fibersheds

Noun

fibershed (plural fibersheds)

1. The geographic region from which come all of the resources to make an article of clothing.
   • Like a foodshed, a fibershed is a small geographical landscape, or bioregion, where artisans produce goods using natural dyes, materials and farms located within 150 miles of their front door. Whereas some fibersheds focus on creating sustainable clothing, Livingston said the Los Angeles event is...2014 March 18, Lisa Boone, “Fibershed L.A. pop-up features locally sourced crafts, artisans, farms”, in Los Angeles Times
2. A movement to use textiles that are sourced locally.
   • Now, it’s on the lips of the kind of environmentally conscious fashionistas who filled Toby’s Feed Barn in Point Reyes Station this month for the first ever fibershed fashion show.2011 May 26, Paul Liberatore, “West Marin textile artist is a fibershed fashionista”, in Marin Independent Journal