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Sejauh Mata Memandang

Indonesia · Est. 2014 · Mid-range

Sejauh Mata Memandang is a sustainable Indonesian textile and clothing label for women, men and kids, founded in Jakarta in 2014 by Chitra Subyakto. Subyakto began her career in 2001 as a stylist and writer at CosmoGirl! Indonesia and went on to design costumes for more than 25 films, winning Best Costume Design at the 2016 Indonesian Film Festival for Athirah. Her love of Indonesian textiles and culture led her to start the label. The brand makes kebaya, shirts, tops, dresses, wrap skirts, pants, outerwear, shawls and kain, plus bags, hair accessories, home decor and upcycled goods. Everything is made in Indonesia with local artisans using batik cap, hand-screen printing, handweaving and embroidery. Sejauh Mata Memandang follows the principles of circularity, designing each piece to be reusable, repairable, biodegradable and recyclable, and working with cotton, Tencel and recycled fabrics while upcycling leftover textiles. The label is a certified B Corporation and has collaborated with artists such as Eko Nugroho. To mark its tenth anniversary in 2024, it launched Studio Sejauh, a collaborative space connecting farmers, artisans, small businesses and communities to build Indonesia's textile sovereignty.

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S.E.H Kelly

UK · Est. 2009 · Luxury

S.E.H Kelly is a British designer label for men, founded in London in 2009 by Sara Kelly and Paul Vincent. Drawing on their experience of working on Savile Row, the pair set out to make enduring, classic British clothing designed to last for years, with careful attention to cloth, construction and detail. The range includes coats, jackets, shirts, knitwear, trousers and accessories such as hats and gloves. Signature pieces include the Ulster, the Balmacaan, the British Warm, the Duffle coat and the Peacoat, as well as the Engineer jacket, the Harrington jacket, the Granddad shirt and the Popover in linen poplin. Most of the clothing is cut and sewn in London, in workrooms that specialise in shirts, jackets or trousers, while its knitwear is hand-framed in Scotland. Cloth comes from carefully chosen, high-quality mills, and accessories are made by long-standing specialist workshops. S.E.H Kelly remains independent and is run by its two founders from their London workshop.

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Studio 189

Ghana · Est. 2013 · Mid-range

Studio 189 is an ethical, handmade designer label and social enterprise, founded in Accra in 2013 by actress Rosario Dawson and Abrima Erwiah. The artisan-produced fashion lifestyle brand creates African and African-inspired clothing, built on the belief that collaborating with artisanal communities can drive change: look good, feel good and do good. The range includes shirts, dresses, skirts, pants, coats, jackets, kimonos, swimwear and T-shirts, plus hats, baskets and home goods. Signature pieces include the Cotton Andy Pants, the Hand-Batik Cotton Jumpsuit, the Kente Single Breasted Coat and the Indigo Panel Long Skirt. Clothing is made mainly at its facility in Accra with artisan communities, using traditional techniques such as natural indigo dyeing, hand-batik and kente weaving, mostly in cotton. Studio 189 focuses on creating jobs and supporting education and skills training. The brand won the CFDA Lexus Fashion Initiative for Sustainability and has partnered with the UN ITC Ethical Fashion Initiative. It has collaborated with J.Crew, Fendi, Nike, EDUN, Opening Ceremony and Yoox Net-a-Porter, and its work featured in The Museum at FIT's Africa's Fashion Diaspora exhibition.

