Hot, ethical retailers right here in Boston. That’s right, your fair trade purchasing doesn’t have to end with food and coffee but can apply to your wardrobe too!
As a Boston consumer trying to spend less, yet spend virtuously, I’ve spotted a very trendy venue for cute, reliable and best of all, fair clothing. Meet Autonomie Project.
One of Fair Trade Boston’s strongest partners, Autonomie Project shares a passion for ethical textile production. AP supplies high-quality garments at competitive prices to consumers that wish to make purchases with a positive social and environmental impact without having to sacrifice their own personal style, or break their wallet. In addition to a feel-good and fun shopping experience, Autonomie aims to raise awareness about today’s most pressing global issues, hoping to inspire consumers to take action and help uplift the communities of workers around the world that produce our everyday goods.
Auntonomie Project works exclusively with small, independent cooperatives and Fair Trade-certified facilities located in developing areas of the world where a portion of the funds can be used for initiatives that will affect the entire community. These initiatives include efforts such as building a health clinic or bringing a steady water supply to a small village. Autonomie provides their workers with a fair wage so they can beat out sweatshops and enjoy a healthy, sustainable lifestyle, while assisting them with the development, design, and marketing of their products so that their businesses may prosper and become thriving participants in a reconfigured global marketplace.
Autonomie Project offers a variety of organic, sweatshop-free and vegan products, anywhere from printed T-shits, handbags, shoes, and even baby clothes. Their selection is awesome, their quality is fantastic, and for how much goodness you’re paying for, Autonomie prices are a great deal!
Check out their online store to take advantage of their Back to School Sale going on until
Labor Day!
http://www.autonomieproject.com/
Autonomie products can also be purchased locally at Greenward and Sudo Shoes both located right on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge!