90) Rethinking The Traditional Supply Chain with Ria Ana Sejpal of LilaBare

What is the process like to create a regenerative conscious fashion label? What does it mean to create long-term partnerships in a localized supply chain that are beneficial for people? Or to make clothes that are beneficial for the earth?

In this episode, Stella interviews the founder of slow fashion brand LilaBare, Ria Ana Sejpal, about building a Kenyan fashion brand, rethinking traditional supply chains, and the value of building long-term relationships with the people involved in them.

Plus they cover how Ria measures the impacts of the garments LilaBare creates and how size-adjustable gender fluid clothing can make sustainable fashion more inclusive. 

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EPISODE SPONSORS

Kotn

Kotn is a slow fashion brand that's taking transparency to a new level with their fully traceable supply chain. 

The brand sources the cotton for their collection directly from over 2,000 smallholder cotton farmers in the Nile Delta in Egypt and ensures living wages and fair working conditions along every step of the way, from seed to final stitch.

Each piece from Kotn is made ethically and transparently with natural materials — like long-staple Egyptian cotton, recycled cotton, and linen — by people earning living wages.

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Juliemay

Juliemay offers a natural alternative to the synthetic-heavy lingerie market. They use GOTS-certified organic pima cotton as their main fabric, line all of their products with Mulberry peace silk’ and do not use harsh chemicals in production.

The brand is accredited by AllergyUK to be friendly for people with allergic reactions to synthetic fibers and who have sensitive skin. This is something that I have become personally really interested in since I started to experience psoriasis after wearing synthetic undergarments myself a few years ago. 

Additionally, Juliemay has bras for a wide range of circumstances, like post-surgery bras or bras that offer back support. Juliemay also supports several environmental and social impact nonprofits.

Use the code SOCIAL15 for 15% off at Juliemay!

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SHOW NOTES:

https://www.consciouslifeandstyle.com/ria-ana-sejpal-lilabare

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RESOURCES MENTIONED:

• Podcast: EP88. What Is Regenerative Fashion? with Safia Minney
• Podcast: EP31. The Reality of the Secondhand Clothing Trade with Nikissi Serumaga
• Podcast: EP61. Behind Fashion’s Waste Crisis in the Atacama Desert
• Podcast: EP29. Compostable Clothing, Natural Dyes, and Localizing Fashion Systems with Lydia Wendt

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CONNECT WITH RIA ANA SEJPAL AND LILABARE:

🌐 Website: https://lilabare.com/

📸 Instagram: @lilabare

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