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Pippa Holt

Ireland · Est. 2016 · Luxury

Pippa Holt is a designer, handmade luxury kaftan label for women, founded in Dublin in 2016 by Pippa Holt. Holt grew up on the beaches of Australia and was inspired by her grandmother's tropical style at her seaside holiday home on the Great Barrier Reef. A former editor at British Vogue with a degree in fashion design and a love of travel, she built the label around one-of-a-kind, hand-woven kaftans. The range centres on numbered, unique kaftans, such as Kaftan No.429 and Kaftan No.925, in supermini, mini, midi and maxi lengths, alongside woven belts, children's kaftans, hats and table linens. The kaftans are made in Mexico. Each kaftan is hand-woven in Oaxaca on a backstrap loom, an ancient technique, using naturally dyed cotton thread, including native coyuchi brown cotton and indigo. One piece takes about a month to make, and no two are the same. Head weaver Felipa, who has more than 50 years' experience, works with her daughter Angelica, and around 200 artisans now work with the brand. Pippa Holt is part of Net-a-Porter's Net Sustain platform and Farfetch's Positively Conscious selection, and it holds trunk shows in cities such as Dubai.

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Our Own Pace

India · Est. 2024 · Affordable

Our Own Pace is an Indian sustainable, handmade clothing label for men and women, founded in Delhi in 2024 by Shivani Boruah and Uday Shanker Acharya. The founders launched it as a conscious lifestyle brand that slows production down, pairing easy, useful everyday shapes with artisanal fabrics and traditional Indian techniques, and making clothing in small batches through careful manual processes. The gender-neutral range includes shirts, shorts, trousers, jeans, jackets, coats and dresses, plus a few home items. Signature pieces include the Type II Denim Jacket, the Abhinandan Chore Coat, the Sunday Morning Shirt and Shorts, the Crochet Shirt and the I'm A Star Horseshoe Jeans. Everything is made in India. The brand sources 100% cotton fabrics directly from weaving clusters in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and West Bengal so that the makers are paid fairly, and works with handspun, handloom and ikat textiles. It also uses pre-consumer textile waste, and its fabrics carry traditional techniques such as block printing and natural dyeing. Our Own Pace sells online, offers made-to-order pieces and has been featured by Homegrown as a label making trend-led clothing for the conscious Indian shopper.

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Dehen 1920

USA · Est. 1920 · Luxury

Dehen 1920 is an American luxury designer clothing label for men and women, founded in Portland in 1920 by William Peter Dehen. A German immigrant who had worked at Golden State Knitting in San Francisco and as night knitting manager at Jantzen Knitting Mills, Dehen set up Dehen Knitting Company to make varsity and collegiate sweaters. The family business kept knitting through the Depression, at one point running machines from the basement of the Dehen home. Over the decades the company added motorcycle riding sweaters, varsity jackets, car coats and cheerleading uniforms. Its own Dehen 1920 line, launched in 2011, includes N-1 Deck Jackets, Varsity and Flyer's Club Jackets, Crissman overshirts, moto sweaters and Heavy Duty tees. Everything is made in the company's own factory in Portland, Oregon. The brand is built on hand-crafted, heavyweight pieces in wool, waxed cotton and leather, designed to last for generations. Varsity jackets were historically made by hand to each athlete's specification, and the company has kept its manufacturing in the USA despite decades of pressure to move production overseas. Dehen 1920 remains a family-owned business and runs a retail store alongside its Portland factory.

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Nette Rose

South Africa · Est. 2016 · Mid-range

Nette Rose is a South African handmade lingerie label for women, founded in Cape Town in 2016 by Megan Miller. Miller dreamed up the brand during her first year of fashion studies and launched it in her final year, funding it with money from selling her vintage clothing at markets. It is named after her two grandmothers, Nette and Rose, whose classic style and adventurous spirit inspired her to get into fashion and sewing. The label designs flirty intimates for women who dress for themselves, summed up in its mantra: "She is a wild one. With a gentle soul. Who sways to her own rhythm and dresses for herself." Its range includes bralettes, knickers, thongs, garter belts, harnesses, bodysuits, slip dresses and pyjamas, with pieces such as the Daisy-Mae set, the Mary and Brandy knickers, the Jamie thong, beaded slip dresses like the Safari and Posie, and the Poppy Pyjama Set. Every piece is ethically handmade in Cape Town by a small in-house team, using fabrics such as cotton, organic cotton and linen. Nette Rose is an independent, women-owned brand run by Miller, selling through an international online store and a separate South African store.

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KKCo Studio

USA · Est. 2019 · Mid-range

KkCo is an American designer label, founded in Los Angeles in 2019 by Kara Jubin. Pronounced "Kay-Koh", it describes itself as an unconventional apparel brand that is more about the individuals and culture it represents than just the clothing, with a focus on building and supporting a creative community. The design is an exploration of juxtaposition and unexpected details, moving between masculine and feminine, sport and special occasion, function and form. The label has become known for bringing outdoor-wear inside, using sport and functional fabrics in unexpected silhouettes. Pieces include the Spiral Windbreaker, the Silk Nylon Split Track Pant, the Utility Wrap Dress and the Polar Crewneck Sweater, alongside a Ceremony line of occasion pieces, Circle Mule leather shoes, brooches and even pet toys. Most clothing is made in Los Angeles with family-owned and operated factories that follow sustainable and ethical practices, while its alpaca-blend knits and leather mules are made in Peru. KkCo also works with its supply chain to minimise waste and recycles production scraps into new products. The independent label is stocked by retailers in the US, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Europe, including SSENSE, Nordstrom, United Arrows and Isetan.

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ES Made by Me

USA · Est. 2013 · Mid-range

ES Made by Me is a minimalist American clothing and sewing label from designer Elizabeth (Liz) Pape, who founded Elizabeth Suzann in Nashville in 2013. Pape began by sewing clothes in her spare bedroom and selling them on Etsy, and Elizabeth Suzann became known for slow-fashion wardrobe staples made to order in small batches. After closing its Nashville production in April 2020, Pape relaunched the business as a small studio, now called ES Made by Me. Its mission is to make clothing that feels like home, and it invites customers to engage with how clothing is made, whether they buy a finished garment or sew it themselves. The shop sells made-to-order and ready-to-ship clothing such as the Florence Pant, Georgia Midi, Andy Trouser, Linn Tee and Clyde Trench, along with digital sewing patterns of those signature styles, linen, silk and organic cotton fabric, and live and on-demand sewing workshops. Pape designs, patterns and samples every garment in her home studio, and each piece is cut and sewn by a small, woman-owned partner factory or a local contractor. The brand works with natural fibres and aims to become a zero-waste studio.

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Jamie Haller

USA · Est. 2020 · Luxury

Jamie Haller is an American designer label for women, founded in Los Angeles in 2020 by Jamie Haller. A Southern California native and 22-year veteran of the Los Angeles fashion scene, Haller is known for an understated, advanced casual design sensibility, and she is also a historic home restorer and interior designer. Starting a shoe line was a natural progression of her creative expression, and amid the uncertainty of 2020 she launched her namesake collection. The brand began with shoes and set out to perfect the understated everyday flat. Signature styles include the Penny Loafer, the Ballet Slipper, the Trap Pump and the Kitty Point Heel. It has since added clothing and denim such as the Weekend Shirt, the Daily Sweatshirt, the Tapered Trouser and the Oversized Blazer, plus bags like the Document Clutch. The shoes are handmade in Italy, many in Tuscany, using traditional Sacchetto construction for a soft, glove-like fit, and its bags are also made in Italy. Much of the clothing is made in Los Angeles and elsewhere in the USA. Jamie Haller is an independent brand owned and run by its founder.

