Swahlee Journal - Updates, Stories, and More
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Weaving Tradition, Stitching Culture: What is Eri Silk Fabric?
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What comes to mind when you think of silk? Do you picture a satin-like sheen and a soft, ethereal feel? Maybe your mind springs immediately to de... -
What is block print fabric? Everything we learned from observing the process in Jaipur
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Meet Ghanshyam Ji. He is the master printer at Mehera Shaw, the artisans behind the block printed fabric in our new Chrysanthemum Block Print Top... -
How to be More Sustainable in Daily Life: 5 Simple and Sustainable New Year's Resolutions
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Whether you love setting new year’s resolutions or you quit years ago, being sustainable and striving to treat the planet well is incredibly imp... -
13 Sustainable Ways to Wrap a Gift: Your Guide to Sustainable Gift Wrapping Ideas
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Whether it’s the lingering glitter that keeps appearing long after the holidays or the twinge of guilt you feel as you throw out all the scraps an... -
What is Slow Fashion? An Interview With Holi Boli’s Ana Wilkinson-Gee
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What is Slow Fashion? An Interview With Holi Boli’s Ana Wilkinson-Gee At Swahlee, we love collaborating with other ethical businesses in India. I... -
Meet The Rest Collection: Sustainable and Ethical Women’s Cotton Loungewear (Plus New Product Launch!)
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Loungewear. These days everyone has it, and those who don’t want it. But, from pants that are too tight in all the wrong places to shirts that lo... -
Give well: a Swahlee holiday gift guide
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The holiday season is fast approaching and here at Swahlee we’ve put together a list of Swahlee items which will make thoughtful gifts for the loved ones in your life. By gifting from Swahlee, you can know you are purchasing ethically, sustainably made goods with enduring impact. -
My journey into ethical fashion
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I looked into my closet at the rack of hanging clothes, the baskets of folded clothes, and the overstuffed dresser. I felt ashamed. Up until that day I prided myself for that wardrobe, bursting at the seams. I marveled at how cheap I had purchased much of it. I looked from the ill-fitting shirts that I found on the deeply discounted clearance racks, to the dresses that I rarely wore because they didn’t really suit my personal style. I looked at the pants that I didn’t even like, but only bought because the price was just too good to pass up. I was a fast fashion addict and did not even know it… at least not until that day.
That day was the day I watched The True Cost documentary on Netflix.
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Collaboration & transparency: sharing about our supply chain
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The fast fashion industry is notoriously opaque about its supply chains. Rather than hide our suppliers, we want to celebrate the good work they do. If this means we send more business their way, then all the better! Paying fair wages and engaging in good environmental practices is more expensive than most brands want to pay. With most fashion brands looking to produce their garments as cheaply as possible, customers who are a right fit for ethical, sustainable suppliers can be hard to come by – especially now during the global pandemic. We believe that by collaborating and sharing, we can better promote ethical, sustainable fashion. Our goal is to see transformation of this entire industry. -
Upcycled
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Knowing the fashion industry is a major contributor to pollution and environmental waste, I’ve begun to ask the question, what is our role as an apparel company when it comes to environmental stewardship? One thing we can do is help to minimize fashion waste. For our Fall | Winter Collection, we decided to source material from the surplus, or deadstock, markets. By “upcycling” these fabrics we are making use of textiles that have already been produced anyway and might otherwise go to waste.
