BE CONSCIOUS!

Watch one of the First documentaries which released on the textile industry in China. Maryam’s Mark & Co goal is to create apparel relating to the philosophy of “slow fashion.”  Slow fashion is a sustainable movement in which we are involved in our brand since the beginning in 2018.  The social and economic impact that occurs with the consumption of fast fashion is ideal for some but we at Maryam’s Mark & Co brand ourselves on taking our time to tend and grow into a sustainable environmentally safe, mostly hands-on brand approach while being a conscious creative organization.

So what is slow fashion?

Slow fashion is the movement of designing, creating, and buying garments for quality and longevity. It encourages slower production schedules, fair wages, lower carbon footprints, and (ideally) zero waste; identify sustainable fashion solutions, based on the repositioning of strategies of design, slow fashion involves local artisans and the use of some Eco-friendly materials, with the goal of preserving crafts and the environment and, ultimately, provide value to both consumers and producers.

The slow fashion movement has been studied by Kate Fletcher, a researcher, author, consultant, and design activist, and the author of Sustainable Fashion and Textiles. Her writings integrated design thinking with fashion and textiles as a necessary way to move towards a more sustainable fashion industry.

Based on the three principles of slow design that were created in 2006 in Milan, Hazel Clark, in SLOW + FASHION—an Oxymoron—or a Promise for the Future, we’ve added our own fourth…

Defining the Maryam’s Mark & Co apparel  principles of our role in the Slow Fashion Movement:

• taking a local approach
• having a transparent production system
• making sustainable and censorial products
• committed to being hands-on and environmentally conscious