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Filip+Inna

Philippines · Est. 2009 · Mid-range

Filip+Inna is a Filipino designer label, founded in Mandaluyong City in 2009 by fashion designer Lenora "Len" Cabili. Cabili grew up with the indigenous weaves and fabrics of the Philippines and knew their value early on. Rather than an eponymous line, she wanted a name that pointed back to the Philippines: "Filip" plus "Inna", for Filipina, with the plus sign signifying two things coming together. The range includes dresses, tops, button-down shirts, skirts, pants, vests and coats, plus scarves, sarongs and tote bags. Signature pieces include the Odie Dress, the Obi Opera Coat, the Luna Button Down, the Ceelie Skirt and the Ava T-Shirt. Each garment brings in ancient techniques of weaving, embroidery and beadwork from different indigenous groups of the Philippines, and many use handwoven and cotton fabrics. The label's mission is to revive and preserve traditions in danger of being lost, working with groups of artisans across the archipelago so they can keep practising their craft while improving their livelihoods. Filip+Inna remains independent and is led by its founder, celebrating what is distinctly Filipino.

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Rafael Kouto

Switzerland · Est. 2017 · Mid-range

Rafael Kouto is a Swiss upcycling and community couture label, founded in Losone, Switzerland, in 2017 by designer Rafael Kouto. Swiss with Togolese origins, he studied fashion design at FHNW-HGK in Basel, earned an MA in Fashion Matters from the Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam, and worked at Alexander McQueen, Maison Martin Margiela, Carven and the Ethical Fashion Initiative. His gender-fluid garments have a visionary, hybrid aesthetic merging West African and Swiss culture. The label creates upcycled clothing and accessories and runs upcycling workshops with various institutions, with a particular focus on open source design and craftsmanship. Every piece is remade in Switzerland using local manufacturing and traditional, artisanal couture techniques. The brand works exclusively with pre- and post-consumer upcycling and sustainable fabrics, turning textile waste, deadstock, cotton, wool, denim and leather into new garments. Kouto won the Lotto Sport and Diesel International Talents Support Award in 2019 and the Swiss Design Awards in 2018, 2019 and 2023. The label has collaborated with Lotto Sport, Mode Suisse, the Zürich Silk Association and Bernina Switzerland, and has been featured in Vogue UK, Vogue Italia and Dazed.

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Drawn

India · Est. 2020 · Mid-range

Drawn is an Indian designer, sustainable clothing label for women, founded in Gurugram in 2020 by Rhea Bhattacharyya. During a time of stillness, Bhattacharyya began working from her bedroom studio on a wardrobe that fuses art with fashion in a personal, intentional and lasting way. Today the label is run by a team of young creatives and aims to help women express their individuality through bold, creative pieces. The collection includes dresses, tops, shirts, skirts, trousers, co-ord sets, blazers and jackets, with signature styles such as the Lakeside Smocked Midi Dress, the Vintage Bloom Maxi Dress, the Golden Hour Oversized Shirt and the Wanderlust Tiered Maxi Skirt. Everything is made in India. Drawn works in small, considered batches, and many pieces are made to pre-order, so each design is a limited edition. As a small business, it focuses on conscious consumption, producing only what is needed so that garments are kept and worn for years. Its Artist Edit series turns original artwork into prints through collaborations with artists such as Richa Kashelkar, Gondwana Art Project, Payoja Agarwal, Maria Murphy and Meredith Walker. The label has been featured by Grazia India, Indulge Express and Homegrown.

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Oge Ajibe

Canada · Est. 2018 · Affordable

Oge Ajibe is a Canadian designer label for women, founded in Vancouver in 2018 by Ogechukwu Ajibe. Ajibe moved from Ebonyi, Nigeria, to Vancouver in 2015. She had started making her own clothes as a way to build confidence, then wrote a fashion blog called Fashion Voice and worked as a fashion stylist. After completing a fashion program at LaSalle College, she launched her line under the Fashion Voice name in 2018 and rebranded it as Oge Ajibe on December 3, 2020. The label's mission is to help people feel comfortable and confident in how they present themselves, whatever their colour, body size or background. Its tailor-made tops, pants, dresses and accessories come in inclusive sizes from XS to 5X, with everyday pieces such as the Care Top, the Harmony Wrap Top, the Glory Pant, the Relief Pant and the Oversized Denim Dress. Every piece is handcrafted in Canada in small batches, using natural and sustainable fabrics such as cotton, organic cotton, linen, hemp and denim. The brand also sees part of its role as educating customers on how to present themselves through fashion. Oge Ajibe is independently owned and led by its founder.

