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For today’s interview we reached out to Marie Louise Schultz, the Founder and Creative Director of The Vintage Bar. Marie Louise has always worked in the fashion industry, with a branding and communication background. After questioning her career and the impact of the fashion industry on our planet, she started The Vintage Bar, with the goal of encouraging a more conscious way of consuming fashion.   The Vintage Bar is a marketplace and social hangout that connects buyers and sellers of premium and luxury second hand fashion. By combining digital innovation, data driven technologies and inspirational branding, they take part...

Ask Scandinavia had the pleasure to have a chat with Rosanna Morris, a printmaker located in the UK, about her story and the ins and outs of her brand.   What’s the story behind your printmaking business?   I began printmaking when I was 19, I wanted to make my drawings larger and was incredibly inspired by wheat paste artists and printmakers I'd learnt about in New York and Mexico. My first prints were between one and two meters high and mainly featured farmers and animals, which were then wheat pasted around the city.   What did you do before?...

We had the pleasure to chat with Marjorie Soria, the founder of Bareaya. Bareaya is a brand of zero-waste products, whose mission is to make it easy for anyone to transition to a more sustainable lifestyle. They started out creating the perfect safety razor, now you can find everything you need, and less!     What do you do at Bareaya, and what inspired you to start this business? I’m the founder of Bareaya, a zero-waste brand born in 2018 and based in France. I wanted to set up a business that could make a difference and help people change...

At ASK, we create products that align with the long-standing Scandinavian design ethos of making minimalist, functional and long-lasting products. Using environmentally responsible ASK only works with companies who pay fair wages and treat their makers with dignity.  Embodying our values, we have now launched two bags made from Dessertos’s prickly pear cactus-based innovation of a sustainable plant-based material.    Plant leather made from cactus? Yes, and here’s why it’s kinder and better: 1. As we experience rising carbon dioxide levels linked to sea level changes, snowmelt, disease, severe weather and ocean acidification at an alarming rate, cactus is a...

Laura Way is the Founder of Votch, a vegan-friendly and cruelty-free watch and accessory brand, based in the UK. We had the chance to chat with her and learn more about the company and her journey.  Can you tell us the story behind Votch? Votch began when a few years back I was struck down with a condition called Topical Steroid Withdrawal, a condition that saw all my skin fall off (we’ll spare you from the pictures!). During the years that it took me to recover, I turned to documentaries and educated myself on various subjects regarding animal welfare, including...

  Venice Beach based, Romania native Monica Magdas Miller is the founder of SANTICLER. Monica learned the centuries-old techniques of hand knitting, embroidery and weaving from her mother and grandmother. Her love of artisan textiles and the desire to preserve heritage and cultural traditions inspired her to pursue fashion. She spent 15 years building a successful career as an apparel industry executive and creative director before establishing her own sustainable line SANTICLER. Out of her drive for 'being the change you want to see in the world', she creates collections of beautiful and wearable apparel of lasting value for real...