For Fashion Revolution Week, Variously & Supernatural will be presenting a Trunk Show exclusively at Orleans + Winder in Detroit. 

The capsule collection showcased has been masterfully handcrafted by handloom weavers in Nepal and speciality dyers in India using eco friendly dyes specially engineered to add more life to the premium quality of natural yarns used. We will be featuring custom designs of scarves & throws made using fine qualities of silk, cashmere, cotton & merino. 

Variously will also be showcasing its new short documentary ' Confluence ' at K.OSS Contemporary Art Gallery , which has been selected for Official Screening at Los Angeles Fashion Film Festival 2019 as well. 
The short documentary called Confluence has been made by Studio Variously to showcase stories of artisans & handloom weavers in Nepal and their quest to keep their heritage craft alive. It is also a celebration of cross cultural design collaboration between Detroit + Nepal.

More Information : 

> Orleans & Winder is Detroit based purveyors of the finest slow fashion & high design.O+W was created via Erin Wetzel's passion for quality, old world production techniques, sustainability, and changing the status quo of the industry from fast fashion to patient design
@orleansandwinder www.orleansandwinder.com

> K.OSS Art Gallery is a contemporary art gallery based out of Detroit. 
@kossartgallery www.kossartgallery.com

We are super excited to be curating a bunch of events for Fashion Revolution Week in Detroit Michigan. For the same , we are curating and moderating a panel on sustainable fashion at Eileen Fisher Somerset Collective store in Troy, Michigan..

​Free to attend, please reserve your spot below :

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fashion-revolution-week-panel-discussion-making-sustainable-fashion-matter-tickets-57729255758

Panelists include :
Jennifer Guarino : Chairperson at ISAIC / Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center , VP Manufacturing Shinola 
https://www.isaic.org


Erin Wetzel : CEO of Orleans + Winder , Detroit based purveyor of the finest slow fashion & high design. @orleansandwinder www.orleansandwinder.com

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Candace Johnson : Owner of Hi CanDace, Detroit based Digital Media firm focusing on small sustainable, luxury lifestyle brands.
@hicandace www.hicandace.com

We are thrilled to share our blog collaboration with Zan Farrow Design Studio based out of Dallas Texas. It was so much fun sharing about our work and we are so excited to share some stunning photos Zan took of our Rosewood Indigo Throw !


Happy Shop Small Saturday everyone!
I am beyond excited for today's blog post because I get to highlight a brand who's mission aligns perfectly with the intentional design ethos of Zan Farrow Design! 
Allow me to introduce you to Variously, a sustainable textile brand based out of Detroit,Michigan. Brand founder Anjali Purohit has a background in fashion and has translated that experience into a beautiful lifestyle brand !

One of my goals in starting my business was to share products, trends, and companies that are designed to support your everyday rituals and Variously is exactly that! Their beautiful products are hand crafted in Nepal and made from environmentally friendly dyes, so cool!
When choosing artisans, it was important for Anjali to find an artisan cluster she felt she could establish a long term relationship with. It's these long-standing artisan relationships that you are able to pursue a pure concept-based design collaboration. Through this process Anjali has seen how using hand-crafted techniques can directly empower an entire cluster of artisans (usually 5 to 10 people and their families.)


This particular blanket I'm sharing is the Rosewood Throw in the shade Indigo. When I learned that the throw was made of merino I expected it to be a bit itchy but oh my goodness y'all this blanket is SO SOFT! It also comes in a gorgeous pink shade so I probably need them both! 
Did I mention that 80% of the makers, designers, photographers, bloggers, merchandizers and retailers that Variously works with are women? Heck yes!!
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Read more :

https://zanfarrow.com/blog/2018/11/21/rppqehgv2ti1mrln02pgi5j0xui1ro​​

We are so grateful & excited for being chosen as the Artist In Residence for the month of October 2018 at Eileen Fisher's Store in Troy,Michigan . Come meet us at their beautiful store in Somerset Collective. We are looking forward to engage and share more about our journey in sustainable fashion and production methods. 

People care only if people know, sums up the intention in participating in the Fashion Revolution Week for Variously as a sustainable design label based out of Metro Detroit area.
Variously is a young independent accessory label focusing on sustainable textiles and partners with global artisans to develop capsule collections in home & fashion that are concept driven rather than influenced by short lived trends. The whole purpose is to restore & revive heritage artisan clusters, also by involving sources local to the artisans like dyers, small farms to support inclusiveness in the supply chain. Variously only chooses to use highest qualities of natural yarns and dyes to accomplish a more environment friendly collection with minimal modern aesthetics for the socially conscious consumer.

Being a part of Fashion Revolution week for Variously was mainly to kick off effective awareness for what Fashion Revolution does as an international organization and what Variously as a young ethical design label is working towards in Metro Detroit area. Variously founder, Anjali Purohit shared data organized & collected responsibly by Fashion Revolution over past few years to narrate the importance of what Fashion Revolution is doing globally and the impact of the outreach. It involved combining both the ethical working conditions for people who make our clothes and the processes adopted in production and its impact on environment on a day-to-day basis.

Fashion as an industry is consumed by all in different price points and also happens to the biggest employer of women in its supply chain. As an industry it is part of the global culture scenario where diversity is celebrated both functionally and aesthetically. Due to its direct impact to our environment it is imperative we educate ourselves about why transparency is key to ensuring more responsible products. Showcasing Behind The Scenes of Variously in Fashion Revolution Week was a small but conscious step to join hands in a more transparent supply chain at a global level.

Read More https://www.fashionrevolution.org/usa-blog/looking-back-the-best-of-fashion-revolution-week-in-the-midwest/

We are thrilled beyond and more to share that our small & honest attempt to cover the human aspect & beauty in the process of handloom weaving technique which we covered through our short documentary Resa Thread has been selected for the Official  Screening at Fashion Film Festival Milano. Stay tuned for more updates as we move forward with our contributions to sustainable fashion & global artisanal partnerships. Thank you to the generous team of Fashion Film Festival Milan for giving us this incredible opportunity ! 

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So excited to announce our participation at Brand Assembly , a curated show of emerging luxury brands in fashion. Variously will be showing its capsule collection of handwoven scarves in finest quality of cashmere, wool, cotton and silk shibori scarves , throws handwoven using finest quality of yak, cashmere and merino as well. Variously will also be showing a small collection of shibori silk cushions in indigo hues complemented with gold. 

Check out more details at http://www.brandassembly.com/ny-fall-winter-18 

Looking forward to connect with stores, buyers and exhibitors who support sustainability , ethical production practices and hand crafted techniques with contemporary narratives. 

Variously participated at the Annual Artisan's Summit  by Nest, Nyc at United Nations in December 2017. As an artisanal business and stakeholder in sustainable production practices, it was natural for Variously to be present from Detroit to represent its global artisanal supply chain and advocate for ethical production practices and living wages for all the master artisans and ethical businesses we engage with globally. 
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      Founder of Variously, Anjali Purohit at United Nations with many other
      artisanal  businesses from Asia,Africa and South America. 

A true labor of love . Resa Thread : A sustainable story is our behind the scenes short documentary now also featured in the Fashion Films segment on Not Just A Label, global platform for contemporary independent labels https://www.notjustalabel.com/fashion-films

Resa has been shot on site to create awareness about the production and design process involved in creating our sustainable textiles by collaborating with master artisans in Nepal. 

Resa was also shown at Orleans + Winders , a luxury boutique in Historical Eastern Market in Detroit in November 2017 Trunk Show . 
#njal #fashionfilms #orleansandwinders #detroit