The Thread Weekly is your best source for a quick debrief across the latest news, actions, events and happenings in web3 fashion, the open metaverse and beyond. It’s curated and published by DIGITALAX and the Global Designer Network.
Weave your way through the threads below to get all caught up on the culture from Nov 8th- 14th 2021.
We had the first designer spotlight week with ENKI digital fashion! Discord AMAs, cool Twitter thread insights, dedicated Twitter spaces, Web3 Fashion Vault treasury purchases and more!
Shayli and Mutani.io were featured in episode 44 of the The Most podcast talking all things metaverse fashion and the power of NFTs for creators. Make sure to give it a listen!
Red DAO added one of Midwest Misfit’s pieces to their collection— a stunning unlockable digital duffle bag. The details on this piece are just 👌😉
If you missed the latest GDN Twitch streams, check them out below, some cool new content for your eyes to adore:
Emma released a full update video on the DIGITALAX protocol stack architecture and how this reinforces core components of the web3 fashion economy; composability, interoperability and forkability.
A small note from Saso on some amazing work they completed for the Fresh Couture collab. We love you Saso and your work is insane! Congrats on the collab! Big things ahead….
So a bunch of time ago (feels like forever because of how fast things move in web3) I got contacted by Stella, and she told me they're doing a collab with Fresh Couture, a brand I didn't know at they time. When I checked it out my jaw dropped, because it was kind of a big brand. Not bad for my first ever commission, but I nearly wasn't going to take it because I had 0 prior working experience in 3D, and this seemed crazy. However, I learned that it's not about the experience you have - if there is an opportunity presented to you and you have the time for that opportunity, then that's all that matters. You learn most of your skills on the job - Tania, Domingo and Midwestmisfit and I were supporting each other, giving feedback and I learned so much from this experience it's crazy. I think my experience is honestly the run of the mill for any beginner designer in the Global Designer network: you just come in as a complete clueless noob, and the community instantly provides you with close support, educational resources and many opportunities to work with real people and to gain real professional experience, which is kind of mind blowing. Web3 fashion is completely flipping traditional employment hierarchies, and that's kind of what we're about.
Kind thanks to Stella, who gave me courage and was incredibly supportive during this experience, protecting the interests of GDN members. Kind thanks to Emma and the team for building this insane community.
Amratio has embarked on a new project— designing cool IRL T-shirts with messages that hit home for almost all modern day cyber users— the insta photo doesn’t do justice in capturing the real experiences and emotions felt off camera.
Each designed shirt will include a logo as a back print and also include the text “do you feel me?” The smiling mouth portrays what we want to show other people around us, i.e. we’re happy all the time. The sad faces making up the eyes portray the deeper and real feelings that are often hidden.
The message here is that we are all vulnerable sometimes. If only more of us could summon the courage to break the stigma and share with all of our many friends, online and IRL, everything would suddenly be alright? But, what happens when we open up and the people who swore would be there to catch us when we fall, just like they do, have turned away to tell someone else to seize the moment and take that chance.
Turns out, relentless positivity only takes us so far.
Who could have guessed that there is nuance in what we feel and in what it takes to make the structures that work best for each of us. Maybe we need more. Do you feel me? goes deeper into the places where we are not so sure how best to solve it or what the answers are all the time.
Amazing news and a massive congrats in order for Catherinetheworst, Stella Achenbach and Virtualperfectioncowboy who were all awarded by MoNa Gallery in their collaborative The Temple of the MultiMinds piece. View the full piece here. And, it’s now live for sale on Foundation! Check out the mint here.
Check out a sneak peek of an awesome upcoming collab between Stella Achenbach, Daria Permina, Paola Olaguivel and E-Oma………EXCITTTIGNNGSGGGGG!!!!1111111
Sneakpeek here. Click if you so dare.
Aisha and Jess showed us how it’s done with some amazing digi model creations…
We also had new designers join us on-chain, where each was sent their official GDN Membership NFT to represent their first steps into the DAO and unlocking all the cool access and levels up that come with being part of the GDN and the amazing community surrounding web3 fashion.
A massively warm welcome to;
If any of you have any questions, queries or need help navigating the depths of web3 fashion, the open metaverse and more, let us know in the GDN or DIGITALAX discords! We are so excited for the journey ahead!
Stan Mclygin 🔥🔥🔥
Make sure to follow Stan on twitter as we get ready for a week of awesome designer action!
This week **Keeping Distance **went on a minting spree, bringing more of that open sauciness goodness to the FGO libraries. You can check out some of the mints below and view the full collection under Keeping Distance’s designer profile.
The Meta Source Vaults are building out the directly accessible content x web3 value layer for all creators, designers and metaverse dwellers, so anyone can have the tools and resources they need to join this market and level up. See the vaults here.
Check out the latest Web3 Tailors Podcast where we sat down with Mo! Mo has been in the crypto and web3 space for quite sometime, as well as a keen experimenter for all things physical x digital, where she originally got into fashion through tye dying t-shirts!
ALTERRAGE.
Phoebe Heess.
There are always more seats at the table in web3 fashion, join us for our next Twitter Spaces, Clubhouse event or other speaking engagements!
Clubhouse: Digital Fashion Council (LATAM) with @TheLATAMFashion Council
Live Event: Intro to Web 3.0 for Community Builders with CMX Community
https://events.cmxhub.com/events/details/cmx-cmx-hq-presents-intro-to-web-30-for-community-builders/
Alterrage Designer Realm Updates
Attention to all GDN members, see below the top priorities and deadlines for this week and message in the discord if there are any questions or queries!
We couldn’t call ourselves a truly authentic web3 crypto community if we didn’t round out with some in-house designed degen style memes 😂… Enjoy…..😂
Any patronage of The Thread Weekly goes directly to the Global Designer Network Treasury and core GDN member writer for the week (70/30), for further growing out the infrastructure, community and market of web3 fashion, the open metaverse and more. For this week, the core writer was GDN member Emma-Jane MacKinnon-Lee.