I've always been very aware of environment. When I was a kid I wanted to be a marine biologist until I realized I hated being underwater. I think a l….
I don't follow trends - it's more of an instinct thing. Honestly, I'm kind of my own worst client. I wake up and go, "I have nothing to wear!" But th….
I think information is key and at the end of the day it doesn't matter if it's sustainable or not to a consumer, most of the time, they just want to ….
We can't start with big thinking, we have to approach it little by little. Sustainability isn't going to become big right away. Each day you give you….
People aren't buying blindly anymore, they want transparency. They want to know informed about where their clothes were made. I think that's why we h….
When people wear our Bolivian knits and see who knitted them, they are excited because they know they are supporting this women's cause in Bolivia. A….
I wanted to start something in New York that focused on making products locally, and because I'd just had my second child didn't want to be traveling….
There are social and environmental impacts. You might be working with a factory that underpays its staff or mistreats its workers, or mishandles the ….
If you feel good about your clothes, you get excited. And I want women to feel good when they're wearing my clothes - not just because they're beauti….
Knowledge creates the demand. The more people know about it, the more people will be interested and demand for things to be produced in a careful, co….
I always use a really simple analogy: if you're putting organic food on your table because you care about eating well, shouldn't you be trying to do ….
For us, every day is Earth Day. It's like with Women's Day recently, I said, "Every day is women's day - we're women!" It's something that we sort of….
There's strength in numbers. One designer isn't going to change everything. Everyone has to demand that their materials are being sustainably sourced….
It would be great if everybody got a conscience. If we started to take more responsibility for the pollution in the world caused by the fashion indus….
It became very important for me to stand up and design with a conscience for environment, you know? Just because you like clothes doesn't mean that y….