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About JuteAndJackFruit.com
Jute and Jackfruit is your best resource for designer eco-fashion, organic and fair trade clothing, jewelry and handbags. Find organic cotton, soy and bamboo dresses, tops, and T-shirts, Nahui Ollin recycled candy wrapper handbags, Escama Studio soda pulltab handbags and more! Stewart+Brown, Indigenous Designs, Feral Childe, Prairie Underground and others. Several years ago, while working in Asia, Jute & Jackfruit founder Shana Yansen, encountered two parallel forces: an enormous garment industry (thousands of young women and men employed) and an increasing strain on the environment. From the extensive pesticides and water needed for crop growing, to exploitation of young men and women at various stages of production, the industry presented seemingly endless opportunities for improvement.
Eagerly asking, "how can this be done better?" Shana set out on a mission to find a better way.
Remembering back to her days as a health educator in a mountainous Honduran village, Shana sought inspiration from the many women artisans, leaders and small business owners that she met at that time. Recalling how empowered the women became after small improvements in their livelihood, Shana sought to recreate a model whereby women artisans and business owners improve their livelihood while doing so in an environmentally friendly and sustainable manner.
Jute & Jackfruit
JJF thus formed with the goal of offering exquisite, modern products while simultaneously investing in the environment and people at every stage.
Shana quickly began identifying producers who combine eco-smart materials with micro-craftsmanship and fair trade. Of particular interest to Jute & Jackfruit is an investment in resource-poor settings. Jute & Jackfruit's selection of Nahui Ollin recycled candy wrapper handbags is a great example of this.
Made by Mayan men and women in Mexico, each bag is hand woven, requires between 1-4 days to make, and uses recycled candy wrappers. Factory-reject wrappers that otherwise would be burned or sent to a landfill, are woven using traditional Mayan weaving techniques into very stylish, one-of-a-kind timeless handbags.
Another producer, Indigenous, is a wonderful example of Jute & Jackfruit's core philosophy. Indigenous Designs employs over 200 women's weaving groups in Peru, relies on traditional weaving and looming techniques and uses only premium quality sustainable fabrics such as certified organic cotton, merino wool and alpaca. Indigenous Designs is also a longstanding member of Fair Trade Federation.
Jute & Jackfruit strives to offer the most beautiful, limited-edition, eco-chic clothing and gifts for its customers . Devoted to conserving natural resources, investing in communities, and creating stunning products, Jute & Jackfruit is confident that you will love what you see. Plus, you will feel great about of your contribution to the environment and sustainability through your purchases at Jute & Jackfruit.
Learn more about Jute & Jackfruit: http://www.juteandjackfruit.com
Jute & Jackfruit is driven by three core commitments:
♥ SMART
To empower women worldwide through socially conscious endeavors and fair trade.
Our clothing, jewelry and accessories are gorgeous, good for you, good for the environment and the people that made them. We are 100% committed to supporting women's groups, artisans, and designers worldwide. We believe that fair trade is a vital ingredient to fostering a vibrant worldwide community and aim to empower communities worldwide through our unique line of high quality products. Good examples of this include our Indigenous knitwear, Nahui Ollin handbags, and our Guatemalan jewelry.
♥ SUSTAINABLE
To support the environment in everything we do.
We are committed to sourcing organic cotton, wools and other sustainable fibers such as bamboo, hemp, soy, and mill-ends. In addition, when it comes to our jewelry and accessories we also seek out environmentally-friendly products, such as our candy wrapper and newspaper handbags. Our fabrics do not contain toxic chemicals, were grown without the use of pesticides, and use low impact dyes-- resulting in luxuriously soft eco-friendly fabrics. Other aspects of our business are also eco-conscious: our paper products, clothing tags and other materials are all made from recycled paper. We source recycled content gift-wrapping such as tissue paper and boxes. In addition, we use biodegradable plastic bags for garments (when bags are needed to protect from the elements) and recycle our boxes for shipping. We are constantly looking into was to reduce our impact and are currently exploring carbon-offsetting for our shipping among other initiatives.
♥ CHIC
To offer exquisite fashion-forward clothing, jewelry and accessories.
We track contemporary fashion and style trends voraciously and are committed to offering modern, eco-chic products that are chic in every way. You will look and feel fabulous in Jute & Jackfruit's collection and could not be more modern.
See our Jute & Jackfruit blog for more on our designers and their fashion-forward visions, and also check out our Story.
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