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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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Maria Stanley

USA · Est. 2016 · Mid-range

Maria Stanley is an American slow-fashion label for women, founded in Minneapolis in 2016 by designer Maria Stanley. After studying fashion and spending more than a decade working for womenswear brands in Los Angeles, Stanley launched her eponymous line with an emphasis on enduring, earth-friendly collections meant to be well lived in and loved for years, and she now runs it from her home state of Minnesota. The label describes itself as built around quality, purpose and treating the Earth kindly. The collections cover knitwear, tops, trousers, jackets, dresses and skirts. Pieces include the Alpaca Turtleneck Sweater and Brushed Cardi, the Anu Ribbed Tank and Maya Blouse, the Bennett and Cook trousers, the Conrad Chore Coat and Hooded Conrad Trench, the Henretta Dress and the Eldi Skirt, with organic knits and organic denim among recent ranges. Most garments are made by a family-owned factory in Delhi, India, and its knits are made in Peru. The label uses natural, organic and low-impact materials, including earth-dyed fabrics. Maria Stanley is an independent label owned and run by its founder, and its site features photo series with women such as Ema McKie and Alex Noiret.

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Natasha Zinko

UK · Est. 2011 · Luxury

Natasha Zinko is a UK luxury designer streetwear label, founded in London in 2011 by designer Natasha Zinko. Originally from Odessa, Ukraine, Zinko graduated with honours in Art and Jewellery Design from Central Saint Martins and became an official member of the British Fashion Council in June 2015. Her label is known for bold, irreverent collections that mix streetwear, experimental silhouettes and statement denim. The range covers dresses, tops, jeans, trousers, shorts, jackets, hoodies and coats, including one-off and limited upcycled pieces. Clothing is made mainly in China and the United Kingdom, and the flagship store WRHS13, an NZ Space with the NATASHKINO matcha café, sits at 17 Brewer Street in Soho. Upcycling is central to the brand, which repurposes vintage garments, particularly denim, and works towards a near-zero-waste, closed-loop production cycle with plastic-free packaging. For its SS20 show, aluminium recycler Alutrade donated 500 cans that were refashioned into corsets, and in 2020 Zinko funded the first reduce-reuse-recycle initiative in Odessa. Natasha Zinko shows at London Fashion Week, where her SS27 show partnered with OnlyFans and featured Katie Price and Kelly Osbourne, and her AW26 show starred Mel B. She has also collaborated with Havaianas.

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Maggie Marilyn

New Zealand · Est. 2016 · Mid-range

Maggie Marilyn is a New Zealand designer, sustainable luxury clothing label for women, founded in Auckland in 2016 by Maggie Hewitt. Hewitt launched the brand at 21, and her vision grew out of a treasured childhood in New Zealand's Bay of Islands. It is grounded in the values she cares about most: transparent supply chains from farm to finished garment, lasting relationships with its makers and a commitment to high-quality regenerative and recycled materials. The range includes dresses, tops, T-shirts, knitwear, pants, shorts and tailoring across its Forever and Somewhere collections. Signature pieces include the Cool About It Maxi Dress, the High Hopes Blazer Dress, the Keep Your Edges Soft Blouse, The Freddie Jean, the Long Sleeve Breton Tee and the Cashmere Twin Set. Everything is made in New Zealand. The label focuses on organic, regenerative and recycled materials, such as buttery soft organic cotton, and ethical production with its makers. Its debut collection was picked up by Net-a-Porter, making it the first New Zealand label selected by the retailer, and Hewitt was shortlisted for the LVMH Prize in 2017. Maggie Marilyn became a certified B Corp in 2022.

