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The Craftswomen: What the Women of Moca Wove Into the World

The Hilo Series, Part 3 of 4 By Rosalinda Cruz, Founder of The Asor Collective There is a sound that defines this post. It is the click of wooden bobbins meeting each other as threads weave into lace. Nellie Vera Sánchez heard that sound for the first time when she was seven years old, sitting

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What Borinqueños Taught the World About Textiles

Hilo Part 2 By Rosalinda Cruz, Founder of The Asor Collective There is a version of the sustainable fashion conversation that begins somewhere around the 1980’s. Conscious consumers, ethical sourcing, the slow fashion movement became more mainstream in the 1990’s from an activism perspective. And it really wasn’t until 2010 that the consumer became awakened.

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I’m Back. Here’s What You Missed (And Why I Needed the Quiet)

Hilo Part 1 I know it’s been a while. No workshop announcements. No weekly fashion news rundowns. No “here’s what’s happening in sustainable fashion this week.” Just silence. If you stayed subscribed through all of it, I want you to know that i truly appreciate it.  You deserve an honest explanation. So here it is. What

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How It Began

I remember leaving my office for the last time, uncertain of what the future would hold.  For a while I had been feeling like there was more I had to give, more I had to offer this world but I was burned out. It’s been over 5 years since I left my corporate life behind

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Business Development, A Path To Scale

Business development can simply be summarized as the ideas, initiatives, and activities that help make a business better.I would also add that it is the foundation of your business and it needs to be as strong as possible to support the growth of your business. Over the last decade we’ve seen a lot of brands

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