for the new Cabiria Collection and the diffusion line, La Strada per CABIRIA. So very excited!

I'm also excited to let you know that the online site Zulily is having a major SALE of Cabiria's past season items for today through Saturday at 6am EST only.  Grab these items before they're gone; you only have another 66 hours!

In the meantime, delivery from the factory is coming in mid-late August, then the photo shoot.  Some of your favorite plus size boutiques and online stores have placed pre-orders, so you can expect to see Cabiria and La Strada per CABIRIA in Boutique Larrieux, Bombshell Boutique, Hey Gorgeous, and Madison Plus Select by autumn.  As always, if you know of a shop that needs to carry our lines, please let me know and I'll pursue that.  I love giving customers the opportunity to try on the clothes and both see and feel the difference.

In the meantime, I want to offer you some sneak previews of the upcoming collections.  Remember that the La Strada per CABIRIA line is our street style inspired line made in lower end fabrics (sometimes), and that's why it's a lower price point.  All the attention to detail and excellent fit you've come to expect from Cabiria is still there!

From the Cabiria line:

Vivi top in 100% silk jersey or 100% silk double georgette

Lorna dress in 100% silk twill (also in green basketweave)

Adelina top in 100% silk twill (also in blue turtle silk CDC)

And from the La Strada per CABIRIA line:

Gloria dress in Purple Heather super soft poly cotton jersey knit

Claudia dress in Berry Herringbone poly/lycra ponte knit

and these amazing pants, with a spiral seam that pulls the fabric forward as you walk, so you don't get that bunching up at the inner thigh.  I'm quite proud of this!

Cinzia pants in 100% silk twill

In the meantime, I'll keep you up to date on all the press we've been getting internationally and at home, and appearances like this one on Showtime's "Nurse Jackie" in a custom Cabiria piece on the wonderful actress Ashlie Atkinson.

Have a wonderful week, and again Zulily's past season super discount sale is ends Saturday morning. Go!

All my best, Eden

VERY big news for Cabiria

Hello friends,

Well, you've probably realized by now that I'm not the most frequent blogger.  I have HUGE respect for those who are diligent enough to get on every day or week and make all those posts and videos and photos and such!  But when I DO post, it's because I've got great things to tell you.

For the past few months, I've realized that Cabiria is missing an element.  We are an aspirational brand, using high quality fabrics and finishes, which due to the cost of materials demands that we charge a higher amount.  The brand is incredibly well received, but I want more women to have access to our pieces.  With that in mind, we will soon be unveiling our new, lower price point line, La Strada per CABIRIA.

"La Strada" means The Street in Italian, nodding to the street style, fashion forward aspects of the new line.  It's also the title of another Fellini film from 1954, lest you thought we'd forgotten our roots. The pieces will still be designed with our acclaimed eye for detail and impeccable fit, but will now include more wash-and-wear pieces, more stretch to the fabrics, and some contemporary design elements. 

The main line of Cabiria will still go on, creating pieces in fine fabrics and detailed finishes, and we will continue to manufacture all our pieces from both lines in the heart of New York's Garment District.  I'm very much hoping this brand diversification will open up the door for more women to wear Cabiria very soon.  The aim is to deliver this new line in time for a late summer delivery to shops.  

In the meantime, we've had lots of continued press appearances.  During NYFW, Le Monde came over from Paris to interview me, as well as a South African women's magazine Sarie, and the television show Kwela, also based in Johannesburg as part of their Be Your Dream Foundation and charity.  I was also featured as a Plus Size expert on Channel 2 News for CBS here in New York, and on the Go Curvy show in Los Angeles.

During all this, I had the pleasure of finding out that Mary Lambert wore a one-of-a-kind Cabiria dress in her 1Mic1Take music video for her beautiful song "Sarasvati" as part of her current tour.  True, she sits at the piano for the whole video, but you can still see the cool (complicated) beveled lines of the dress.

In late March, we were featured on The Steve Harvey Show in a "Steve's Got Style" Spring Fashion series - very thrilling!  In the "Florals" group, we have the Stefania dress in Blue Gerbera with Butternut trim second from left:

and in the "Prints" group, we have the Stella in Digital Snakeskin blouse and Flavia Giraffe print wool skirt on the far right:

Finally, as always, I love showing photos of happy customers.  The first one is Holleigh in Singapore, being fabulous in her Flaminia in Tropicalia dress and killer sunglasses.

And last but not least, Meaghan of Little Lime Dress fame wearing her Sofia in French Apricot silk jersey to a wedding this past weekend.  Just gorgeous.

The brilliant and talented actress Ashlie Atkinson, a wonderful supporter of Cabiria, also just picked up a one-of-a-kind 4-ply silk floral Sofia to accept an award in Little Rock, Arkansas this weekend, and the eminently talented filmmaker April Janow also picked up some pieces to wear to present her new documentary "At the Feed and Seed" at the Bare Bones Film Festival in Muskogee, OK.  Such an honor to make these talented women feel good while they're out doing amazing things!  I hope to share photos with you soon.  In the meantime, if you're a Cabiria customer, please send in photos of yourself in your fancy outfits!  It really is fulfilling to me as a designer.

As I bring the new La Strada per Cabiria collection to market, I'll probably have my head down, nose to grindstone and all.  Please reach out if you have questions, suggestions, or ways to open up the market further.  I'm always interested in new ideas.  In the meantime, have a glorious spring!

All the best, 

Eden

Berlin Fashion Stars at Curvy Is Sexy

Hello friends,

What a crazy few weeks it's been!  When I last posted, I was in the middle of the most serenely beautiful rain forest with a waterfall in the back of my tiny casita.  Less than a week later, I was in Berlin at the Curvy Is Sexy trade show, part of Berlin Fashion Week, and paired with the more established shows Premium and Bread and Butter (I love that name).

Tanja, Alex, Manuela and Roxi wearing Cabiria at the Curvy Is Sexy show

Manuela Cosenza and Tanja Marfo in the Sofia in French Apricot

I was not an official exhibitor, and I wanted to make sure I didn't step on anyone's toes, so I had to plan my marketing carefully.  I also very much wanted to see what the European market accepts and expects for plus sizes.  I had a number of prearranged models and bloggers come meet me at my apartment and try on their pieces, then head to the show together.  The impact of so many women wearing the same dresses in the space caught a LOT of attention, and before long, people were snapping photos.  It worked!

Manuela in Stella in Digital Snakeskin and Flavia in Giraffe

Then, Silvana Denker, who is the European face of Carmakoma, ended up interviewed on German TV RTL Punkt 12 and a Danish TV station wearing Cabiria as well!

Silvana Denker in Paola in Jade

Here's the embedded link to Cabiria Clothing in Berlin on Germany's RTL Punkt 12 during Berlin Fashion Week January 2014.

Silvana Denker in Stella in Blue Snakeskin and me in Sofia in French Apricot at Curvy Is Sexy

Next, Jorge Gonzalez from Germany's Next Top Model and Germany's Let's Dance came with my model Sandy Dietrich, and went on TV, with her wearing Cabiria as well.  Those shots landed in the newspaper Bild, along with Sandy in the celebrity pages at the catwalk shows audience.

Sandy Dietrich in Stella in Blue Leopard interviewed for Germany's Next Top Model at Curvy Is Sexy

Sandy Dietrich and Jorge Gonzalez posing on Berlin Fashion Week's red carpet

Sandy Dietrich wearing Stella in Blue Leopard with Jorge Gonzalez and Bruce Darnell of Germany's Next Superstar

As a side bonus, I also got to meet my wonderful retailer from London's Ms. SVG Boutique, Monique Howell (who wore the Flaminia in Tropicalia), and reconnect with the legendary and talented Anna Scholz.

Monique Howell of London's Ms. SVG in Flaminia in Tropicalia

Anna Scholz and Eden at Curvy Is Sexy in Berlin

I'm incredibly happy with the reception and press Cabiria received in Berlin.  Meanwhile at home, I'm so happy to announce that Blair Chic Boutique in Chicago is our newest vendor! Please check out their wide variety of stock at 1343 N. Ashland Avenue and get into the lovely things you see on this page.

Finally, to anyone who thinks that Plus Size Fashion isn't a real contender, I offer this: on January 10th, Cabiria was in Forbes Magazine.  The magazine devoted to all things money and business.  Forbes!

I still have stock in a number of the pieces you see here, so go order them while they are available and help me fund the next collection!

Until the next adventure, all my best.

Eden

Report from the road

Hello friends,

I am writing this post from the middle of El Yunque rainforest in Puerto Rico.  Little lizards run everywhere, heliconia and starfruit trees drip fruit, and the coqui frogs are loudly chirping.

Sometimes people ask me where my inspiration comes from, and my use of color.  I think this is my answer.  My travels around the world, because the world is a truly colorful place, as well as my favorite films, which allow me to adventure within.

Next week I will be returning to New York for a few hours, then back to the airport, heading to Berlin for the Curvy Is Sexy trade show there.  Cabiria has been fortunate to gain a vendor in London, MS.SVG, and we want to branch out further into Europe and Australian markets as soon as possible.  Hopefully I'll have the opportunity to meet some of you in Berlin, and if you have store buyers with lofty plans with you, all the better.

