Burda Style For people who sew
About BurdaStyle
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Time Out New York
July 2009
"The website filled a gaping hole in the outmoded world of sterile and unimaginative sewing patterns."
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Welt Kompakt
July 2009
"BurdaStyle is a huge success and a popular online platform for dress makers and creative minds of the Web 2.0 g...
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Faz.net Online
May 2009
"In the past two years knitting has become fashionable beyond the Black Forest. (…) Lifestyle magazines like “Cu...
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Kulturspiegel
April 2009
"Burdastyle.com offers patterns, step by step instructions and how-toes. Users themselves can upload their own p...
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What Would Google Do? By Jeff Jarvis
January 2009
"BurdaStyle.com's open-source sewing from the German publishing empire Burda, which decided to take copyrights o...
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Badische Zeitung Online
December 2008
"Old principle in newly designed clothes: a platform where the sewing community downloads sewing patterns for fr...
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Rheinischer Merkur
September 2008
"an old idea served up with a fresh face"
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Elle Germany
August 2008
"Designer Clothes can be downloaded!"
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Stern Online
July 2008
"...this site sets record numbers in the area of online craft-communities."
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InStyle Germany
July 2008
"...with the help of www.burdastyle.com even the sewing beginners can create their own unique clothes. Try it out!"
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Focus
July 2008
“Individuals who distance themselves from mass production (...) [are] the ones who embrace a tailors craftsman...
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The Marker Women
June 2008
A feature in a Israeli women's cultural magazine.
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Elle Sweden
June 2008
“35 million people in America alone are tired of getting their fashion served and rather sew their own clothes. ...
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Bunte Online
May 2008
"Following after Facebook and Open BC & Co.,here comes the sewing community! After founding BurdaStyle.com in Ne...
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The New York Daily News
February 2008
Nicole Lyn Lesce from the New York Daily News writes: "Meet Brooklyn's fix-it fashionistas You don't h...
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Süddeutsche Zeitung
February 2008
"...the Burda Publishing house...is... mingling with the new trend - the...website burdastyle.com...sports the f...
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BusinessWeek
January 2008
"...Although the craft craze is well– established…it’s taking off with a vengeance online..."
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CNN Money Fortune Online
January 2008
“…The BurdaStyle site, enables fans to download free clothing patterns and upload modifications and customizatio...
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Venus Zine
November 2007
“…The Euro-chic pattern company blends the best of social media and the customizing trend. The site offers free ...
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Bust
July 2007
“…Folks can model new designs after [patterns] and even sell their creations. BurdaStyle is the first to foster ...
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Craft Zine
June 2007
"[BurdaStyle] has launched the concept of open source sewing, and offers a free pattern database for crafters ar...
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International Herald Tribune Online
April 2007
"…Burdastyle is not your average internet start-up…[they] Bring sewing patterns to a new generation…"
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Women's Wear Daily
February 2007
“...The site has been up for a week, and even before there was any publicity, sewers from as far as Iran, Sweden...
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Wired Online
January 2007
“…Sewing Pattern Company Goes Open-Source and Web 2.0…”
We are BurdaStyle
We are a friendly bunch using the web to bring the craft of sewing to a new generation of designers, hobbyists, DIYers and anyone looking to sew.
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