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Albaray

UK · Est. 2021 · Mid-range

Albaray is a sustainable UK clothing label for women, founded in London in 2021 by Paula Stewart, Karen Peacock and Kirstie Di Stazio. The three friends met while working at a high street brand and spent decades in the fashion industry before deciding, during the pause of 2020, to build a label that balanced style with responsibility. The name combines "alba", Spanish and Italian for dawn, with "ray", a ray of light or hope. Albaray designs ethical, everyday clothing with a capsule wardrobe in mind: dresses, tops, knitwear, outerwear, trousers, jeans, skirts, jumpsuits and swimwear, such as the Cosy Drop Shoulder Jumper and the Cord Midi Dress. Karen Peacock leads design, and clothing is made by long-standing suppliers mainly in China and India. All fabrics are responsibly sourced, including organic cotton, recycled polyester and LENZING ECOVERO viscose. Packaging uses FSC-certified paper, swing tags and labels are recycled and recyclable, returns are fully digital and shipping is carbon neutral. Its Albaray Re-Loved service resells pre-owned pieces. Albaray runs a shop in Bath and is also sold through UK retailers including John Lewis and Next.

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ODIVI

Czech Republic · Est. 2010 · Mid-range

ODIVI is a Czech sustainable designer label and multidisciplinary creative studio, founded in Prague in 2010 by Iva Burkertová. What began as a fashion brand has grown into a space where clothing, objects, spaces and experiences meet. ODIVI sees clothing as a tool rather than a goal, prioritising function while embracing play, adaptability and testing ideas in real-life conditions, and calls its garments "body layers". The range includes dresses such as the Dark Night Foam Dress and Crease-Effect Long Dress, tops, hoodies like the Explorer Hoodie, pants such as the Oversized Japandi Balloon Pants, skirts, coats, vests and jackets like the No Waste Jacket, plus bags and design objects such as its Coat chair. Clothing is made in Czechia, in Prague, Hradec Králové and Brno, using wool, cashmere, recycled polyester and deadstock fabrics. In 2019 ODIVI sent fifteen nude models down the runway to present its idea of a 100% sustainable collection, and a year later staged a march of 50 people in garments made from 200 upcycled jackets. At Designblok 2022 the studio presented installations built entirely from discarded objects. ODIVI remains independent and founder-led, and also designs spaces and tailor-made journeys.

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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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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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HODAKOVA

Sweden · Est. 2021 · Luxury

HODAKOVA is a sustainable European designer clothing label for women, founded in Stockholm in 2021 by Ellen Hodakova Larsson. The label converts discarded materials of the finest quality into one-of-a-kind pieces, using methods from the past to tell a story of time. Larsson's stated aim is to build a fully sustainable fashion house and change how people think about the value of existing things. The collection covers dresses, tops, skirts, shirts, blazers, suit trousers, trench coats and leather jackets, alongside bags, shoes and printed matter. Signature pieces include the Pinched Blazer, the Upside Down Trenchcoat, pillowcase dresses and the Riding Boot Bag. Everything is made by hand at its Stockholm atelier in Sweden. HODAKOVA's upcycled garments are draped and composed from repurposed fabrics and objects such as old leather, wool, bed linen and existing clothes. Collections often include a surprising object turned into fashion, such as a dress made from her father's attaché case or a dress built from spoons. The label shows at Paris Fashion Week, and in 2024 Larsson won the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers, which came with a 400,000-euro endowment and a year of mentoring from LVMH.

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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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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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Black Crane

USA · Est. 2009 · Mid-range

Black Crane is an American minimalist label for women, founded in Los Angeles in 2009 by Alexander Yamaguchi and Momoko Suzuki. The husband-and-wife duo both moved to Los Angeles from Tokyo and launched the line in fall 2009. Yamaguchi, a former graphic designer, previously ran a men's line under his own name, while Suzuki, the brand's designer, has a background in environmental art and architecture. Black Crane believes clothes are essential tools for living, and it designs comfortable, functional wardrobe essentials with inclusive silhouettes that complement supple lines. The range includes tops, pants, dresses, ponchos and scarves in natural fibres such as organic cotton cashmere, alpaca and wool. Pieces include its Wide Pants and Army Pants, organic cotton cashmere leggings and sweatpants, draped and raglan tops, the Organic Cotton Twisted Dress and the Alpaca Short Poncho. Black Crane has made its collections in Los Angeles since it began, working closely with a long-term local manufacturing partner. It uses renewable, biodegradable natural fibres and low-impact dyes, and it limits waste with two seasons a year and cut-to-order production. Black Crane is independent and run by its founders, with Yamaguchi as director and Suzuki as designer.

