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Alejandra de Coss

Mexico · Est. 2017 · Mid-range

Alejandra de Coss is a Mexican designer clothing and jewellery label for women, founded in Mexico City in 2017 by designer Alejandra de Coss. The brand sets out to create a new definition of luxury through small, responsible production runs, and each collection tells a story inspired by art, such as an autumn-winter collection based on the work of Jean Dubuffet. The label makes art-inspired blazers, tops, skirts, trousers and T-shirts, plus sculptural rings, necklaces, earrings and bracelets. Blazers include the Bowler Black Blazer, the Gruyère Blazer, the Pinstripe Cut-Outs Blazer and the Unlocked Blazer, alongside the Key Crop Top, the Profile Top, the Pantalones Crush and the Comb T-shirt, and jewellery like the Anillo Venus, the Collar Cutlery and the Brazalete Mano. Each piece is handmade by artisan jewellers and traditional tailors in local workshops in Mexico. The brand works in small production runs and has used recycled cotton, deadstock fabrics and local labour to limit its impact. Alejandra de Coss is an independent label led by its founder, with a store at Nápoles 74 in Mexico City's Colonia Juárez. It sells online and ships internationally.

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Unborn

India · Est. 2020 · Affordable

Unborn is an Indian sustainable, handmade clothing label for women, founded in Koppal in 2020 by Mounica Chitturi. Chitturi, a NIFT graduate and environmentalist who serves as creative director, set up the studio to reconnect clothing with nature and the traditional practices behind it. Its motto, from our planet to your closet, sums up a slow, low-impact approach with no chemicals or bleach. The label makes tops, shirts, dresses, trousers, jackets and mulberry silk sarees, plus scarves and plant dye kits. Collections include Ecoprints, botanical prints such as Lost in Forest and True Spring, and Undyed, a line of raw white pieces like the All Day Shirt and Everyday Pants. Everything is handmade in small batches in Indian villages. Unborn works with handwoven natural-fibre fabrics, including Kala cotton, an organic cotton native to Kutch in Gujarat. Its eco-printing transfers real leaves and flowers onto cloth, and it dyes with plants and natural mordants while reusing the water from the steaming process. The brand aims to create jobs in rural communities and revive traditional crafts, and it sells online to customers in India and abroad.

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Runaway Bicycle

India · Est. 2014 · Mid-range

Runaway Bicycle is a sustainable Indian designer clothing label for women, founded in Mumbai in 2014 by Preeti Verma. Verma built the first collection in a one-bedroom apartment after work hours while holding a day job in advertising, driven by a personal need for clothes that felt comfortable before they looked good. Her lack of fashion training was offset by knowledge of traditional weaving and a belief that the most comfortable clothes are worn by children and people in physical work, such as painters, mechanics and road workers. The label makes dresses, tops, shirts, trousers, skirts and jackets, along with accessories and home décor. Everything is handmade in India, linking traditional weavers and dyers across the country, including handloom weavers in Bengal, with craftspeople in its Mumbai studio. Runaway Bicycle works with handloom and hand-spun cotton, silk, linen and wool, with some pieces hand-painted or naturally dyed. Its ethical philosophy is to make less: clothes designed to outlast trends and seasons, soften with age and withstand many washes, so customers buy less and wear longer. The label has shown at Lakmé Fashion Week and been featured by Vogue India, Vogue Singapore, Elle India and Mint.

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Annaiss Yucra

Peru · Est. 2018 · Mid-range

Annaiss Yucra is a Peruvian designer, sustainable handmade clothing label for women and girls, founded in Lima in 2018 by Annaiss Yucra. Born in Lima, the designer, whose full name is Isabel Annaiss Yucra Mancilla, uses colour, heritage and what she calls artivism to communicate social issues through fashion. Her bold, artisanal womenswear is designed to carry a message as well as celebrate Peruvian culture. The range includes dresses, tops, pants, skirts, jackets and sets, plus girls' T-shirts and accessories. Signature pieces include the Vertical Wave Dress, the Rallin Dress, the Musa Maxi Dress, the Trucha Top, the Claveles Pants, the Rafia Puffer Jacket and the Sinchi Set. Everything is made in Peru. Yucra works with local and Indigenous artisans, including weavers from Santiago de Chuco, to preserve traditional techniques and provide fair work. Through her COMPOST TEXTIL project, textile waste is turned into new materials, part of the label's focus on sustainable, handcrafted fashion. Yucra is an alumna of the Redress Design Award, the sustainable fashion competition, and in 2022 she won Best Positive-Impact Project in Latin America at the Latin American Fashion Summit, a win covered by El Comercio.