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Sindiso Khumalo

South Africa · Est. 2015 · Mid-range

Sindiso Khumalo is a South African sustainable designer label for women, founded in Cape Town in 2015 by designer Sindiso Khumalo. She first studied architecture at the University of Cape Town and worked in London for architect David Adjaye, then earned a Masters in Textile Futures at Central Saint Martins. Her unapologetically bold, bright and feminine clothing puts sustainability, craft and empowerment at its heart. The range includes embroidered T-shirts, skirts such as the Vicki Blue Embroidered Skirt, dresses like the Ayanda Gingham Check Dress and the Harper Anglaise Dress, jackets like the Luna Embroidery Jacket, and sets and suits. Accessories include Sindiso Khumalo x Ballo sunglasses. Khumalo designs every textile from her own drawings, watercolours and abstract cutouts, drawing on her Zulu and Ndebele heritage and the lands of KwaZulu-Natal. Clothing is made in South Africa, including in Woodstock, Cape Town, using cotton, linen, denim and wool. Khumalo was a joint winner of the LVMH Prize in 2020. She has shown at Milan Fashion Week, spoken on sustainable fashion at the United Nations, and exhibited at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and Zeitz MOCAA.

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Sydney Pimbley

UK · Est. 2019 · Luxury

Sydney Pimbley is an upcycled UK designer clothing label for women, founded in London in 2019 by designer Sydney Pimbley. A graduate of Central Saint Martins' BA Fashion Design with Knitwear and a recipient of the LVMH Grand Prix Scholarship, Pimbley worked in the couture studio of Maison Margiela, assisting John Galliano, before launching her slow fashion brand. Inspired by her Welsh heritage, she builds ethical luxury collections on the principles of sustainability and authenticity. The label creates dresses, skirts, trousers, shorts, jackets, tops and accessories, many of them one-of-a-kind or made in very small runs. Pieces are handmade in the United Kingdom, using fabrics, trims and embroidery collaged from vintage sources and finished with layers of hand detailing. Her upcycled approach reworks antique and vintage textiles such as silk, cotton and wool rather than relying on new fabric. After the birth of her first child in 2025, Pimbley dedicated her 2026 collection to celebrating the female body through lush antique fabrics. Sydney Pimbley's work has appeared in Vogue Italia, i-D, The Face, Teen Vogue, WWD, Sleek and Metal Magazine. She took part in P.LACE.S, a SHOWstudio and MoMu Antwerp lace exhibition and film.

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Merritt Charles

USA · Est. 2011 · Mid-range

Merritt Charles is an American womenswear label from Southern California, founded in 2011 by Lacey Horning. The California native came up with the brand while flying home to Los Angeles after a Hawaii holiday with her sister, and named it after her grandfather, Merritt, who dedicated his life to helping others. In 2019 the brand's purpose came into focus: creating merit in people by encouraging better actions, with beautiful clothing as the vessel. The label makes relaxed, luxury-casual pieces, many in silk and linen. Its range includes blouses such as the Bardot Blouse, silk dresses like the Florence slip dress and the Canyon dress, silk tanks including the Ada and Coco, the Charles Sweater, slip skirts such as the Kendall and Madison, and the Daisy Two Piece Linen Set. Most of its products are made in Los Angeles. Merritt Charles mostly uses natural, biodegradable materials such as silk, linen, cotton, rayon and Tencel, and buys pre-existing materials. The independent brand is owned and run by Horning, and describes its mission as inspiring women to be good, do good and make the world a better place.

