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Mikaela Friedman | Artist

@mklfried

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🧤Sustainable art in ATX & PDX
🌞 That boot girl
⭐️ co-founder @theslowfashionfest
🎀 Paused @_shop_slow
🦋 Retired @psychic.outlaw

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Lemme put lil flowers on your b00ty @levis in the domain today & tomorrow Dec. 10-11 🌸🤌

✨Come celebrate (and wear!) the arts in Austin with me on December 10th & 11th at the Levi’s® Store in the Domain. I’ll be customizing your new and pre-loved Levi’s® with my own personal touch - complimentary for Levi’s® Red Tag members. Not a member yet, it’s free & easy to sign up!

I’ll be giving away free stickers to anyone who brings their pre-loved Levi’s in for custom work! Let’s keep loving our old jeans and give them a new life yall 💘💘

#levis #levisstylist #levis501 #preloved #prelovedjeans #vintage #upcycling #upcycledclothing #artistsoninstagram by @mklfried

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Had a BLAST designing these boots for @psychic.outlaw 🤩

I think these were the most challenging boots I’ve ever painted but I loved every moment of it!!

#customshoes #custom #artistsoninstagram #artistsupport #sustainableart #sustainablefashion #slowfashion #customfashion #smallsustainablesteps taken in Austin, Texas Y'all by @mklfried

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"More!" - the new EP by Dead Billionaires is officially out on 10/14! Our release party is at @thecamelrva on 10/17

This incredible album art is by the illustrious @mklfried
Photos 2 & 3 are by @miranda.unofficial
Beautiful show poster is by @knowcomply

Redorded & engineered by @chiphaleonbass & Brendan Castle
Mixed & mastered by @vkg.rec by @mklfried

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TODAY!! Friends that are meant together, mend together 🪡💘🩵 ATX Mending Lab is OPEN for the first time ever!

Swap your clothes, mend some items, and make something new at VIBE Downtown 2025 in partnership with @futurefronttexas & @downtownaustin this September 🌎

VIBE is 100% free and open to the public, as a celebration of the unique Austin artists and creatives that shape the city we call home.

📍508 E 6TH STREET
⏰12-5pm
RSVP in bio

So, come through and discover downtown!

#VIBEDowntown #DowntownAustin #AustinTexas by @mklfried

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Pooping up @tecovas today on south congress in austin!

I’ll be in-store from 10-2pm for Memorial Day! Get some boots & pick from the flash 💖 taken in Tecovas by @mklfried

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our 7th show & 3rd Zine ✨🩵🫶

Still floating from @theslowfashionfest 🕊️✨ What a night. What a dream.

I’m so deeply grateful for this beautiful celebration of sustainability, creativity, and culture ✨ and especially to my co-conspirators Leah and Reza. Working with you both is pure magic!! We believe in this mission with our whole hearts, and more importantly, we believe in each other. That kind of trust and alignment is rare, and I don’t take it for granted 🩵

This wasn’t just a fashion show or a zine release it was a love letter to slow fashion, to our city, and to a future that honors people and the planet. Thank you to everyone who showed up, cheered, created, walked, stitched, danced, and dreamed with us.

Congrats designers!!! @TheEraExchange | @futurekindstudio | @seoulcoyote | @eternalemporiumm | @skin2skin.png | @pamelacooperstudio_ | @2goodhandstx | @wholegrayn | @n0ty0urdreamgirl | @stitchin_spoonie
Accessories Designers: @lostgenerationgoods | @cosmic.chaos.jewelry

Thank you to our photographers for capturing the amazing energy behind the scenes & at the fest 🩵 @colorsxj @madison._.dee @br.mixedmedia @lowkeybopstar @avatoast @muybridge1830 @kindasick @neohombre @devisedcolor @das_fotofilm @picklefigphoto @jwoodfordhues

The revolution is beautiful and it’s just getting started. ♻️💖 taken in Austin, Texas by @mklfried

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Every body werked this runway!!

