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Cabiria Plus Size is looking for help funding the production of our SS13 collection. NOW WE WANT TO MEET STRETCH GOALS!

Get Cabiria High End Plus Size Into Stores

Cabiria Plus Size is looking for help funding the production of our SS13 collection. NOW WE WANT TO MEET STRETCH GOALS!
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This Week: Delivery, Monday: Photoshoot, Imminently: AW1415 Release!

Hello friends!

My apologies for not posting more frequently, but I've been very busy ushering in the new La Strada per CABIRIA and Cabiria collections, coming out imminently!

Delivery is... Read more

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A big SALE, and Both La Strada per CABIRIA and Cabiria are in the factory!

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I have been super busy the last few months drawing, sourcing, plotting, pattern developing, and getting items into the factory for the new Cabiria Collection and the diffusion... Read more

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A Report from Berlin's Fashion Week and Cabiria (and Forbes)

Hello friends,

What a crazy few weeks it's been!  When I last posted to my blog, I was in the middle of the most serenely beautiful rain forest with a... Read more
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Holiday Cheer

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Campo Dei Fiori Collection - Autumn Winter Holiday 2014 - Is Here

Hello friends,

First of all, thank you for all your patience.  Many of you have asked when you could see images from the catalog and photoshoot, and many of you... Read more

Crazy couple of weeks, and more great news coming

Hello friends!

Well, it has been a somewhat crazy few weeks following the NYFW Cabiria show, and all the press that came around it. I think I had underestimated what... Read more

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Post show thank you

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So! Much! Press!

Hi friends,

This is going to be a SUPER fast post because it's the day before the NYFW show, and I'm swamped! I just wanted to post about all the... Read more

Global press, invite info and teasers!

Hello friends,

Thank everyone for sitting up and paying attention about the Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week event! A little information on that:

- Some people who were invited have... Read more

New York Fashion Week and New Stores and So Much More!

Hello friends,

It has been a VERY busy several weeks here at Cabiria! Not to bury the lead, I'll let you know about the hugest of the big news: Cabiria... Read more
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A 25% Off Sale, Television, Theater and Stylish Curves

Hello friends,

In celebration of the Hot Hot Heat of Summer, I've got nearly everything in the store on sale for 25% off. Come check it out!

Now on to... Read more

Timing is Everything, Slow and Steady (and TV Stuff)

Hello friends,

I hope all of you are enjoying your summer. It's been waffling back and forth between heat waves and monsoons here in New York for weeks! As many... Read more

Store Tour Recap and a Celebratory Giveaway

Hello friends!

I've returned safe and sound from my fantastic trip across the Upper Midwest to meet the customers and store owners who've been such great supporters of Cabiria. It... Read more

Store Tour of the Upper Midwest and Investor News!

Hello friends,

I am so very excited; I'm about to embark on a Store Tour of the Upper Midwest this coming week, and I want to let you in on... Read more

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GOOOOOOAAAALLLLL!!!! Telemundo, WNTW, and a new Boutique!

Hi friends,

I'm so pleased to know Aimee Cheshire and her extraordinary website for plus size independent contemporary designers (like me), MadisonPlusSelect.com. She curates designers who wouldn't otherwise have a broad... Read more

Cabiria and Spring, springing up all over!

Hello friends,

It's been very busy as always here at Cabiria HQ! With spring in the air and buds on the trees, we've been shipping out dresses like crazy to... Read more

Big in Japan (literally!)

Hi friends,

As promised, I was able to upload the video clip from our extraordinarily cool segment on NHK Japanese TV's show "El Mundo", as part of the Plus Size... Read more

More stores, including New York and New Orleans!

Hello friends,

It's been such a great ride so far since these dresses have hit the market. I'm so very excited that as they get more attention, more stores want... Read more

Cabiria Available Online and In (a few) Stores Now!

Hello friends,

It's been pretty busy here at Cabiria HQ since we received delivery from the factory. We're now on the rack at Bombshell Boutique in St. Paul, MN, and... Read more

The Cabiria Store is OPEN!!

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Madison Plus Select on sale now!

Dear friends, An important quick update: Madison Plus Select has launched their exclusive Cabiria curated collection! Check it out here and commence your ordering; there are only a few available... Read more

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Factory delivery!!

Hello friends!

I want to thank you for your patience since the last update.  In between, the fabric went to the factory, and two months later, they're emerging as dresses.... Read more

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The Best of Kickstarter 2012

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First packages are out!

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Packing, shipping, and my studio smells delicious

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Mugs! (and how to get yours)

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Quality testing and a swag replacement item

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Swag report!

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What's arriving on our doorsteps

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Updating, ordering, collecting

Hello friends,

Happy post Thanksgiving.  I hope you remembered to wear your roomy waistbands last night when taking part in whatever feasting transpired.  Even in my dress, I might've had... Read more

Happy Thanksgiving and Thank You!!!

Hello everyone,

Thanks to everyone who participated in this project, we reached $13,254, a whopping 165% of our initial fundraising goal, to become the MOST SUCCESSFUL PLUS SIZE CAMPAIGN EVER in... Read more

THANK YOU!!!

FUNDED!!! $13,254 which was 165% of the goal and the MOST SUCCESSFUL Plus Size Project EVER on Kickstarter!!! Thank you everyone and Happy Thanksgiving! More details soon. xoxo, Eden
Successfully raised $13,254 with 159 backers

The last push

Hello, friends!

I want to thank everyone who ran with the banner of this campaign while I was called away.  Thank you for the kind words and letters of condolence... Read more

Still away, but returning Tuesday

Hello all, Just a quick note to let you know what's happening. My mom passed away suddenly Wednesday afternoon and I had to drop everything and run out of town.... Read more

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The unexpected

Hello friends, What is expected, customary, normal during a limited campaign like ours is that during the final week we go into overdrive and bang every drum. Today, just after... Read more

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Because of you, this is really happening!!!

Such great stuff is happening, everyone!  My little project that could is now blooming into fruition because you've solved that big chunk of cash issue I'd been facing.  I can't... Read more

Back from LA and a Call to Action!

Hello, friends! 

A few days ago I posted an update while on the road in Los Angeles, and due to phone posting oddities, it seems to have come out garbled.... Read more

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We are four leaf clovers and unicorns!

Hello friends, I'm in Los Angeles this weekend to show Cabiria samples to retailers, talk to an as-yet unnamed plus size celebrity who may wear our clothes on a talk... Read more

Keeping the ball rolling, finding new audiences

Hello friends, 

On October 23rd, Cabiria launched this Kickstarter campaign to raise $8,000 towards funding production of the Spring Summer 2013 Collection, and we reached that in just over a... Read more

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Featured in the Curated Pages!

Hello friends,

I'm in a celebratory mood today - first of all, thanks to your continued support, we are now the most successful plus size project EVER on Kickstarter!  That's... Read more

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132% Funded! 16 More Days! And Where Your Money is Going

Hello friends,

First of all, thank you so much for this great momentum we have.  We're 132% funded and still have 16 days left in the campaign!  I can't even... Read more

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Moving forward

Hi everyone,

Yesterday was a big day for me.  I'm a cancer survivor, and yesterday was the one year anniversary of my very successful surgery.  Yay!  I'd been planning on... Read more

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My campaign and a matter of conscience about Sandy.

On October 23rd, Cabiria launched this Kickstarter campaign to raise $8,000 towards funding production of the Spring Summer 2013 Collection, and we have in just over a week gotten to... Read more

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I like spreading the Kickstarter love

This might not be conducive to me raising all the money for Cabiria (Me, Me, ME!!), but I really love Kickstarter and supporting creative projects with talent, merit, and drive.... Read more

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WE ARE FUNDED ON DAY 8!!!! now for stretch goals!!

OH MY GOODNESS!  Yes, I'm shouting!  And shaking, although it might also be because I've been drinking a lot of coffee today.  But WE ARE FUNDED at 100% now!!!!!

Every... Read more

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New Cabiria FAQ (and we're safe and have power)

Hi friends,

Just a quick update tonight. It's quite late, and the eye of the hurricane has passed over us, but there will still be another wave hitting Long Island... Read more
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Lucky Sevens!

Hi Kickstarters,

I'm here holding down the fort at Cabiria HQ with all our fabrics in plastic and the deck chairs tied down.  Ok, well, the chairs are actually inside... Read more

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We've topped $7000! We're over 87% Funded (and there's a hurricane coming)

Pretty much that's my whole message.  We've broken the $7000 mark on Day 6, with a hurricane bearing down on us and riots over bottled water in the streets!  A... Read more

86% Funded, New Stores and Stretch Goals!

Hi everyone,

I hope all of you in the Northeast are battening down the hatches in prep for the crazy storm headed our way!  I'm trying to think what I... Read more

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78% and we met our Guarantor's Limit (don't stop now!)

Woo hoo!  It's Day 5 of the campaign, and we crossed over the 78% funding level sometime this morning (forgive me, I needed to sleep).  This is so exciting!

The... Read more

More great news and an explanation for some critics

Today was another great day for Cabiria moving ahead.  First thing this morning I met with a lawyer from the Fashion Law Institute Clinic from Fordham University.  Yes, there is... Read more

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Swinging for the fences!

A short update, but another great one!

Today is day 3 of the campaign.  We are 53% funded, and gaining a bit of traction in the world outside my friends... Read more

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Incentive Swag and Major Interest and Only 2 Days In!

Hi friends,

It's been an absolutely crazy ride so far, and we're only 2 days in. Oh my! To update you on what's happened on the Kickstarter page in the... Read more

How extraordinary!

What an astounding day so far!  The project went live just after midnight last night, and was on Facebook and Twitter and all sorts of other platforms as of this... Read more
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