American upscale fashion retailer Nordstrom and Chicago-based artisan-made products and textiles specialist Piece and Co. have jointly launched a capsule collection to support women across the world.
Handcrafted by women artisans from around the globe, the new collection of apparel and accessories has been designed by eight well-known brands including Alice + Olivia, Current/Elliott, DVF, Joie, Rebecca Minkoff, Theory, The Honest Company and Tory Burch.American upscale fashion retailer Nordstrom and Chicago-based artisan-made products and textiles specialist Piece and Co. have jointly launched a#
The range, which includes dresses, tops, skirts and shorts, has been made using handmade materials and fabrics sourced by the Illinois organisation.
“I'm excited for the possibilities that this collaboration with Nordstrom and these fantastic brands brings. Pretty amazing things happen when women from around the world come together. When you invest in a woman, you invest in her family and community, too,” said Piece & Co.’s founder Kathleen Wright, while talking about the collaborative venture which has helped create more than 5,000 jobs, in a media statement.
Based on classic silhouettes with global patterns and colours, the line includes DVF’s signature wrap dress hand-printed with indigo batik, Alice + Olivia’s A-line dress in bold blue and white loom-woven fabric (crafted by a cooperative in India), and Minkoff's ‘Mini MAC’ cross-body in cognac leather accented with backstrap loom fabric (an ancient weave technique from Vietnam).
The range also features Burch’s crackle printed canvas separates (made from hand-painted fabrics from Zambia), The Honest Company’s nursing scarves (made using hand-woven stripe and chambray designs and silk-screen printed fabrics from Maheshwar and Jodhpur, India) as well as Theory’s tunics and city shorts in fatigue and block prints created with hand-carved wooden stamps from India.
Also, Current/Elliott’s prep school shirts in black and white ikat or floral block prints made in India, and Joie’s blue and white ikat jumpers, shorts and a sleeveless dress have formed a part of the collection.
Founded in 2011, Piece & Co. provides sustainable employment opportunities to female artisans. To date, it has created thousands of jobs for women in more than 30 countries by connecting their craft with brands who serve a global marketplace of conscious consumers. (PB)
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