Clothing with a Cause Cambodian brand tonlé is disrupting the idea of fast fashion with ethically made clothing BY CRISTINA DEPTULA PHOTO CREDIT CHLOE JACKMAN C H LO E J AC K M A N P H OTO G R A P H Y C H LO E J AC K M A N .C O M @ C H LO E J AC K M A N P H OTO S
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lothing company tonlé goes beyond recycling fabric and builds sustainability into its entire way o f operating. As founder Rachel Faller explains, “tonlé means ‘river’ in Khmer. Rivers are central to life in Cambodia and also represent the circular and regenerative nature of our business.” Tonlé offers several elegant, flowing collections of wraps, skirts, dresses, jumpsuits, and accessories including hand-sewn facemasks. They offer a line of clothes in versatile tans, greens, and blacks for those who wish to buy and own fewer items of clothing to be more sustainable, and a new, more colorful and hip, nature-inspired “Plant Queen” line intended to accommodate gender-fluid people.
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