"The clothing we wear has a story—a journey from soil to garment that connects farmers, designers, and ecosystems. Yet, in today’s textile industry, those connections are often invisible, buried beneath layers of mass production and global supply chains. Laura Sansone, founder of New York Textile Lab, envisions a different kind of system: one where fibers carry the identity of the land they come from, and where the people behind each step of the process are valued and seen.

"Through her work with New York Textile Lab, Sansone is creating pathways to a more regenerative and localized textile future. By fostering relationships between fiber producers and designers, she’s building an ecosystem rooted in transparency, care, and regional identity. It’s a model that challenges the extractive norms of traditional textile systems, offering instead a vision of interdependence and regenerative textile economies." - Fibershed

ARTICLE: Designing for Connection: How New York Textile Lab is Reimagining the Fiber System