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Litkovska

Ukraine · Est. 2009 · Luxury

Litkovska is a Ukrainian luxury designer label for women, founded in Kyiv in 2009 by designer Lilia Litkovska. Born in Kyiv into a family of four generations of tailors and garment makers, she studied patternmaking and art history and launched her namesake brand at 27. Known for architectural tailoring that transforms with its wearer, the label follows the motto "There is no wrong side": pieces can be worn inside out, deconstructed or reshaped. The range includes jackets, coats such as the Reversible-Shearling Hourglass Coat, tops, shirts, dresses, gowns, skirts, pants, jeans and knitwear. It also makes bags such as the Besagy Bag and the transformable Zip Bag, bag charms and table runners. Clothing is made by hand in Ukraine in wool, denim, leather and silk. In 2018 Litkovska launched its Artisanal line, which shreds and reweaves production leftovers into new textiles on traditional looms, and in 2020 the founder started SCHOOLL, an art and craft school for emerging designers. Litkovska shows on the official Paris Fashion Week schedule and is sold by more than 60 retailers in 20 countries, including Dover Street Market. Its founder was named among Forbes' 50 Women Leaders of Wartime Ukraine.

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Kahindo

USA · Est. 2017 · Mid-range

Kahindo is an ethical luxury womenswear label, founded in New York in 2017 by Kahindo Mateene. Mateene was born in Congo and raised across Africa, and her bold designs draw on that pan-African upbringing and her Congolese heritage. She became known internationally through Project Runway Season 12, and she built the label to prove that ethical production in Africa could make luxury garments. Kahindo makes dresses, jumpsuits, jackets, tops, blouses, trousers, rompers and coats, plus silk scarves and earrings, using African prints, organza and jacquard. Pieces include the Balloon Sleeve Ombré Organza Jumpsuit, the Bantu Dress, the Blue Jacquard Zola Pants and the Green Shimmer Bomber Jacket. Most pieces are made in Kenya by a women-led co-operative in Nairobi, with some made in Nigeria and the DRC. Artisans earn a living wage and receive named credit on every piece, and its ombré gradients are hand-dyed over up to two days per length. Kahindo has been stocked at Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's and Anthropologie and featured in Vogue, Elle, The New York Times and WWD. Mateene was a 2021 Tory Burch Fellow and is a graduate of The Workshop at Macy's.

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The Series NY

USA · Est. 2016 · Mid-range

The Series NY is a gender-neutral, upcycled American designer clothing label, founded in New York in 2016 by Ella Wiznia. Wiznia started the brand while recovering from an eating disorder, wanting to make clothing that felt different from the unrealistic bodies she saw in fashion advertising. Learning about the industry's environmental impact, she committed to working only with secondhand and sustainable materials, and the label champions clothing without gender, for all bodies. The Series makes one-of-a-kind jackets, quilted chore jackets, shirts, shorts, jeans, pinafores and accessories from vintage quilts, crochet blankets, embroidery, antique and deadstock textiles. Every piece is made from start to finish in New York by its small in-studio team or skilled local artisans. The brand celebrates crafts long tied to domesticity and undervalued as "women's work", choosing damaged or unfinished quilts rather than cutting up pieces in perfect condition. Apart from some crochet made with organic fibres, garments use only pre-existing materials, and its makers set their own rates to earn a living wage. The Series has been featured in Lampoon Magazine, appeared in Vogue's street style coverage of New York Fashion Week and held a residency at Burke Mercantile.

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IshqME

India · Affordable

IshqME is an Indian designer, handmade clothing label for women, founded in Chennai by Deepa Mahadevan; the brand does not publicly list its founding year. Mahadevan, a creative professional with a career spanning more than two decades and a distinct sense of style, saw a gap in the Indian market for global-quality, unique western wear with an Indian touch. She launched IshqME for women who are bold, fun and free and live life on their own terms. The range includes tops, T-shirts, dresses, skirts, co-ords, jumpsuits and sleepwear, alongside handcrafted bags, jewellery and ceramics. Signature pieces include the Kohana Cotton Cut-Out Dress, the Silken Whisper Printed Mini Party Dress, the Adira Black Floral Waist Dress, embroidered tops and T-shirt combos. Everything is made in India. Pieces are designed by the IshqME team and handmade by Indian karigars, or artisans, who have traditionally supplied international brands, so the quality matches international standards. Many designs feature artisanal details such as embroidery. IshqME describes its community as a tribe of fun, bold and free women. It sells online and has opened its first store in Adyar, Chennai.

