Here in Durham, we are lucky enough to have an ample summer season followed up with an absolutely wonderful autumn. As we head in to mid-August, we are starting to look for great TRANSITION PIECES for the store.
Transition pieces are items that can carry you through the seasons, meaning it works in warm and cooler weather. Jewelry can easily transition, but clothes can be tough. That’s why we LOVE our new Fair Trade skirts from Dsenyo!
Dsenyo works with artisans living in Malawi. The artisan group that makes their beautiful skirts: Mayamiko. Mayamiko is the Chichewa word for praise.
Mayamiko provides training in sewing and tailoring to local women who are affected by the HIV pandemic or are caretakers of HIV orphans. This artisan group helps people lift themselves out of poverty and end injustice through skills training, education, nutrition, sanitation and promoting fairer trade practices, which is so important everywhere, but even more so in Malawi.
And the skirts that Mayamiko creates are beautiful!
And completely transitional! Pair with a tank top or short sleeved shirt and sandals for summer.
Tights and a jacket or cardigan for fall! We could even see these skirts with leggings and tall boots for winter, because we have a feeling that once you tried one on…
you’re not going to want to take it off or pack it up for winter!
Recently, when Dsenyo visited Mayamiko artisans to pick up skirts and give them payment, they asked their artisans what they would do with the money they were being paid. Many replied that they would pay their rent for the next six months to a year, depending on how large a room they leased.
But there were two replies from two separate women that literally made us catch our breath. It stopped us in our tracks and yes, brought tears to our eyes.
Shoes. School for her children. Simple necessities that we could take for granted every day.
What a wonderful blessing to be able to support these women half way around the world. We’re excited that through these beautiful skirts…
we can support a talented artisan. We can help her earn the FAIR WAGE she deserves. We can ensure that she owns shoes and that her children can attend school.
That is beautiful fashion that we can feel good about! That my friends, is a skirt that can help save the world…or at least it can help save the world of 89 women living in Malawi.
And the fact that these skirts can transition from summer to fall to winter…well that’s just delicious icing on the Fair Trade cake!
Stop in to One World Market and support these women today!
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