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…

- Maria Cornejo

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…

- Maria Cornejo

There's strength in numbers. One designer isn't going to change everything. Everyone has to demand that their materials are being sustainably sourced…

- Maria Cornejo

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…

- Maria Cornejo

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 …

- Maria Cornejo

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…

- Maria Cornejo

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…

- Maria Cornejo

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…

- Maria Cornejo

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…

- Maria Cornejo