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INGA-LENA

USA · Est. 2017 · Luxury

Inga-Lena is a European-inspired designer label for women, founded in New York in 2017 by Inga-Lena Rüttgers. The German-born designer is also the brand's creative director, and she creates minimalist, timeless ready-to-wear for everyday use. The label dresses the modern woman who stands her ground in her professional life without having to sacrifice her feminine elegance. Many pieces are made in silk, and the range includes blouses, camisoles, pants, skirts, dresses, knitwear and sleepwear. Pieces include the Fjord Silk Camisole, the Nina Top, the Bjorn Silk Pant, the Alēka Midi Skirt and the Ebba Dress, along with knitwear such as the Ava Cashmere Sweater and Dolly Cardigan, and sleepwear like the Dakota Silk Robe and Lotti PJ Set. The clothing is made in New York, and the team visits the factory daily during production to work with the sewers. Its cottons are made in the US. Inga-Lena is an independent label owned and run by Rüttgers, selling online and through stockists.

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Kasih Co-op

USA · Est. 2012 · Affordable

Kasih Co-op is a sustainable, handmade American accessories and home label, founded in Manhattan Beach in 2012 by Ivana Darmawan. Darmawan grew up immersed in Indonesian culture before attending UCLA, and after college she followed her passion for traditional crafts and her desire to empower women artisans. Kasih means love or care in Indonesian, while Co-op refers to the collaborative groups of makers the woman-owned business works with. The range includes hand-dyed batik bandanas, scarves, head wraps, kimono robes, napkins and other textiles, all designed in the US and made in Indonesia. The brand began with batik jewellery and ikat poufs before evolving into hand-dyed textiles and wooden goods, with pieces made from natural, soft cotton. Each batik piece is crafted by hand using traditional wax-resist techniques, stamped with copper plates or drawn with a canting tool. Kasih Co-op supports 18 artisan partnerships across Java, Bali, Sulawesi and Jakarta, over 80% of them women-owned, and ensures every artisan is paid fairly. Darmawan was a participant in the Build a Nest Sustainability Artisan Accelerator, and one of the brand's batik bandanas appeared as a prop in Idina Menzel's Broadway musical Redwood.

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11 11

India · Est. 2008 · Mid-range

11.11 is an Indian designer, sustainable handmade clothing label for men and women, founded in New Delhi in 2008 by Mia Morikawa and Shani Himanshu. The pair started it as the pret label of their design company, CellDSGN, with a handmade vision that departs from mainstream manufacturing. Its gender-neutral clothing is slow-made in small batches, working with groups of artisans across India. The range includes shirts, T-shirts, trousers, dresses, jackets, kimono coats, sweatshirts and jumpsuits, plus bandanas, quilts, rugs and towels. Signature pieces include the Macca Shirt, the Bandhani Shirt, the Ecru Cotton Denim Shirt, the Shibori Drape Dress, the Unisex Umini Jacket and the Denim Patchwork Trucker Jacket. Everything is made in India, through a fibre-to-finish process that comes together at its New Delhi workshop. The label is known for indigenous Kala cotton and 100% natural dyes, and it uses heritage techniques such as hand spinning, handloom weaving, hand painting, miniature tie-dyeing and quilting. Many of its rural artisans work from home, and after dyeing, the nitrogen-rich water and organic matter are used to fertilise local crops. Much of its value chain is led by women, and recent collections have explored the craft communities of Kachchh.

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