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What is Prototyping in Garment Manufacturing?

If you’ve ever owned a sewing machine, taken in a seam or adjusted a hem, or even just eyed the pattern selection at your local fabric store, you may have some idea of what it takes to make a single … Read More

Transformation Stories: Meet C. Jane Taylor

How One Road Trip Changed Her Life Born in Michigan, writer and essayist C. Jane Taylor grew up around motorcycles. Her mom owned and ran a motorcycle shop. But then the family moved to Vermont, where Jane attended high school … Read More

Perfect Your Pear Shape with These Style Tips

Do you believe in the saying, “New Year, New You”? If you want to gain confidence and indulge in a little self-care in 2022, one place to start is your personal wardrobe. The most flattering clothes are those that take … Read More

How to Make Your Apple Body Look Amazing

At Balodana, we love and celebrate ALL bodies! And anyone of any shape can look beautiful and confident in their clothes, it’s just a matter of thinking about architecture and style. Today we celebrate the apple bodies out there! If … Read More

How to Dress Your Hourglass Shape

The hourglass ⌛ body shape is a timeless one, associated with Hollywood icons like Elizabeth Taylor and characterized by sexy, feminine curves. Because it is considered a classic body type for women, many designers start with this morphotype (body shape) … Read More

Transformation Stories: Meet Josefina Bashout

“As women, we just need to FUCKING trust ourselves. We block pleasure and expanded joy when we don’t fully own all parts of our being. Reclaiming our erotic essence doesn’t require us to ascribe to a cookie cutter image of … Read More

Short & Stylish: Fashions That Fit Your (Petite) Frame, and a Few That Don’t

Short people often get the short end of the stick when it comes to being understood and served by the fashion industry. Short or petite doesn’t necessarily mean slim, and it doesn’t need to mean short on style either. Petite … Read More

Balodana to compete as a finalist in the 2021 Go Global Awards

Fashion technology startup Balodana ranked in the top 20 percent for the International Trade Council’s Go Global Awards. Contact:Nisha Katti, [email protected]. +1 312-701-3262 (CHICAGO, IL) – The International Trade Council announced this week that fashion startup Balodana has been chosen … Read More

5 Bad Shopping Habits To Break Right Now

When it comes to shopping, we’re all guilty of a few bad habits. Maybe we give in to the occasional sale, or splurge on the handbag that we know will only be trendy this season.  However, there are some shopping … Read More

Transformation Stories: Meet Leanne Tibiatowski

The inspiration to transform oneself can come more than once in a lifetime, and for many of the women we’ve interviewed, it is more accurately called a process. For Leanne Tibiatowski in San Diego, her career path led her from … Read More