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Yarmouth Oilskins

UK · Est. 1898 · Mid-range

Yarmouth Oilskins is a British maker of coastal workwear, established in Great Yarmouth in 1898. That year Johnson and Sons became a limited company, and four of its partners joined local businessmen to form Yarmouth Stores Ltd, making oilskins, smocks and workwear for the herring fishing industry and seafarers. The company exported around the world and, before the Second World War, employed more than 1,200 people, most of them machinists. Today the label makes classic, unisex functional clothing designed to be layered for the weather. It is best known for its smocks, including The Classic Smock, The Hooded Smock, The Shawl Collar Smock and The Explorer Smock, alongside The Admiralty Shirt, The Deck Jacket, The Drivers Jacket, The Bib and Brace and The All English Tee. Everything is made in the company's own factory in Great Yarmouth, using traditional methods and many of its original patterns. The collection is made mainly from cotton, linen and wool, including some deadstock fabrics. Yarmouth Oilskins remains an independent, family-owned company, still working from its factory on the English coast more than 125 years after it began.

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Body of Work Studio

Canada · Est. 2020 · Mid-range

Body of Work is a minimalist Canadian activewear label, founded in Toronto in 2020 by Dwayne Vatcher and Brittney MacKinnon. The pair spent around a decade in apparel, MacKinnon at Aritzia's head office in Vancouver and Vatcher as a marketing manager at Reigning Champ, before creating an artisanal design studio that brings a sense of ease to activity. Drawing on vintage sportswear and the tranquility of nature, its products are understated yet not without presence. The unisex range includes T-shirts such as the Calla, the Acacia Legging, sweatpants, French terry sweatshirts, the Poplar Skirt, the Jasper Pull-On Pant, caps and bags, plus sneakers made with Japanese footwear maker Moonstar. Everything is designed, knit, dyed, cut and sewn in Canada, less than an hour from the Toronto studio, with family-owned fabric mills and factories. The label custom develops fabrics with knitting mills and uses natural fibres, organic where possible, along with repurposed and recycled fabrics in small-batch collections. A French terry recycling programme rewards customers who return well-worn pieces. Body of Work has been featured by SHARP, Highsnobiety, NUVO and The New Order, and is stocked by Nepenthes America.

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Anavila

India · Est. 2011 · Luxury

Anavila is an Indian designer, sustainable handmade clothing label for women, founded in Mumbai in 2011 by Anavila Misra. After a short stint abroad, Misra returned to India and began experimenting with indigenous textiles and artisanal skill, wanting to modernise and deconstruct the sari. After working with many clusters and artisans, she created the first linen sari, a comfortable, modern take on the garment that is now a staple of many sari wardrobes. Alongside its signature linen saris and festive collections such as Sarmast and Aamod, the label makes blouses, kurta sets, dresses, tunics, shirts, pants, jackets, overlays and lehengas, plus home pieces. Signature styles include the Khadi Bandi Blouse, the Anar Khadi Irregular Kurta Set and the Lilypond Pant. Everything is made in India. Anavila works closely with artisanal clusters and women across regions, from tribal artisans in Jharkhand to batik painters in West Bengal who wax linen to create water-like motifs. It chooses materials responsibly and believes mindful creation leads to mindful consumption. Misra won the Femina Women Jury Award for Arts and Design in 2017, was named in Grazia's 100 Most Influential People in Fashion, and joined the board of NIFT in 2018.

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Wandering Silk

India · Est. 2011 · Mid-range

Wandering Silk is an Indian sustainable textile and clothing label, founded in Delhi in 2011 by Katherine Neumann. It began with a Kantha embroidery cooperative in Murshidabad, West Bengal, and has grown into House of Wandering Silk, which reimagines India's textile traditions with women makers and master artisans across the country. Its work is built on the values of authenticity, respect and beauty. The range includes robes, wraps, scarves, stoles and home textiles, all handmade in India. Signature pieces include the Jyaamiti Kantha Tussar Silk Robe, natural-dye peace silk wraps and Kantha sari scarves. Pieces are made in small batches with a zero-waste approach, using traditional techniques such as Kantha embroidery, Bandhani tie-dye and Ajrakh block printing. Many designs use upcycled vintage silk saris and natural dyes, so each textile is one of a kind. Wandering Silk is an independent social enterprise led by its founder, working directly with artisan groups in several regions of India.

