Basha Boutique

Basha Boutique
Bangladesh

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Basha Boutique’s high quality, artisan- made home textiles, Christmas décor and accessories reflect our love for the traditions of Bangladesh and provide a sustainable livelihood for women at risk and survivors of trafficking.

SALASUSU - set key holders

SALASUSU
Cambodia

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SALASUSU Cambodia, is offering pencil and key holders, pouches and sandals made from rush, a plant grown by villagers along Mekong River. The reed is combined with cotton, hand-woven into mats, dyed with natural pigments and then sewn into decorative items for home and the workplace.

‘SALA’ means: school, and ’SUSU’: cheer up. This describes what we do: our factory is also a school, where women and men can learn life skills in a work situation, according to our “Enjoy your Life Journey” philosophy. We create a clean and healthy work place and offer meaningful work and income to our in-house staff and the rush farmers.

SALASUSU can service retail and wholesale and customize with suitable quantities and direct delivery.

Norea Angkor Handicrafts - hand-made lighting

Norea Angkor Handicrafts
Cambodia

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We are Norea Angkor Handicrafts from Cambodia. Norea (2011) was founded from the belief that we can bring some new flair into lighting for consumers and projects. This is because our lighting is hand-made using a wide variety of local materials and techniques.

Norea also wants to make a difference to Khmer people. We employ around 30 staff year-round, offering them an opportunity to work in a profession with training to further their skills and under proper working conditions.

This way, Norea is doing its duty to reduce the migration pattern that has led thousands of Khmer people to move to the neighbouring countries looking for better-paid jobs. Norea can do custom-made design to individual retailers, with suitable order volumes.

MANAVA

MANAVA
Cambodia

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MANAVA is a responsible lifestyle brand in Cambodia whose goal is to create unique and high-quality hand-woven baskets, home and fashion accessories, while also empowering and supporting rural artisan Cambodian women with a sustainable future.

Lotus Silk House - golden silk cushions

Lotus Silk House
Cambodia

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For over 15 years, the women of the Lotus-silk fashion house design fashion and furnishing textiles handmade from the most traditional Cambodian know-how to more modern creation.

Initially cultivating the silkworm in a backward and handweaving traditional fabrics, the family extended its authenticity in re-working the golden silk, other local natural fibers like lotus, and upcycling wonderful kimonos.

The values of the house: Uniqueness, sustainability, and perpetuity.

FAIR WEAVE

FAIR WEAVE
Cambodia

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FAIR WEAVE, Cambodia, is offering responsibly-made handwoven textile for the home and body. Our throws, blankets and scarves are handwoven on traditional looms and dyed using natural pigments from local plants and minerals. This way, we create a look that is soft on the eyes and textured.

Our concept is based on sustainability, respecting people, culture and the planet. We create job opportunities for women to earn fair wages and enhance their skills. Our support includes broader community support, funding educational scholarships and supplies to assist children to go to school. We commit to adopting sustainable and responsible practices in production, such as water treatment in dyeing.

FAIR WEAVE is able to service retail, with suitable quantities and direct delivery.

(h) A.N.D.

(h) A.N.D.
Cambodia

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(h) A.N.D. is a fair trade Home and Fashion partnership in Cambodia, specializing in:

– HOME: hand-woven cotton ikat blankets, throws and fabrics; cushion covers in ikats, vintage cottons and silks; tablewares in reclaimed local hardwoods inlaid with vintage porcelain; hand-woven floor mats; robes in cotton ikats and vintage Japanese cottons.

– FASHION: limited-edition ranges of women’s and menswear, in hand-woven cotton ikats combined with vintage Japanese silks and Chinese embroideries; bags, wallets and clutches in up-cycled materials; jewellery hand-carved from local reclaimed hardwoods with vintage porcelain inlay; cotton ikat and silk scarves and wraps.

Our bags are produced by polio-disabled artisans.

We support village weavers nationwide, progressing their age-old ikat techniques to meet current market demands.

Tai Baan Crafts

Tai Baan Crafts
Laos

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Tai Baan Crafts is based in Laos and brings eco-friendly fashion and home textile products to the market. Our products are all woven by hand and beautifully textured. The textiles are made of yarn that is hand spun and hand dyed using natural dyes. The weavers use locally sourced natural materials such as indigenous organic cotton.

All Tai Baan products are made by village artisans from the different ethnic groups of Laos. Tai Baan Crafts is a provisional member of WFTO and therefore abides by the 10 principles of fair trade.

Ock Pop Tok

Ock Pop Tok
Laos

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Ock Pop Tok makes textiles for the home, including rugs, cushion covers, throws, wall art, table runners and placemats. With more than 20 years of experience in textiles, we bring you the best of what Laos has to offer.

All our products are handwoven by artisans from around Laos using the finest materials (handspun cotton primarily here) and remunerating fairly the artisans.

Founded by British Jo and Laotian Veo, Ock Pop Tok, which means “East Meets West” in Lao, is based in Luang Prabang, Laos.