About Farewell Frances

 

Farewell Frances was started in 2020 by Carly Scheck. The brand’s focus is all about honoring the past while thinking about our future. Farewell Frances uses a lot of vintage textiles and plays with shapes and silhouettes inspired by the past.

 We are a relatively small operation. We have partnerships with a small family run factory in Spain, a skilled Block Printer in India, and a non-profit called PeaceQuilts based out of Haiti who help provide women a safe and supportive environment as well as the means to earn a living wage. We have been working with a small factory in China for the past ten years. We also have a seamstress in Texas. Carly also makes some of the pieces in her studio in NJ.

Carly has been working with textiles for over twenty years. She sews, knits, weaves and naturally dyes fabric. She started Farewell Frances as a personal project when her two Grandmothers passed away both suddenly and within a month of each other. She spent a great deal of time learning and sharing with one of her Grandmothers, who also knit and sewed. The personal project grew quite a bit after a feature in US and China’s Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue Paris.

 Our designs are a true nod to another time. There is a real sense of Americana and Nostalgia to them that our customers really resonate with. Carly’s designs are often very inspired by her favorite childhood movies and novels; Little Women, Heidi, Anne of Green Gables, Hans Christian Anderson. Her designs often mix feminine with masculine; a suit made from a floral quilt top, or flowy top made from branded feed sacks.