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100% Plastic-Free Packaging

Posted by Mallory Ottariano · October 04, 2021

Our packaging is sexy, isn’t it? ⁠Plastic-free sustainable packaging is pretty darn cool. Our ‘poly’ bags are not made from poly at all (poly is plastic fyi)– they’re made from veggie starch! Tubers and corn so they’ll decompose in your home compost!

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We're launching a CSA next week!

Posted by Mallory Ottariano · September 20, 2021

Wanna know how you can get in on the season’s first opportunity to buy a Treasure Dress? Next week, on September 28th, we kick off Youer’s largest project ever - a 30 day fundraising event to Build the Youniverse. AKA our own whimsical clothing factory outside Missoula Montana) for more control over how when and where our products are made. Community is the most important piece of this brand, so we’ll be doing it together. AND a huge portion of it will be funded through the sale of Treasure Dresses.

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Growing Synthetic Fabric (you read that right!)

Posted by Mallory Ottariano · September 13, 2021

Nylon, but make it cool: Bio Nylon! A renewable sustainable fabric that has some extreme advantages to its predecessor. Traditionally, nylon is made from plastic created from petroleum. It’s often chosen for high-end athletic wear because of its strength and elasticity (debuting in tights during the 1940s). Enter bio-nylon. A fabric created in a lab from biomass.

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Is it easier to WASTE fabric than USE it?

Posted by Mallory Ottariano · September 06, 2021

Did you know it’s easier to waste fabric than it is to use it? Yep - if it were easy and affordable to be a sustainable brand, every brand would be. So let us elaborate. At the end of a production season, we’re inevitably left with extra fabric from whatever we make. Why? Because we always overestimate when we order fabric....

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5 Tips for Creating a Sustainable Closet

Posted by Mallory Ottariano · August 30, 2021

If you’ve ever thought “sustainable fashion is too expensive for me” we’re here to say it’s probably not. You don’t have to rid your closet of every fast fashion item and invest thousands into a new collection of clothes made by small independent designers and makers.

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