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Cawley Studio

UK · Est. 2017 · Luxury

Cawley Studio is a British designer label for women, founded in London in 2017 by designer Hannah Cawley. The label was born out of Cawley's bedroom and holds the legacy of a family who create with their hands: she and her mum, Wendy, learnt to hand-smock together, using craft to bring time-honoured making practices into the present. That love of making by hand and a commitment to traditional British textile processes are central to the label. Cawley makes thoughtful, considered clothing in a light-filled South London studio. Its range includes shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts, jackets, coats, shearling and leather pieces, hats and bags, with pieces such as the Phoebe Shirt, the Barbara Pleated Trouser, the Erika Dress, the Ballet Skirt, the Agnes Mac, the Avis shearling jacket and the Bow Hat. Core shapes recur across collections, and it also offers bridal pieces. Every piece of clothing is hand-cut and made in England, using fine natural materials and working with skilled craftspeople who bring their own making traditions. Cawley Studio is independent and run by its founder, with studio appointments in South London and stockists across the USA, Europe and Asia.

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B SIDES

USA · Est. 2016 · Luxury

B SIDES is an American denim label for women, founded in 2016 by vintage collectors Claire Lampert and Stacy Daily and based in New York. Its name comes from the B side of a record, where the deep cuts live. Rooted in the singular character of vintage Levi's gathered across the American West, the brand began as an archive of rare jeans and has since grown into a full ready-to-wear collection. Alongside reworked vintage Lasso denim, B SIDES makes its own jeans such as the Plein High Straight, the Slim Lasso Jean, the Bec Jean and the Charlot Jean. Its ready-to-wear includes the Classic Cardigan in washed cashmere, Donegal Zip Knit Jackets, Pocket Tanks, the Myrr Snap suede jacket and the Duffel Coat. The brand produces its pieces in small batches from natural fibres such as cotton, wool, cashmere and silk, made by artisans who have spent generations refining their techniques, with product pages naming New York and Los Angeles. Patterns are cut from scratch. B SIDES is independent and run by its co-founders, with a studio in New York City and a store at 445 Warren Street in Hudson, New York.

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Two New York

USA · Est. 2010 · Luxury

Two New York is a minimalist designer clothing label for women, founded in Brooklyn, New York in 2010 by Monica Patel-Cohn. Before launching the line, Patel-Cohn worked in creative roles at Barneys and at Prada in Milan. With an Indian father and an Italian mother, she was inspired by the saris her family wore at her wedding in Italy and set out to create a modern, minimal take on caftans, tunics and easy dresses in handwoven fabrics. The collection includes caftans, tunics, dresses, shirts, blouses and trousers, along with scarves and accessories, designed for travel, a staycation or the city. Fabrics are designed in house or sourced from artisans and weavers across India, ranging from hand-spun khadi cotton in indigo dyes to Jamdani saris, ikat and dabu prints. Garments are made in the USA, and the caftan has been the label's signature since its first collection. Two works in small quantities to support handloom weavers and their livelihoods, treating the hand-loomed sari as a craft worth preserving. The brand's studio sits on Main Street in DUMBO and is open by appointment. Two has been featured in Vogue, Yolo Journal and The Flair Index.

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Kostüme

Argentina · Est. 2001 · Luxury

Kostüme is an Argentine designer label for women and men, founded in Buenos Aires in 2001 by designers Camila Milessi and Emiliano Blanco. Taking its name from the German word for clothing seen in Burda pattern magazines, it was one of the pioneering designer brands of the Palermo neighbourhood. The duo set out to build a brand with identity that could also be commercial, embracing what they call anti-fashion. The label offers premium, contemporary ready-to-wear with a conceptual edge, including denim, outerwear and tailoring, along with eyewear. Its designs are often genderless, oversized, sporty and functional, drawing on influences such as the Bauhaus, Le Corbusier and David Bowie. Kostüme designs its clothing in Buenos Aires and makes it in Argentina, shipping worldwide. The founders work from emotion rather than sales rankings, spending months developing each piece instead of producing at speed. Kostüme celebrated its 25th anniversary with its 51st collection, AW26. It remains an independent brand run by its co-founders.

