Collections – HELPSY
Bing Bang, a downtown NYC jewelry line with a cult following, follows the tradition of its founder, Anna Sheffield. Her background in the blacksmith's shop still holds true today, with use of hammer and anvil in the making of BB products, most of which are made by hand in their NYC studio.
Since its inception, the Bing Bang brand adheres to four aesthetic themes: the Punk Rock ethos, Native American arts and amulets, Victorian keepsakes, and the ever-relevant street culture of New York City. The end result is a line of delicate essentials with just the right amount of toughness, paired with downtown chic, and many minis for avid collectors.
Carrie Hoffman Jewelry is founded on the designer's passion for adornment inspired by art and nature. She has commitment to being environmentally conscious using recycled materials when possible. Using precious metals as her medium of choice, Carrie draws inspiration from the world around her, as well as her favorite artists, Richard Serra, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, and the architect John Lautner. Each piece is hand crafted in Los Angeles, with Carrie’s attention to fine detail.
Carrie Hoffman Jewelry has been worn by many talented women including Beyonce, Rooney Mara, Charlize Theron, Mila Kunis, Amanda Seyfried, Kristen Stewart, Carrie Underwood, Pink, Ashley Greene, Elizabeth Banks, Karlie Kloss, Miranda Kerr, Diane Keaton, and Camila Alves.
Carrie lives in LA with her dog, Johnny Cash.
Dana Young Jewelry is handmade in Brooklyn by Dana herself. Ditching her former life in the corporate world, her business is founded on a vision of a more sustainable and ethical fashion industry. Using recycled metals, local workers paid a living wage, and real women as models, this whimsical line will capture your heart and imagination.
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Based in New York City, Liberty Leben believes the fun little things in life are what get us off the most. She turned her playful, pretty, pop aesthetic into something that fits into everything she believes in; smiles, happy surprises, sharing showers, loving animals, and feeling fresh while making the world smell more like rainbows. By pursuing her dream of making everyday arts and crafts day, Liberty designs and hand makes all of her sparkly, sensuous, vegan soaps to encourage each owner to be a little more fun and dirty.
Dolores Haze is queen of the flirty '60s style dress and separates. Hints of grunge, meet kittenish charm and a mix of school uniform prep. Signature hallmarks include pleats, collars, and baby doll hems. T
The idea of knowing "who made your clothes" is extremely important to this NYC based brand. All factory workers work under US fair labor regulations and receive health insurance. The factory they work with is owned by a single mother, who moved to the US with only a middle school education and started her own company. Many workers in NYC's garment district are paid by how many garments the sew in a given day; they are not full time employees and do not receive health care benefits. Because Dolores' factory workers are paid hourly, all of their handmade garments are well-made and sewed with care, as the seamstresses do not need to quickly sew as many garments as possibly to earn a livable wage.
Dolores Haze sources their fabrics domestically, purchasing fabric from a small business owner who moved from a former colony to pursue a better life for their family. Working in small production quantities each season, they offer several limited edition pieces made of vintage dead-stock fabric that is sourced locally. Using vintage dead-stock fabric allows them to produce garments without a carbon foot print or environmentally harmful dyes.
Dominique Reneé is a handmade playful exploration of personal experiences, ironies, lies, and truths. She carefully curates a playlist for each collection that helps to set the mood, and to communicate her feelings and the message behind each piece.
Golden Ponies is a line of clothes, footwear and accessories based, designed and produced in Guadalajara, México. Their goal is to offer offer basic, modern clothing, shoes and accessories, that are also affordable.
Handmade to order products in a large variety of colors and materials. With a wide variety of faux leather/vegan material options, their synthetic leather is made of canvas (cotton fabric) with plastic coating, normally polyurethane, a flexible and breathable. They also use other natural fiber textiles and PVC for clear bags and raincoats.
Golden Ponies rejects the fast fashion model, for transparency of production practices and offering just two small seasonal collections a year in limited edition and some products may stay in their permanent collection.
Handmade, especially in a way to preserve artisanal traditions and employ people local to their communities.
