Style Tinaliah is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping underserved artisans (in recovery of homelessness, persons with disabilities, immigrants, and refugees) towards economic development through the sewing arts.

The “Threads & Needles” program attracted such diversity. It was a blast!

A section of the program called “the threads of your life” was about making a coat.

Followed by a fashion show & tell at local venue.
The making of a coat involved reflexion on one’s life story, projected into the choice of design and material used. Participants from diverse background gained in skills, creating the garment, and in self- esteem by telling its story during a fashion show and tell event.

Our Services:

Since 2016, our programs have been focused on lifting the Greater New Haven area, socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, including artists, artisans, and makers who are in recovery from homelessness, immigrants and refugees, and other locals. We help them create micro-enterprises, and small businesses and become better-adjusted productive citizens.

We do this by providing a combination of

1. in-depth sewing mixed with the business of fashion education,

2. connecting them with the local community of business instruction, incubator/acceleration programming as well as,

3. financial training, leading to small loan applications,

4. safe housing (in progress).