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The Handloom

USA · Est. 2014 · Mid-range

The Handloom is a sustainable, handmade clothing label for women, founded in Los Angeles in 2014 by Cansu Cansever. A self-taught designer who previously worked in the arts in Los Angeles, she started the label to link Turkey's traditional weaving craft with modern life in the US. The result is relaxed, slow-fashion clothing designed for everyday ease and summer. The range includes maxi and mini dresses, shirts, tops, pants, shorts, kimonos, kaftans and matching sets. Signature pieces include the Aura Low Back Maxi Dress, the Muse Braided Straps Dress, the Lucid Flow Shirt and the Kaya Drawstring Pants. Every piece is hand-loomed in Turkey by artisan partners, many in remote villages, using fabrics created exclusively for the brand from 100% Turkish cotton, organic cotton and Tencel. Hand-loomed production is the label's most important value, and it works on fair trade principles, prioritising safe, clean working conditions and a transparent answer to the question "Who made my clothes?" The Handloom remains independent and founder-led. It has no store of its own and is sold through many retailers around the world, with its main office in Los Angeles.

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Facettes Studio

France · Est. 2023 · Luxury

Facettes Studio is a minimalist French designer clothing label for women, founded in Paris in 2023 by Marie-Laure Dumon. A Paris-born designer with around ten years of fashion experience, including six in New York, Dumon set out to redefine the modern, timeless wardrobe without compromising on durability. Her signature style is masculine-feminine, with structured yet fluid designs inspired by the 70s and 90s that can be worn from morning until night. The label focuses on tailoring, including blazers, tuxedo-style jackets, trousers, waistcoats, skirts and dresses in wool flannel, wool twill, gabardine, cotton velvet and washed linen. Pieces are designed in Paris and made in France by Atelier Masla, a workshop in the 18th arrondissement, and by carefully selected workshops in the Paris area. Facettes Studio upcycles existing deadstock fabrics from French and Italian luxury houses, with natural fabrics woven in France, Italy or Japan, and bans synthetic fibres such as polyester and polyamide. It works in small editions rather than seasonal collections, with some styles offered on preorder to avoid overproduction. Working without intermediaries, the independent label skips seasonal sales and welcomes customers to its Paris studio by appointment.

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General Sleep

New Zealand · Est. 2018 · Affordable

General Sleep is an organic sleepwear and loungewear label, founded in Auckland in 2018 by Bailey Meredith and Greta van der Star. The friends met while working in fashion, Bailey for New Zealand designer Kate Sylvester and Greta as a photographer, and came up with the idea while wishing for lovely pyjamas they could keep wearing at home with a glass of wine. Their pieces are designed for nappers, loungers, dreamers and explorers, blurring the line between what we wear to bed and what we wear outside. The collection includes pyjama sets, sleep shirts, boxer shorts, slips, nightdresses, robes and bed socks in minimalist, trans-seasonal designs. Garments are designed in New Zealand and handcrafted in India, at a family-owned factory in Chennai where hand-weavers and garment makers work in one place. Fabrics are organic cotton and cotton-linen, developed by GOTS and Fairtrade certified manufacturers, and the label supports a community of artisan weavers in Southern India with a living wage. Suppliers use solar power and rainwater harvesting, and offcuts are upcycled into eye masks, scrunchies and labels. General Sleep has been stocked by MatchesFashion and featured by NZ Herald's Viva and Moss Magazine.

