In 2007, Rachel Weeks traveled to Sri Lanka as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar on a mission to bring better collegiate apparel to her alma mater. Not just better designs, better fit, and better quality, but with a better story.
So she teamed up with Colleen McCann, fashion designer extraordinaire, and ALARM, a Sri Lankan coalition of labor rights organizations and trade unions, to launch a brand that brings ethical fashion to universities everywhere.
First and foremost, School House is about people. We pay premium prices to our suppliers to ensure that living wages are being paid in the manufacturing facilities producing our brand. Why? Because School House believes that a free but fair fashion market is possible, and that when it teams up with quality design, it's unstoppable.
Of course, we have a long way to go on the road to running a sustainable business. But we're learning - every day, and t-shirt by t-shirt - how to build a better brand.
Similar to School House, WE AR3 CHANGE is a clothing company dedicated to continuously providing for people in need. Stanley, the founder, is in the process of receiving a $50,000 grant from Pepsi. Help Stanly's dream come true and vote for him: http://www.refresheverything.com/wear3change
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