Over 250 tons of textile waste have been diverted from landfills thanks to Los Angeles’ small-but-mighty Suay Sew Shop where thousands of pounds of fabric are donated by L.A. county residents every single week. Since 2017, founders Lindsay Rose Medoff and Tina Dosewell, along with production manager Silvia Acevedo, have been building Suay as more than a brand—they’ve created a movement that puts remade textiles and garment workers’ rights front and center.
Medoff and Dosewell met through L.A.’s sewing community, and though they had been working together in different capacities for years, it wasn’t until Medoff was working as a freelancer on Patagonia’s reclaimed clothing line, ReCrafted, that the two realized a factory specializing in reused textiles was a much needed and viable business. They took it upon themselves to create it, founding Suay , and producing every piece for ReCrafted. Acevedo joined shortly after.
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