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Using What We Have

Using What We Have

We’re giving our warmest welcome to fall fashions 🤎 But this year, you may have noticed a small shift in the new styles we’ve been able to bring you.Our mission to bring you sustainable styles remains the same as since we opened our virtual doors in 2014. This means utilizing many natural resources found in abundance near the towns of our makers but even in the faraway villages where our makers live, they’ve experienced supply chain issues just like we have here at home. This means that some of the designs we’ve been dreaming up for months (and longer), weren’t able to be crafted as expected. The solution? Let’s pivot to rely more on the reclaimed materials that already exist!Sometimes...

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Serious post ahead, no cute graphics for this one.

Running a business right now is hard. Running a small business with a give back mission? I don’t have a word to describe it. It’s like trying to run underwater against a current. We are fortunate to not be facing shipping delays (both inbound or outbound) like so many others are struggling with right now but mental exhaustion levels are high. This isn’t a cry for pity or help, but would you keep us in your kind thoughts this season and into the holidays? Our hearts are in this for you, for our makers, for our affiliates, and we want to make an impact on everyone who crosses our path. Some days that’s easy, others it’s not. This year has...

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Busting Sustainable Fashion Myths

Busting Sustainable Fashion Myths

The Fair Trade movement is growing so we think it’s a great time to bust this myth: Fair Trade requires taking jobs from Americans and giving them to people in other countries.The REALITY? Fair Trade products originate from the culture and items in abundance in other countries. Our products highlight the unique creativity and resourcefulness in countries around the world without infringing on any jobs in the U.S. By shopping Fair Trade with us, you are supporting the poorest of the poor around the globe. It’s as if you’re holding the face of one of our Peruvian makers in your hands and saying directly into her eyes, “I see you, I value you, and I support you.”We do more than...

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Giving Back When Traveling

Giving Back When Traveling

As restrictions are slowly lifting and our way of live is returning to normal, I’m sure you have a wish for wanderlust whether that be a weekend road trip near home or a month-long excursion across the globe. Our mission to bring opportunity to underserved communities leads us to remote villages that can provoke feelings of guilt for our own privilege. Although we practice budget travel ideals, we’re not blind to the fact that life in our country lends itself to opportunities not afforded to many.Our work is not done out of pity—in fact, the villages where we work at some of the most joyful places we’ve had the pleasure of visiting. The way of life in the homes of...

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The Price of Sustainable Fashion

The Price of Sustainable Fashion

If you were feeling priced out of the Fair Trade marketplace prior to Covid, you might be hesitant to consider sustainable alternatives to mainstream market commodities now that our economy has started to rebound. The fashion industry has been broken for some time, but now coupled with supply backlogs from the Suez Canal blockage, welfare concerns of workers in Covid-ravaged communities, and a smaller supply chain than 16 months prior, prices continue to climb on many of our shopping staples.As our local communities are rebuilding, so are those of hard working people in small villages and bustling towns in the developing countries where our makers live. The effects of Covid will continue shaping their lives for months, and perhaps years,...

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