In the meantime, find beauty wherever you are, especially within yourselves.  Happy New Year.

All the best, Eden

Autumn Winter 2014 Campo Dei Fiori Collection - Delivery!!!

Hello friends,

It's been a while since I've posted, and there's a reason why: I've been super busy trying to get all the items through our New York City based factory for AW14, and tomorrow we're taking delivery on the clothes!  I can't believe how excited I am about all this, and I can't wait to get them into shops around the globe for you all to wear.

Right around the corner next week we'll have our photoshoot with all these new pieces, and I'm excited to be working with some of the gorgeous models from the NYFW show again, as well as a new face too.  I'm such a lucky woman to work with so much talent!

Frances in the Sofia in B&W Wire Fence at NYFW
Henry S. Dziekan III for Fashion Law Institute

Maxey in the Stella in Orange Pebble & Blue Snakeskin and Flavia in 8-bit Atari in at NYFW
Henry S. Dziekan III for Fashion Law Institute

Jourdan, our Plus Model Edie Sedgwick/ Jean Seberg lookalike

In the meantime, we're now stocked all across the US, newly in London, and working on getting into shops in Canada and elsewhere in Europe.  Let me know if there's a place that should carry Cabiria, and we'll try to get in there.

This collection is called Campo Dei Fiori, named after another neighborhood in Rome, which translates to "Field of Flowers".  There is so much pattern and color happening in this collection of favorite shapes from last season and new items like tops and skirts, how could I resist naming the collection after such a riotously beautiful place?

We have the Flavia, a deep pocketed pencil skirt, in 100% satin wool with a great giraffe print or in a dense French brocade that looks like an 8-bit Atari game in chevrons.

photo courtesy Madison Plus Select all rights reserved

photo courtesy Madison Plus Select all rights reserved

We have the Stella, a closed placket long sleeved romantic top in pattern mixes of orange pebbled 100% silk twill and a blue digital snakeskin print in stretch silk charmeuse, or an abstract blue leopard print on 100% silk charmeuse and black silk charmeuse contrast.

photo courtesy Madison Plus Select all rights reserved

We have the Paola, a 100% fine gauge merino wool maxi dress with a twisted keyhole neckline and a unique lining in jade green or huge orange and gold floral, with a different pattern for each person.

photo courtesy of Henry S. Dziekan III for Fashion Law Institute all rights reserved

We have the Stefania, a long sleeved version of our popular Sofia dress, with a lapel and elasticized waist in luxurious 100% silk Crepe de Chine, silk faille, silk twill, 4-ply silk or merino wool jersey.

And finally, we have new fabrics in our Sofia dress, still in silk jersey, and this time in French apricot bouquets on charcoal black, or black abstract bars on a blue like a clear summer day sky.

Cabiria's also received some incredible press, since the last post, but my absolute favorite is a piece of mail sent from a woman who bought the Sofia in Giant Peony for her honeymoon. I've never met Carrie Malone or her new husband , but she felt good enough in her dress to send me this photo, on Kawaii.  This is why I do what I do, in a nutshell.

Carrie and Zach Malone from their honeymoon in Hawaii

I can't wait to share the photoshoot images with you all as well!  Seriously, can not wait.

All the best, Eden

So! Much! Press!

Hi friends,

This is going to be a SUPER fast post because it's the day before the NYFW show, and I'm swamped! I just wanted to post about all the press we've been getting even in the past few days, and more to come. Here's the list just since the LAST list I sent.

First of all, Vogue Italia! The spiritual core of Cabiria's inspiration, and here we are. Fantastic!

Vogue Italia

L'Express (France)

Yahoo News

UK MSN Style

Little Lime Dress

Beleza GG (Brazil)

Fashion Holo Fote (Brazil)

Curve a Porter (Brazil)

Life and Style (New Zealand)

Washington Post

Metro Nieuws Amsterdam

The Atlantic

Daily Life (Australia)

Style Has No Size (Netherlands)

Soon to be released:

Al Jazeera America

CNN Primetime: Erin Burnett OutFront

ABC News Nightline

Agence France Presse

NHK El Mundo (Japan)

Tomorrow Focus (Germany)

Bild (Germany)

A la Vie A la Mode (France)

DNA Info New York

And probably a picture or two tomorrow from that show I'm in. It's little. Maybe won't hit the wires...

Thank you everyone for working so hard to get this out there in the world and helping me make my dream come true!

All the best, Eden