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SPRING 2019 Antigua, Guatemala
HERE / LOLIE JUMPSUIT $120 Handwoven Cotton from India
Excess Factory Cut-Offs $96
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Alpaca from Bolivia $36
Locally Sourced Wool from Nepal $152 Excess Factory Cut-Offs $96
HERE / DILSI OVERALLS $96 Handwoven Cotton from India SEVIA SWEATER $88 Hand Knit Cotton from Nepal
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HERE / HARPER DRESS $88 Recycled Factory Cut-Offs from Cambodia
HERE / JUANA T $46 Recycled T-Shirts from Honduras PATRICIA PANTS $84 Handwoven Cotton from India SLOAN CARDIGAN $138 Alpaca from Bolivia THERE / LAURIE MIDI DRESS $96 Handwoven Cotton from India
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HERE / OLGA PONCHO $68 Handwoven Cotton from Guatemala DAISY DRESS $64 Pima Cotton from Bolivia THERE / LAURIE MIDI DRESS $96 Handwoven Cotton from India
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THERE / DAISEY DRESS $64 Pima Cotton from Bolivia MARINA CLUTCH $32 Recycled T-Shirts from Paraguay
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GLADYS
On my recent trip to Guatemala, I had the pleasure of meeting Gladys. Gladys has sewn hundreds of products for Liz Alig from her tiny one room workshop off her home—with a great view of the surrounding volcanoes. I was connected to Gladys through an acquaintance of DeeDee. The women said Gladys wanted more work because her son had a heart condition and the family was looking for ways to pay for the expensive surgery. I will never forget the look in her eye when saying that the work seemed to come at the perfect time... For the past six years I have slowly developed products for Gladys to make from her workshop recycling the traditional Guatemalan corte and huipil fabrics. I always love meeting someone in person who I have known or worked with for years—it is interesting to see how closely my idea of them fits the real person. I also enjoy it because inevitably people are surprised by my sixteen year old looking self. Weirdly enough, Gladys was exactly who I had pictured. She is kind and analytical and has this smile that takes up every corner of her face...and yeah she said that she expected me to be an old women with a couple of kids. As I was leaving her house after teaching her how to make a few new garments, showing her what uber is, and asking her where to buy the best street food, a teenage boy in a soccer uniform rushed past us. She later explained that he was her son who had had the surgery about five years ago. I think sometimes it is difficult to quantify the difference purchasing fair trade can have—it is difficult because the change is slow and honestly it does not look like what we think it should. Sometimes it is just employing one person more sustainably. But I do know Gladys is grateful for the work. Gladys has been able to care for her family as she works from her own home for the past several years—something she explained to me was her dream when her father taught her how to sew. She talked about sitting in the hospital for weeks waiting for her son’s recovery, but she was still determined to fill orders at the same time. She talked about her dreams of doubling her income with more projects. Honestly, most of the success of this story is due to Gladys’s hard work, but it is always humbling to play a small role in someone’s story. Every time I meet the seamstresses or weavers we work with the story is the same — they thank me for the work and sheepishly ask for more. When I was in Guatemala this time, I met another woman who is looking for a sewing job—she currently works as a house keeper, but has to travel away from her family during the week and it does not pay well. I would love to employ her too! This is just one of the many faces behind the people who make our clothes. Thanks for supporting them and playing a role in their story as well! - Liz
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HERE / Gladys in her workshop. PREVIOUS PAGE / GLADYS SHIRT $84 Handwoven Cotton Ikat from Guatemala
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THERE / LOUISSA DRESS $96 Recycled Flour Sacks from Ghana
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THERE / DOLORES ROMPER $68 Recycled Factory Excess Cut-Offs from Cambodia HERE / MIA DRESS $96 Handwoven Cotton from Cambodia
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THERE / TILLY DRESS $120 Handwoven Cotton from Cambodia DELFINA PONCHO $68 Handwoven Cotton from Guatemala
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RECYCLED DENIM COLLECTION
Handmade garments from excess denim that is collected from factories in Guatemala. These excess scraps and bales of denim and cotton there were headed for the trash are cleaned and sorted, then re-spun and re-woven into new fabric.
THERE / FRIDA DRESS $96 Handwoven Recycled Denim from Guatemala SLOAN CARDIGAN $138 Alpaca from Bolivia
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HERE / Denim scraps ready to be sorted and washed. THERE / Recycled denim fabric being dried after it is woven.
THERE / Re-spun denim fibers. HERE / Designing a new collection at a workshop in Guatemala City.
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THERE / ANGIE JUMPSUIT $112 Recycled Denim from Guatemala HERE / DINA TANK $64 Handwoven Cotton from India JESS SKIRT $88 Recycled Denim from Guatemala
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HAND DYED AND HAND WOVEN TRADITIONAL IKAT
Weavers in remote villages of Guatemala use age-old dying and weaving techniques to create this traditional Guatemalan-inspired ikat. We work with Olga to source these fabrics, a women who was been teaching indigenous groups how to dye cotton naturally and weave western-inspired prints for over 30 years.
THERE / SEVIA SWEATER $88 Hand Knit Cotton from Nepal CHLOE SHORTS $72 Handwoven Cotton from Guatemala NOA CROSSBODY BAG $56 Recycled T-Shirts from Paraguay
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THERE / Olga explaining the natural dyeing process.
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HERE / Delfina hand weaving cotton using the backstrap loom seen all over Guatemala. Delfina married into a family that has been growing cotton for decades—they are one of the very few who still produce it today. They are known for growing the native brown tinted ixcaco cotton this upcoming Fall we will have a few pieces made from their cotton.
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Recycled Traditional Fabrics from Guatemala $104 Super Soft Alpaca from Bolivia $164
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HERE / SEVIA SWEATER $88 Hand Knit Cotton from Nepal CHLOE SHORTS $72 Handwoven Cotton from Guatemala
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HERE / GLADYS SHIRT $84 Handwoven Cotton from Guatemala CHLOE SHORTS $72 Handwoven Cotton from Guatemala THERE / AMBRE DRESS $112 Handwoven Cotton from Guatemala
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THERE / CATARINA DRESS $112 Handwoven Cotton from India
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HERE / JOSEFINA T $32 Pima Cotton from Bolivia KIKI SKIRT $96 Handwoven Cotton from India THERE / MARIETTA DRESS $92 Handwoven Cotton from India
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THERE / VELDA DRESS $92 Pima Cotton from Bolivia
THERE / TILLY DRESS $120 Handwoven Cotton from Cambodia
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HERE / MICHELLE DRESS $88 Recycled T-Shirts from Honduras
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