Can’t believe it’s only been a couple of weeks since the spring 2025 fashion show and zine release! This beautiful show came together to celebrate our unique ability to birth new life into our clothes, our attitudes & much more 🫶🩵

Congrats to our local sustainable Designers:
@TheEraExchange | @futurekindstudio | @seoulcoyote | @eternalemporiumm | @skin2skin.png | @pamelacooperstudio_ | @2goodhandstx | @wholegrayn | @n0ty0urdreamgirl | @stitchin_spoonie

Accessories Designers: @lostgenerationgoods | @cosmic.chaos.jewelry

✌️💧🩵💘 taken in Austin, Texas by @mklfried

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Spent all last weekend with @tecovas to celebrate @twostepinn festival weekend🤠

Thank you to everyone who came by & chatted with me! Biggest thanks to @tecovas for bringing me on & fulfilling a longtime dream of mine ✨

🫶✌️✨🤠🤠🤠 taken in Austin, Texas by @mklfried

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MEET VOLUME THREE 🌊🩵🌀🦋

The third edition of THE SLOW FASHION ZINE will be launching at our Spring ‘25 show on April 26 at @propagandahqatx! All seated ticket holders will get a copy of this 175 page, glossy memento that contains full recap of our 2024 programming, plus articles from some amazing contributors.

🎫 Don’t delay, we only have about a dozen early bird seated tickets left. After that prices will go up!

Pairs beautifully with Volumes One and Two 🍷 🥰 taken in Austin, Texas by @mklfried

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✨We’re in print!

Pick up the latest @austinwoman magazine to read up on Slow Fashion in Austin!

💧Do not miss Slow Fashion Festival on April 26th!! Tickets are on sale March 26th at 8am :) Sign up to get alerts when tickets launch - link in theslowfashionfestival bio!

This community is vibrant and resilient and always seeking new ways to innovate and push the boundaries of what fashion can be! Congrats to @shopharpersage on their opening 🫶 Proud to share this space with y’all!

Thank you @aristocraft for highlighting us & our community!! Beautifully written article 🫶✨

🩵 A few blurbs from our interviews:

“It’s less about the clothes and more about the people in [slow fashion],” - Mikaela @mklfried

“Just as with sustainability efforts at large, I want people to understand that they don’t need to be scared away at the thought of ‘doing it wrong’ or not doing it well enough,” says Bury. “Slow fashion is truly a way of thinking and living. I want people of all entry points and backgrounds to know that even small steps are really valuable.” - Leah @leah.creative

“The biggest challenge is knowing that sometimes creating change isn’t just about individual actions, but also on a higher scale change in regulations and policies,” says Cristián. - Reza @rezacristian taken in Austin, Texas by @mklfried

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We are teaching a mending workshop as part of @anactglobal Accelerating Action for International Women’s Day! RSVP at the link in our bio!

✨Anact invites you to enjoy a full day of insightful panel discussions on topics featuring female entrepreneurs, the climate crisis and policy change in the apparel industry. Check out the full schedule & details below. 🧡🌎✨

Event Activities Include:
🧖‍♀️Wellness Activation: from our friends at Gusto in collaboration with Mantra Wellness, which includes chair and arm massages plus acupuncture mats.

🎶 Live Music by Celebrity DJ Big Reeks.

🥙Complimentary food and drink from Juliet Italian Kitchen.

🧵Mending workshop with @theslowfashionfest led by Co-Founder @mklfried. Thread donated by @aurifilthread. The first 40 attendees for our workshop get complimentary mending kits by @austincreativereuse.

Samples from local snack vendor, Parker and Scott.

SWAG table featuring products from Dr. Bronners, Rootless, and Anact.

Beverages provided by @kineuphorics and @rambleraustin taken in Austin, Texas by @mklfried

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Part 2!💕

I’ll keep going because y’all deserve to know how we feel 🫶

This has been so helpful for me to share these thoughts with y’all! So many other small businesses also feel this way and if that’s you, you’re not alone.

I spoke to some customers today and they reminded me that “we are all we got“ ✨ I’m happy we got y’all! taken in Shop Slow by @mklfried

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