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KUON

Japan · Est. 2016 · Luxury

KUON is a Japanese designer clothing label for men, founded in Tokyo in 2016 by Arata Fujiwara, with designer Shinichiro Ishibashi. Ishibashi apprenticed with an established Tokyo tailor and worked as a pattern maker at a high-end brand showing in Paris before becoming KUON's designer. The name means eternity, the remote past or the future, and permanence, reflected in its motto: "New things become old, but beautiful things remain beautiful." KUON makes jackets and coats such as the Sashiko Crest Snow Parka and Dorozome MA-1, shirts, T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, vests, hakama trousers and denim, plus caps, bags and one-of-a-kind vintage boro pieces. Everything is made in Japan. The label combines traditional boro patchwork, sashiko stitching, sakiori weaving and mud dyeing with Western clothing, revitalising vintage textiles. It upcycles boro with the Otsuchi Sashiko Project in Iwate, which supports recovery from the 2011 earthquake, and its sakiori is woven by people with disabilities at Sakkora Japan. KUON won the Tokyo Fashion Award in 2018, which took it to Pitti Uomo and the showroom.tokyo in Paris, and runs a flagship store in Tokyo.

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Reybha Couture

India · Est. 2023 · Affordable

Reybha Couture is an Indian designer, handmade clothing label for women, founded in Chennai in 2023 by Bhavani Raja. The brand was set up to blend Indo-Western aesthetics with Indian ethnic charm, and it describes its style as contemporary design intertwined with traditional elegance. Its focus is comfortable everyday and office wear, especially kurtis and dresses that carry the essence of Indian heritage while embracing modern trends. The range includes dresses, kurtis, kurti sets, dupatta sets and co-ord sets. Signature pieces include the Brown Cotton Collar Midi Dress, the Peach Cowl Neck Dress, the Solid Brown Indo-Western Dress, the Red Muslin Nyra Suit Dress, the Yellow A-Line Kota Dupatta Set and the Brown Garden Muse Co-Ord Set. Everything is made in India. The label uses 100% natural fabrics with handcrafted detailing, and each piece is designed with attention to quality and craftsmanship. Reybha Couture sells online with free shipping across India and aims to build long-lasting relationships with its customers, whom it welcomes as part of the Reybha Couture family.

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Laman

Afghanistan · Est. 2015 · Mid-range

Laman is an Afghan designer label for women, founded in Afghanistan in 2015 by Rahiba Rahimi, her brother Haseeb Rahimi and Khalid Wardak. Rahiba leads the brand as creative director. Laman creates one-of-a-kind pieces that blend Western styles with traditional Afghan elements, introducing a fresh perspective on Afghan fashion to the modern world. The range focuses on embroidered dresses and chapan coats. Signature pieces include the Desert Pearl Mirrorwork Dress, the Hand-embroidery Nooristani Woven Jewels Dress, the Balouchi Embroidered Flower Pattern Dress and the Ikat Print Chapan, many of them using hand embroidery, mirrorwork and vintage textiles. Every piece is handcrafted in Afghanistan, mainly by women artisans who have inherited their embroidery skills over generations. Laman rediscovers almost forgotten traditional crafts and combines them with contemporary designs, supporting local artisans while aiming to preserve and rejuvenate Afghanistan's cultural heritage. Laman remains an independent brand owned by its founders, and it sells its collections online to customers around the world.

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Aniela Parys

Spain · Mid-range

Aniela Parys is a Spanish lingerie and swimwear label for women, started in Portland, Oregon, by designer Aniela Parys and now based in Barcelona. Growing up in Oregon, Parys learned early about how detrimental the fashion industry can be to communities and the environment, and she created the label as an alternative to the exploitative nature of fast fashion. She began working on the brand while living in Portland and launched it after moving to Spain in March 2015, and she describes it as an independent project. The label makes handmade, small-batch clothing, swimwear and lingerie, along with one-of-a-kind pieces and objects. Lingerie includes the Amara Lace Bralette Top, Suau Bralette and Suri Knickers, and swimwear includes the Marina One Piece and the Juno and Zeus sets. It also makes waffle jackets and trousers, the Cliona Cardigan and one-of-a-kind Tablecloth Dresses. Its capsule collections are handmade in small batches in its Barcelona studio, using deadstock fabric rescued from Barcelona factories, GOTS-certified organic cotton, linen, TENCEL and ECONYL regenerated nylon, plus plant-based dyes. Aniela Parys collaborates with artists on each collection and runs lingerie-making workshops.

