Ethical Fashion Blog

OUR TEAM’S MATA HOLIDAY WISH LIST
While many of our wish lists have some wants (“needs,” really) from other amazing ethical companies, most of us started by looking right in our own backyard – on the Mata shelves! We have lots of favorites. Lots. We just picked a few that would make great gifts:
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LOOKS MADE FOR MINGLING

Hi! I’m Mary, a college student interning at Mata Traders this fall, and I’m here to share some festive looks for the holiday season. It’s a season full of gatherings and good cheer, so I pulled together a few suggestions that will have you ready to mix and mingle.

 

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BEAT THE HEAT WITH THESE SUMMER STYLES!

If your summer style inspiration has dried up in the August heat, fear not – Mata is here to help! We’ve got outfit ideas for everything from your weekend getaways to your at-home adventures. All of these great looks start with some fabulous Mata staples, but we also featured our favorite conscious choices from other like-minded brands. Take a look!

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AN ETHICAL WEDDING MUST-HAVE: FAIR TRADE BRIDESMAID DRESSES
Planning a wedding comes with many choices, and for the conscious-minded bride, finding the right fair trade products on that special day is one of them.  Mata Traders’ fashionable and flattering dresses make the perfect bridesmaid dresses for ethical weddings.  Take a look at these Mata dresses in a few of our customers’ weddings!
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FAILURE AFTER RANA PLAZA

Retailers and Factories Fail to Live Up to Promises to Improve Worker Conditions

Three years after the infamous Rana Plaza factory collapse killed over 1,100 garment factory workers in Bangladesh, reports show there are many significant safety hazards that remain in the country’s garment factories, as demonstrated by the recent Bangladesh factory fire this past February. 

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SHOP CHALLENGE: SUMMER STYLE
Mata-carrying shops, we appreciate you! If it weren’t for you we wouldn’t be in 48 states and 11 countries around the world, with customers donning our dresses from the sidewalks of Brooklyn to the streets of Perth. One of our favorite parts of having stockists is that each of you has your own unique style; we love to see the way you showcase Mata and the individuality you bring to our brand.
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WAITING FOR SPRING
Anxious for spring? Check out these two ethical outfits we’ve compiled that will help make the remaining winter weeks a little cozier and brighter.
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NEW YEAR, NEW LOOK FOR MATA TRADERS!

If you’ve fished around our site at all lately, you’ve noticed – we have a new look! Our old website had been up since 2007 so we were well overdue for an upgrade. Imagine our delight when we found just the person for the job – Jess from June Letters Studio. Her designs are clean and refreshing, and her hand lettering is to die for. We knew in an instant that she was the perfect person to handle the new Mata look moving forward.

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AT HOME IN HONG KONG
What’s one thing all of us at Mata love? World travel. Most recently you’ve read about how our Communications Director, Jonit Bookheim, visited Greece, and a lot of our employees and interns have been all over the world, from Europe to Asia to South America. But it’s not just our employees and interns who travel. Our products have recently made their way across the globe to contemporary women’s clothing store Marco Visconti in Hong Kong. After meeting the owners of Marco Visconti, a Hong Kong couple, at a trade show, we loved hearing their cute back story of how they met at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Not only is Madison a beautiful city, but it also has plenty of stores that carry Mata!
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WHAT WOULD JESSICA DO?
You’ve got a conundrum. It’s that time of year to start your holiday shopping, and we’re certain there’s one thing you’re probably not looking forward to.  It’s not the crowds or anxiously waiting for sales. 
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