HESSIAN is an Australian publication founded by Violette Snow with Siggi McCarthy as Editor. Showcasing fashion forward, progressive, ethical fashion, HESSIAN's ethos is so in line with HELPSY's. Attempting to bridge the gap between hippies and the fashion world, don't call them green. Simply put, HESSIAN is a well-curated, contemporary magazine leaving nostalgia for a past behind and instead choosing to focus on a future worth saving.
Allie Pohl is a Los Angeles-based conceptual artist whose work explores and questions the social constructs of perfection. Pohl created the “Ideal Woman” by digitally enhancing Barbie to fit Western society’s ideal female measurements of 36-24-36. The avatar symbolizes anti-perfection and is repeated throughout Pohl’s work in sculpture, video, ceramic, and installation. In an effort to continue the conversation outside of galleries and museums, Pohl has made her work more accessible through the “Ideal Woman” jewelry line and sticker packs.
Pohl's unique aesthetic has been widely exhibited with features in the Orlando Museum of Art, Context Miami, Dallas Art Fair, The Santa Monica Museum of Art, Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture, the Denver International Airport, and a public sculpture show curated by Olga Viso, in which she won the People’s Choice Award. Her solo shows include Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX; Plus Gallery, Denver, CO; Bano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; and Art Cart, New York, NY. She is in collections with Julian Opie, Nick Cave, Marilyn Minter, and Damien Hirst.
Allie Pohl (b. 1984) received a Bachelor of Arts from Hamilton College before attending Parsons, The New School for Design, in New York City, where she received an Associates of Applied Science in Graphic Design. She then went on to receive her MFA in Electronic Media Arts & Design from the University of Denver.
Film by Eric Minh Swenson.
Designer Jemma Swatek began her line, Lykke Wullf, as an answer to her own closet; creating the kind of pieces she longed for but were either out of her price range or lacking in quality. Drawing heavily from vintage patterns while using the highest quality fabric she started working out of her kitchen in SF. With a long history of sewing, knitting, and crochet along with a passion for the environment she became attracted to knitwear for its beauty & timelessness.
Her holistic approach to both fashion and life allow her to draw influences everywhere including favorite musicians and fellow artists; From a small, Danish fishing village, to the vibrant California deserts Jemma continues to finds inspiration in the lush landscapes surrounding her.
This category includes clothing and accessories made in low volume and small runs. Part of the problem with the fashion industry today is consumer dependency on chasing what’s trendy for the cheapest price, creating a 'fast fashion' system where disposable clothing is destined for landfills. Fashion designers who produce their collections made to order, handmade, season-less or fewer seasons than in the fashion calendar, and work with factories who produce small runs are included in the “Made In Small Quantities” Ethical Fashion Quality category.
Miakoda is a line by Julia Ahrens, who holds a degree in fashion design from Parsons The New School for Design. She cofounded Miakoda, a women's clothing line, in February of 2013, which respects and protects the rights of animals, people, and the earth. She is passionate about preserving the New York fashion industry and fair labor practices. She has worked and interned for various designers such as Zac Posen and Club Monaco.
Miakoda is committed to producing all of their designs in a factory in NYC where all workers are treated well and paid fairly. Julia's goal is to dress people in ethical clothing that allows them to look good and feel good physically and mentally.
Mullein & Sparrow was founded in 2012 in Brooklyn as the life work of herbalist and holistic esthetician Anit Hora.
A 100% natural and fully plant-based apothecary line, all items are lovingly made in small batches with the hopes of keeping alive a time honored tradition of simple remedies that have worked for centuries.
"Buy Less, choose well, make it Last." -- Vivienne Westwood
People often don't realize that the first, easiest and most important step to shopping ethically isn't just buying hemp clothing, bamboo cotton yoga clothes, and typical ecofriendly clothing. Buying less, and buying quality clothes, is equally important.
A company committed to rediscovering a lost art of how to build things. What they make is important to them as how they make it. Collaborating with independent fashion designers around the globe to design, produce and distribute products and projects, like eco-friendly tech accessories. Not only do designers see their brilliant work reach scale, but our customers receive unique, quality goods at wholesale prices because they control the entire supply chain.
Passion Lillie is a New Orleans based women's fair trade clothing line that gives individuals, mainly women, in remote villages a unique opportunity to live a dignified life. Their is to empower artisans across the world by creating dignified employment opportunities that give fair wages and safe and healthy working conditions.