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Cúbreme

Argentina · Est. 2004 · Mid-range

Cúbreme is an Argentine sustainable designer label for knitwear and clothing, founded in Buenos Aires in 2004 by designer Alejandra Gottelli. The brand makes purist, genderless pieces from natural fibres, aiming to offer a kinder, more sustainable way of producing clothing with a focus on wildlife conservation. Its work brings together traditional crafts, manual skill, care for detail and forward-looking design. The range includes coats, shirts, knitwear, berets, hats, mittens and socks, plus baby knits, bags and home goods. Signature pieces include the Cuervo maxi coat, the Gabán Arthur, the Estepa Largo coat, the Boina Beret and the Medias Kei. Cúbreme is made in Argentina: its knits are made on manual machines and its coats by Argentine tailors. It uses Patagonian merino wool, llama fibre from northern Argentina, organic linen and organic cotton. The label works actively with WCS Argentina and the Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network on holistic sheep and goat farming that follows strict standards for conserving the flora and fauna of Patagonia. Cúbreme remains independent and founder-led, selling its collections online.

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MAET

Albania · Est. 2021 · Luxury

MAET is a minimalist Albanian luxury designer clothing label for women, founded in Tirana in 2021 by Alesia Zyla. Describing itself as the first ready-to-wear sustainable fashion brand made in Albania, the label sits at the intersection of chic sophistication and bold femininity. Zyla, its founder and creative director, has said creativity was her escape growing up, and she cites Phoebe Philo, Ann Demeulemeester, the Bauhaus and Zaha Hadid as influences. The collection includes dresses, tops, trousers, skirts, tailoring and knitwear with clean, linear lines and fluid draping, offered as a core seasonless selection. Every piece is made in Albania, handcrafted by an all-woman team of seamstresses at the MAET studio in Tirana. The brand follows slow fashion principles, using fabrics such as organic linen, certified silk, regenerated wool and Econyl. Many designs are made to order and ship within 48 hours, which has brought waste and overproduction down to almost zero, and the brand aims to empower women and the next generation of Albanian designers. MAET has been profiled by 33 Magazine, and the United States is now its biggest direct-to-consumer market.

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Carla Fernández

Mexico · Est. 2002 · Luxury

Carla Fernández is a Mexican ethical designer label, founded in Mexico City in 2002 by designer Carla Fernández. Born and based in Mexico City, she creates clothing inspired by the geometric and textile richness of Mexico, guided by the motto that fashion is not ephemeral. The label is recognised internationally for preserving the textile heritage of Mexico's Indigenous communities through contemporary design. The range includes shirts, pants, dresses, tunics, ponchos, T-shirts, blouses, jumpers, capes and coats such as the Abrigo Círculos. It also offers jewellery, bags and the book Manifiesto de la Moda en Resistencia. Clothing is made in Mexico in collaboration with artisans from Indigenous communities across the country, using cotton, wool, silk and linen. Through Taller Flora, its mobile design laboratory, the label works side by side with artisans, combining traditional Mexican crafts with modern aesthetics. Carla Fernández received a Prince Claus Award for her work in ethical fashion and cultural sustainability. Her projects include a collaboration with the British Museum, and she has worked with her partner, artist Pedro Reyes. The label remains independent and founder-led.

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Chula Fashion

Vietnam · Est. 2005 · Mid-range

Chula Fashion is a hand-painted womenswear label, founded in Hanoi in 2005 by Spanish designers Diego Cortizas and Laura Fontan. The couple met at university in Madrid, where Diego studied architecture and Laura political science, and in 2003 they left their jobs in Galicia for a sabbatical year in Hanoi. In Spanish, chula means beautiful in a bold, confident way, and the label's first skirts, painted with playful sketches, were sold at Ipa-Nema in Hanoi's Old Quarter. Today Chula makes gowns, dresses, tunics, blouses, shirts, boleros, coats, capes and trousers inspired by Asian cities and culture. Pieces include the Hanoian Gate Gown, the Countdown Gown, the Hoi An Lanterns Shirt, the Tokyo Chōchin Bolero and the Anaglyph Coat. Everything is made by hand at its atelier in Hanoi's Tây Hồ District. More than 70% of its artisans are women living with a disability, a commitment that began in 2006 when the founders hired their first tailor, Duong, through the NGO Hoa Sua. Chula also works textiles from Vietnam's Mông, Thái and Cơ Tu communities into patchwork jackets and kimonos, and it showed its first themed collection at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in 2007.

