Make Luxury Count » Mayan Indian weavers http://makeluxurycount.com If you're going to make a statement, make it count. Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:28:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Anna Wintour herself promotes Goods of Conscience in June Vogue http://makeluxurycount.com/2009/05/31/anna-wintour-herself-promotes-goods-of-conscience-in-june-vogue/ http://makeluxurycount.com/2009/05/31/anna-wintour-herself-promotes-goods-of-conscience-in-june-vogue/#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 18:43:38 +0000 Holly Wesselhoft http://makeluxurycount.org/?p=181 No better way for your Guatemala-Bronx made, organic, ethical fashion company to be catapulted into the national limelight than to have Cameron Diaz wear your shorts and Anna Wintour mention your company in her letter from the editor in June’s edition of Vogue - this is exactly the good luck of Goods of Conscience.

Cameron Diaz picked out these plaid shorts herself for the Vogue shoot, $275

Cameron Diaz picked out these plaid shorts herself for the Vogue shoot, $275

Goods of Conscience, founded in 2005 by Father Andrew whose parish is located in the Bronx in NYC, “seeks to create and sell well-designed and well-made garments for the benefit of skilled workers in impoverished communities in both Guatemala and [the Bronx], to enhance the spirit of worker and wearer alike.”

Father Andrew developed the idea for the company after a mission trip to Guatemala. The company  employs Mayan Indian weavers in Guatemala and Bronx sewers to make the collections that “look good, feel good and do good.”

Goods of Conscience asks consumers to choose to wear “The Social Fabric.” This phrase has a double meaning because it is also the trademark for the actual fabric that is used in the clothes. It is a reflective organic cotton or indigo from Guatemala which cannot be counterfeited and ensures that all parties involved in the production of it are paid a living wage.

Santiago Scarf, $225

Santiago Scarf, $225

Monterrice Jacket, $895

Monterrice Jacket, $895

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