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Nöl Collective

Palestine · Est. 2017 · Mid-range

Nöl Collective is a Palestinian ethical, handmade clothing label, founded in Ramallah in 2017 by Yasmeen Mjalli. It grew out of her label BabyFist, launched that year, and took its current name in 2020. Using fashion as a medium for storytelling, the collective sees its garments as visual manuscripts of craft, tradition, community and land in Palestine, highlighting the hands that made them. The range includes graphic tees such as the Fairouz Tee, dresses, tops, trousers, abayas and hand-embroidered thobes, plus bandanas, scrunchies, tote bags, pouches, jewellery and home pieces. Signature pieces include tatreez vests and jackets, the Thob Skirt Sets and the Anisa hand-woven bag. Production is hyper-local, with family-run sewing workshops, artisan studios and women's cooperatives from the hills of Jerusalem to Gaza, Ramallah and Bethlehem. The label uses Palestinian tatreez embroidery by dozens of village embroiderers, handwoven cotton Majdalawi fabric from the Gaza region and natural dyes from local plants, insects and roots. Nöl Collective remains independent and founder-led, and shares its design and production process openly to reshape how people relate to their clothes and the people who make them.

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ELEVEN SIX

USA · Est. 2015 · Mid-range

Eleven Six is an American knitwear label for women, men and kids, founded in 2015 by British couple Catherine and Nick Carnevale and based in Kingston, New York. The pair launched the brand in February 2015 after a trip to Peru's Sacred Valley. Catherine, its designer, was previously Senior Director of Knitwear at Club Monaco, while Nick was a men's fashion buyer. The brand is styled ELEVEN SIX. Its range includes sweaters, cardigans, knit tanks, skirts and dresses, crochet tops and skirts, shorts, scarves and hats. Sweaters include styles like the Layla, Terra and Clara, alongside cardigans like the Isla and Sara, knit tanks like the Tia, tube skirts like the Emma, sweater dresses like the Vera and crochet pieces like the Iola top. Eleven Six has its knitwear made mainly in Peru by artisan knitters, using Peruvian alpaca and pima cotton. Its alpaca comes from two fair-trade-certified Peruvian mills, and it produces to order to reduce waste. Eleven Six is an independent, family-run brand owned and led by the Carnevales. It has a design studio and an appointment-only store in Kingston's historic Fuller Building, and it sells online and through stockists.

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Camping With Dogs

USA · Est. 2015 · Affordable

Camping With Dogs is an American streetwear clothing label for outdoorsy dog owners, founded in Nashville in 2015 by Ryan Carter. It started as an Instagram account featuring photos of dogs on outdoor adventures and grew to more than 200,000 followers in its first year, becoming a community of people who love spending time outside with their dogs and share hundreds of photos every day. The brand sells affordable graphic T-shirts such as its National Park Ringer Tees, the Pup In A Cup Tee and the Original CWD Pocket Tee, plus trucker hats. It also offers dog bandanas, stickers, patches and a book, with products designed to celebrate adventure, whether that is a walk down the street or a week-long camping trip. Carter, who also runs the social media agency Parachute Media, launched a first line of dog gear at the GoPro Mountain Games in Vail, Colorado, and in 2020 introduced the dog-gear line Alpha Pak. As a Nashville-based brand, Camping With Dogs partners with the Nashville Humane Association and Agape Animal Rescue to highlight adoptable dogs and help them find homes.

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Materiel Tbilisi

Georgia · Est. 2014 · Luxury

Materiel Tbilisi is a Georgian luxury designer label for women, founded in Tbilisi in 2014 by entrepreneur Maia Gogiberidze, its CEO. The brand grew from Fashion House Materia, one of Georgia's oldest apparel manufacturers, which became a leading regional company after the collapse of the USSR. Gogiberidze gave the company a new direction, building Materiel as an incubator for young Georgian designers. The range includes dresses such as the Draped Waist and Long Scarf Dresses, coats like the High Neck 6-Button Coat, eco-leather jackets, pants and coats, blazers and skirts. It also makes leather bags such as the Rectangular Buckle Tote. Its core aesthetic contrasts structural tailoring with feminine, draped silhouettes. Clothing is made in Georgia, while leather bags are made in Portugal. The label focuses on natural, recycled and responsible fabrics such as silk, recycled wool, cupro and eco leather, and a collective team of designers now leads its design department. Materiel's strong tailoring and unconventional palette have been worn by members of the Kardashian-Jenner family, Cardi B and Hailey Bieber. The independent label is a fixture of Tbilisi's fashion scene, and Forbes has called it a Georgian breakout fashion star.