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Lilli Jahilo

Estonia · Est. 2010 · Luxury

Lilli Jahilo is an Estonian designer label for women, founded in Tallinn in 2010 by designer Lilli Jahilo. She trained at Chanel, the Oslo National Academy of the Arts and the Estonian Academy of Arts, and started the brand as a made-to-measure atelier with her mother, marketing expert Marika. It is still family-run, with Lilli's cousin Tene as co-owner and director. The label has grown into a luxury ready-to-wear brand whose signature is meticulously crafted dresses and gowns, alongside tops, skirts, corsets, jumpsuits, knitwear and coats. Signature pieces include the Celeste and Maxima Silk gowns, the Hedvig Lace Gown, the Harper dress and the Blake corset. Most pieces are handcrafted on demand in Estonia by in-house tailors and partner workshops, using silk, cotton, wool and linen. Its pre-loved initiative, launched in 2020, extends the life of its garments. Lilli Jahilo won the Golden Needle Designer of the Year award at Tallinn Fashion Week in 2016, plus Epica and Balticbest awards for its Cannes Dress campaign. In 2021 President Kersti Kaljulaid awarded her the Order of the White Star.

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OUND OUND

Uruguay · Est. 2015 · Luxury

OUND is a minimalist, handmade luxury clothing label, founded in Uruguay in 2015 by designer Paula Delgado. Delgado previously worked as a fashion designer for two leading global fast fashion corporations, then spent 2015 to 2017 in rural Argentina and Scotland learning about wool production, weaving and knitting and teaching herself botanical dyeing. Inspired by permaculture, she describes OUND as an investigative project rooted in simplicity and humble luxury. The label specialises in hand-knitted undyed wool pullovers and cardigans and naturally dyed silk dresses, alongside tops and trousers. Pieces are one-of-a-kind or made in limited editions in Uruguay, where a network of hand knitters, dyers and embroiderers work from small family studios across the country. OUND uses only natural, renewable and biodegradable fibres such as wool, silk, cotton and linen. Wool comes from Uruguayan Merino and Corriedale sheep raised on open grasslands and is left in its natural colours, while silk is dyed with plants and food waste such as avocado skins, eucalyptus leaves, onion peels and loquat. OUND builds long-term relationships with its artisans, paying fairly and visiting regularly, and its main markets are the United States, Japan and Europe.

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Donni

USA · Est. 2009 · Mid-range

Donni is an American sustainable clothing and accessories label for women, founded in Los Angeles in 2009 by Alyssa Wasko. It all started when Wasko lost her father, lovingly known as Donny, and turned to creativity for comfort by designing a scarf by hand. As word spread, her designs caught the attention of women across the country, and a brand was born, shaped by her background at Chanel, a love of vintage menswear and a signature approach to colour. Donni grew from scarves into ready-to-wear in 2018 and now makes effortlessly wearable pieces designed to be thrown on and lived in. Its range includes the Pointelle Simple Crop Pant, the Silk Taffeta Cargo Pant, the Jersey Baseball Tee, heavy cotton knit sweaters and silk scrunchies and bows. Every piece is made in Los Angeles from locally milled or sourced fabrics. Most of its vendors, factories, cutting houses, knitting mills and patternmakers are women-owned or women-led, and natural fibres and eco-friendly materials form the core of its collections. Donni has grown through a drop model of limited releases, which Forbes covered in 2021. It remains independent and is owned and run by Wasko.

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Howlin’ Knitwear

Belgium · Est. 2009 · Mid-range

Howlin' is a Belgian knitwear label for men and women, founded in Antwerp in 2009 by brothers Jan and Patrick Olyslager. The family's roots in knitwear go back to 1981, when their parents began producing traditional Scottish knitwear under the Morrison label, and Howlin', Scottish slang for smelly, gave the brothers the freedom to build something of their own while staying true to that craft. The brand sums up its approach as good yarns, strange ideas, timeless craftsmanship and a little cosmic twist. It makes playful, traditionally crafted sweaters, cardigans and knit accessories, such as the Birth Of The Cool sweater, Shaggy Bear cardigans, the Brain Freezer Hat and Bandana Lover scarves. The range also includes the Cosmic Pants, the Coach Your Jacket, T-shirts and bags like the Astro Bag. Collections are made by specialist manufacturers in Scotland, Ireland and Belgium. In Scotland, Howlin' aims to bring a fresh, slightly twisted approach to traditional knitwear, combining time-honoured techniques with new colours, patterns and ideas, using natural yarns from local Scottish mills, and each garment is individually handled. The independent, family-run brand has a store at Nationalestraat 20 in Antwerp.

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