Passion Lilie’s fabrics are sourced from small fair trade cooperatives and from individual artisans in India with family run businesses. All fabrics are 100% Indian cotton: grown, harvested and woven locally in India.
The solid fabrics are hand dyed, and the prints are either printed using the artisanal technique of hand block printing or ikat dyeing. No harmful chemicals are used in the dyeing process and most of the dyes are a natural dye made with vegetables or plants.
Perk is an Natural and Vegan company that will make you fall in love with your skin all over again. Perk has created an luxurious skincare line without the chemicals. They only create natural and plant based products and only in small batches made with love. Products like Coffee First, Lavender & Lemon, Citrus Mistress and Pucker Up are made for REAL people. Join them and get #NaturallyPerky
The Pima Doll collection is made from 100% pima cotton. These comfy and super soft tees, sweaters, and leggings are designed in NYC and produced in Peru. Careful not to waste and scraps, the leftover pieces are upcycled into their one of a kind hand knits.
They use exclusively 100% Peruvian Pima Doll cotton, an extra long staple cotton known as one of the finest cotton's in the world. Their long fibers are rub resistant so the fabric doesn't pill; pima is durable and known to last 50% longer than ordinary cotton. This cotton is grown without chemicals and is hand harvested, so it is ecofriendly and hypoallergenic. Pima Doll suggests machine or hand washing and does not recommend dry cleaning, which can be toxic to the wearer and have adverse environmental impact.
ETHICALLY MADE AND ECO-FRIENDLY CLOTHING, ACCESSORIES, BEAUTY PRODUCTS, AND HOMEGOODS AND THAT ARE DOPE.
Best known for her colorful hand painted bracelets and cuffs, Susan Alexandra fuses bronze, vintage baubles and findings and hand sculpted clay beads. Susan's influence's range from Frida Kahlo's lace gowns, Oilily patterns from the 90's, bodega signs, watermelon candies and hip-hop music. She is a Scorpio, which is important.
"Don't take yourself too seriously. Have a sense of humor. Wear something that makes you smile."
All pieces are made by hand in Manhattan.
Jessica Schlueter is creator & owner of The Tree Kisser. Launched in November 2013, The Tree Kisser line's goal is to share fun, compassionate fashion that gives back to animal advocacy organizations.10% of all The Tree Kisser sales are donated to the Love Infinitely Project Animal Fund, which are then allocated to deserving, reputable animal rescue or advocacy organizations. Past beneficiaries of the fund include Animal Rescue Corps, Toronto Pig Save, Animal Aid Unlimited, Hand In Paw Rescue, Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary, and Pets of the Homeless.
These Are Things® is a collection of wearable accessories and paper goods by artists Jen Adrion and Omar Noory. Each piece is designed in their Columbus, Ohio studio, crafted with care, and assembled by hand just for you. They make Things™ they love and hope you love them too.
Toy Syndrome fuses an edgy, youthful sportswear aesthetic with 3-dimensional surface appliqué, using "toy embroidery", hand dying techniques and complex textures.
Worn on Girls by Lena Dunham, as well as other cool girls Kate Nash and Tavi Gevinson, the brand grew from lizard embroidered crop tops and alien headbands to a full collection of ready to wear.
Toy Syndrome believes in community and have had amazing collaborations with Dirty GRL soap, the artist, Morgan Winter and most recently, Converse sneakers.
Toy Syndrome founder, Natalya Nyn, was born in Moscow. Arriving in New York in 1997, she graduated from The Fashion Institute of Technology, and apprenticed at Oscar de la Renta. She moved on to work as a Research Assistant for the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Later, Nyn was recruited as a draper for Zac Posen before transitioning into a role as a patternmaker for the Haute Couture Atelier, J. Mendel. Combining high fashion techniques with youth-driven street chic, Nyn's designs for Toy Syndrome cater to a multifaceted audience that wants to live life freely and have fun.
Ecofriendly and ethical clothing that are affordable and won't break the bank. Because ethically made clothes and accessories don't have to be really expensive!
Veryan is a London-based fashion brand passionate about ethical and ecological sustainability.
They present small series of items throughout the year that are designed to be season-less. Designs are tracked through a series of photographs and a selection go on to be manufactured as locally as possible in south east London, chosen for their ethical quality and longevity of style.