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Shaina Mote

USA · Est. 2012 · Luxury

Shaina Mote is an American minimalist designer clothing label for women, founded in 2012 by Shaina Mote and based in Hudson, New York. Mote launched her eponymous line in Los Angeles, where she opened a store and studio in Highland Park, before moving the business to the Hudson Valley. Born out of a desire for lasting, quality garments like those of years past, the collection balances beauty and utility, with a focus on dependable wardrobe classics for real life. The label makes trousers, shirts, coats, knitwear, denim and accessories, including the Boy Trouser, the Painter Pant and Painter Coat, the Work Shirt, the alpaca Saatchi Cardigan and the Market Tote. Most pieces are made locally in the US, its Fair Trade certified knitwear is crafted in Peru, and its denim uses Italian regenerative cotton. Garments are made with care in small quantities, with a focus on regenerative practices, time-honoured artisanal techniques and natural fabrics, and the brand views its business through a circular lens, offering repairs and recycling fabric scraps. Shaina Mote has a store at 409 Warren Street in Hudson, and Mote, whose first creative love was photography, now shoots her own collections.

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Muse The Label

Australia · Est. 2016 · Mid-range

Muse The Label is an Australian designer clothing label for women, founded in Melbourne in 2016 by Christine and Sarah, a mother-daughter duo. Christine has sewn and made patterns for as long as her daughter can remember, while Sarah Kourim studied fashion at RMIT and worked as a womenswear designer for around ten years. The pair started by selling handfuls of pieces at markets before taking the label online during the pandemic, describing Muse as bold colour combinations, subtle femininity and architectural silhouettes. The collection includes dresses, tops, skirts, trousers, knitwear, outerwear and accessories, with effortless shapes, intricate techniques and artisanal touches. Pieces are made with local talent and accredited manufacturers in China, Bali and India, alongside in-house production by Christine in Melbourne. The label releases small, seasonless batches based on slow fashion principles, using natural fabrics such as silk, cotton and cashmere as well as deadstock fabric. The founders stay hands-on in every step, from design to answering emails and packing orders. Muse The Label has been profiled by Fashion Journal and Garmentory and is sold through stockists including Brunswick boutique Better with Friends.

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Folkcharm

Thailand · Est. 2014 · Affordable

Folkcharm is a Thai sustainable clothing label, founded in Bangkok in 2014 by Passawee Kodaka. Kodaka is an alumna of the Asian Institute of Technology, where her master's research, partly supported by UN Women, looked at the empowerment of home-based women workers. The idea for Folkcharm took shape after a chance meeting with women artisans in Loei province in north-eastern Thailand, and it began as a modest project with only four weavers. The social enterprise makes ready-to-wear, scarves, accessories and fabric from 100% hand-spun, hand-woven natural cotton grown locally without chemicals. Pieces include the Closed-loop Longsleeve Light Blouse, the Asymmetrical Patch Pocket Cargo Trousers, the Men's Relaxed-fit Blazer and Aunty Plian's Light Scarf. Folkcharm partners with cotton farmers and women weavers in Loei, many of them over 50, giving them flexible work on their home looms. Since 2016 it has used over 15,000 kg of rain-fed, chemical-free Thai cotton, and in 2023 it moved to zero waste in material management. Its Bangkok studio hosts workshops, and it runs trips to partner villages for weaving and natural dyeing. Kodaka is an APEC awardee, and her work has been featured by UN Women.

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