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Green Tea injects a cool energy into Sympatico’s hemp clothing collection

Posted by Rose on 14th Jul 2022

Freshly brewed at my dyers, Green Tea will inject cool energy into your summer dressing. Green Tea Tank Top with Plum Flip Skirt: a cool summer combo.Green Tea, Sympatico latest sha … read more

The upsides of running a tiny ethical-clothing company (and the challenges)

Posted by Rose on 31st Mar 2022

Ethical clothing makers may seem anachronistic, but there’s still a place for well-constructed and designed artisanal apparel. In a world where market share is the holy grail, running a tiny et … read more

Ann Lowe’s designs helped end the racial divide in couture fashion

Posted by Rose on 25th Mar 2022

Her meticulously crafted artisan-made gowns were sought out by high society, including Jackie Kennedy. When Jacquelyn Bouvier married future president John Kennedy in 1953, the New York Times’ fro … read more

How sewing machines are playing a part in climate resilience

Posted by Rose on 17th Mar 2022

A co-op of artisanal clothing makers in Niger depends on sewing to avert poverty in the face of climate change and glaring gender inequality. In my ongoing celebration of Women’s History Mont … read more

How the sewing machine empowered African women

Posted by Rose on 9th Mar 2022

Although sewing machines were at first a tool of colonialism in Africa, a century later, in part due to women, they became tools of democratization. As part of Sympatico’s celebration of … read more

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