Partners
Global Outreach Partner
FASHION REVOLUTION USA MISSION
Through advocacy, industry partnerships, events, initiatives, and education we bring together stakeholders across the fashion, clothing, footwear, accessories, and textiles supply chains to help create an inclusive US fashion system that conducts business ethically, regenerates the environment, and produces responsibly, supporting all voices across the apparel network.
Artisan Development Partners
The New Fashion Initiative empowers cross-sectional collaboration that is changing the fashion industry.
We work directly with academics, designers, businesses, and other non-profits to bring sustainable and scalable solutions to a broken system. We are here to help key industry stakeholders to 1) collaborate, 2) share research, 3) convene in order to effectively address systemic issues.
Nest is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) building a new handworker economy to increase global workforce inclusivity, improve women’s wellbeing beyond factories, and preserve important cultural traditions around the world.
Craftmark authenticates genuine hand-crafted processes from India through its sector-wide, process-specific standards for labeling a product as hand-made increasing consumer awareness of distinct handicraft traditions. The All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Association licenses the Craftmark seal to artisan and craft-based organisations for use on their products that are created through handcrafted processes. Craftmark has certified more than 250 craft enterprises with an outreach of about 165,000 artisans across India.All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Association is a network of handicraft and handloom organizations and artisans pan India covering over 100 handicraft processes and more than 50,000 artisans.
DEW is dedicated to improving livelihood security of the poor segments of the society in Bangladesh through increasing their participation (particularly women) in small scale economic activities by creating the provision of a range of business and life skills for them.
Darzah is a non-profit, ethical fashion brand specializing in Palestinian "tatreez" embroidery, a centuries-old art form, traditionally passed down from mother to daughter. Their mission is twofold to create economic opportunities for refugee and low-income women artisans, and to celebrate tatreez embroidery and Palestinian cultural heritage.
BaSE is a non-profit Guaranteed Fair Trade organisation of Bangladesh set up to co-ordinate and promote the handicraft products of various female manufacturing groups out of the mainstream, especially those working in the South-West. Since 1999 BaSE is a member of WFTO (World Fair Trade Organization).
The Craft Revival Trust (CRT) is a non-profit that is mandated on the principle that access to knowledge and its dissemination forms the vital core of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. CRT believes that this investment empowers and strengthens the cultural diversity of individuals, communities and societies.
Artisan Entrepreneur Training Partner
Raaha is a global consulting firm operating between US & India, that aims at strengthening and transforming the narrative of the Artisanal and Craft sector in developing economies and generating sustainable livelihoods for artisans through business & marketing solutions, partnerships, market linkages, capacity development programs. Raaha drives impact through collective action of creative and inclusive business solutions to improve access, knowledge and opportunities for artisans.
We are a women-founded company on a mission to build new roads between the worlds of local artisans and global businesses that care for people, purpose and profits equally. The globally loved handmade sector is the biggest employer of the local creative economy and the bedrock of this industry is its rich diverse talent - the millions of artisans, majority of whom are women.
https://www.raaha.co/
Outeach Partner
Fyoli Fyoli is women founded, social impact fashion enterprise. We work with Indian artisans; developing, producing and nurturing, socially responsible fashion. We invest in skill building and co-creating with the artisans to create high quality eco-friendly fashion and accessories. Respect for people, the planet and perpetuating India’s rich heritage craft skills are deeply embedded in our founding values. These values guide all our choices in how we procure, create, recycle and interact with our artisans. As we reflect on the kind of impact we want to leave in this world we embrace and live the idea that the world we deserve exists at the intersection of Social, Gender and Environmental justice. A sustainable fashion and 'artisan made' industry can play a significant role in crafting such a future.
‘Fyoli Fyoli is founded at a time when Covid 19 pandemic widened the cracks in the supply chain of handloom and handcrafted products. We believe in the wonderful possibilities of fresh design inspiration in tradition to produce global quality, genuine slow fashion. Such gentle design interventions and collaborations are important to keep heritage crafts relevant in the face of changing times. We believe that promoting handloom sector can play an important role in solving the migration problem from rural areas to the cities for low wage labor. From our contemporary take on traditional Bagh hand block printing, Batik printing, Sanganeri hand block printing and Nandana printing to weaving modern Jamdanis, we have introduced reimagined design language that can be seen in our products. We are also successfully working with Filigree, traditional Thread Patwa, wood carving, tribal glass bead jewelry making and miniature painting artisans to create in house developed fresh designs. We also partner with other non-profit organizations on the ground to act as social impact catalyst. Read on for more about our story and CSR work.