Ali Golden
Ali Golden is woman-owned and operated.
Since 2012, designer Ali Golden has been on a mission to make sustainable fashion more accessible. She believes everyone deserves to wear clothes that look good, feel good, and do good, which is why sustainability and affordability are woven into her brand ethos. Ali and her team design thoughtful, adaptable clothing while maintaining the highest possible standards of eco-consciousness. Inspired by the freedom of play, each piece is produced in collaboration with a woman-owned co-op in Peru, a fair-trade certified factory in India, and a family-owned, fair-wage factory in Hong Kong.
The shops (in Oakland’s Temescal Alley -and- in downtown Ojai) feature Ali Golden clothing alongside other ethically-minded artists and designers. Stop by and say hello!
Our design process starts and ends with sustainability. We believe creativity can exist without compromise, so each piece balances function and quality with fun. Fast fashion isn’t our style, so anything Ali Golden is a wardrobe staple.
Importing and exporting fabrics can be unnecessarily taxing on the environment, so we let the fabrication we’re working with dictate where we produce. All of our Pima cotton woven garments and cotton, alpaca, and wool sweaters are locally sourced and made in collaboration with a women-owned factory in Lima, Peru. Our linen, silk, and cotton garments are made in a fair-trade, family-owned factory in India, and our synthetic and silk garments are produced in small batches by a second-generation, family-owned facility in Hong Kong.
Our goal is to create as little waste as possible every step of the way. We use sustainable fibers and fabrics, ethical printing and dyeing methods, and recycled or dead-stock fabric whenever possible. All our shipping and shopping materials are compostable or recyclable, and even our hang tags find second lives on new merchandise.
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