Alabama Chanin Founded, 2006

Alabama Chanin is officially founded on September 22, 2006. Five years after Natalie’s first Project Alabama collection, the organization begins a new chapter with two employees and twenty-two sewers, many of whom had been a part of the project since its inception. Barneys New York, once again, becomes the first stockist of the newly updated label.

Slide 1: Assorted stamps from Natalie’s ever growing collection, including a special new addition for Alabama Chanin, photograph by Robert Rausch

Slide 2: Alabama Chanin’s inaugural rubber stamp, photograph by Robert Rausch

Slide 3: “Made in the USA” rubber stamp used to mark each label, photograph by Robert Rausch; Today, these words are still printed, with pride, on each of our labels