reducing textile waste, one piece at a time.

Matter Originals is my second venture into the sustainable fashion world, the first being the nonprofit organization VIPs Fund. I founded VIPs, with the help of some friends, in 2022. Since then, it has grown into a sustainable fashion and wildlife conservation organization with over 50 volunteers, nearly $25k in annual revenue, and programming spanning between the United States and Madagascar. 

 

In addition to creating it, a couple of my favorite moments with VIPs include:

- spearheading the Spring/Summer 2025 collection, entitled Emergence. Each look in this collection was inspired by a different species of bug, which intended to celebrate some overlooked biodiversity, complex systems, and their emergent properties

- designing pieces for 6 other collections and seeing some of them walk the runway

- creating and implementing a curriculum (we call it Ecology 101) for aspiring conservation scientists in Ranomafana

- financing the comeback of Varibolo Resto, 

 

I graduated from the University of Michigan in 2025 with a Bachelor of Science in both Evolutionary Anthropology and Environment. In this next chapter of my career, I want to dive further into the world of sustainable fashion under my own name (while still donating a portion of my sales to VIPs). So thank you for coming with me on this journey!

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