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Detroit may be the city that put the world on wheels, but a new effort launching in the Midtown district might add apparel to Detroit's manufacturing resume. It's called the Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center (ISAIC), and it's opening on Cass Avenue.

Jennifer Guarino is the chair of ISAIC, as well as the vice¹ president of manufacturing at Shinola Detroit. Roslyn Karamoko is the founding director of Detroit Is The New Black, an apparel and lifestyle brand focused on ethical² fashion.

Guarino says ISAIC is a program that teaches traditional industrial sewing skills alongside newer technology like automation and co-robotics. She says she hopes that the space will allow upcoming ethical fashion designers to manufacture their products on-site, instead of outsourcing it to other countries.

Karamoko defines ethical fashion as sustainably-made products that don't cause harm to their immediate³ environment.

Obviously, that's natural materials, that's the process in which you're developing product, but I think it's also the type of businesses that we have in certain areas and certain cities, and the demographics that they speak to, she said.

Karamoko thinks Detroit is uniquely poised⁴ to support smaller-scale, ethical fashion production because the city has the space and the talent necessary to do so.

Although the concept of ethical, sustainable fashion was once an expensive, elite⁵ endeavor, Karamoko says more consumers are becoming aware of where their garments are coming from, and how they're made.

Guarino agrees that ethical fashion is on its way to becoming a customer expectation."She says that the fashion industry as a whole is beginning to understand what that means for production. She notes the current trend of reshoring production back to the United States.

We are going to be setting up an ecosystem⁶ here that will be manufacturing, distributing in a more sustainable way. And Detroit gets to do that because we don't have to deconstruct anything first. We get to actually build it as it could and should be, Guarino said.

This post was written by Stateside production assistant Isabella Isaacs-Thomas.

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 ethical   

adj.伦理的，道德的，合乎道德的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
• It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。

3 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

4 poised   

a.摆好姿势不动的

参考例句：

• The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
• Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

5 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

6 ecosystem   

n.生态系统

参考例句：

• This destroyed the ecosystem of the island.这样破坏了岛上的生态系统。
• We all have an interest in maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem.维持生态系统的完整是我们共同的利益。