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The Lao PDR is landlocked, nestled between Burma, China, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. At 6 million, its population is nearly 2 million fewer than New York City’s, and it comprises myriad ethnic groups across eighteen provinces. A country roughly the size of England, Laos is less densely covered with 23 people per square km versus England’s 246 people per square km. Subsistence agriculture accounts for approximately half of the GDP and provides 80% of employment.
Hand crafts, from textiles to baskets to paper, function as a day to day necessity and also represent Lao cultural and artistic traditions. Critically, these hand crafts, especially textiles, diversify income sources and present an opportunity for women to become active contributors to the economic well-being of their families.
CRAFT
ARTICLE 22 handbag collection: Naturally dyed, hand woven cotton fabric is juxtaposed with remnants of the highest quality leather used to refurbish jet planes. Each textile is crafted sustainably by a weaver whose skills have been passed down by generations of mothers and grandmothers. All leather and hardware finishings are applied in New York by a luxury accessories workshop.
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COMPANY
Based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, ARTICLE 22 is a social business start-up that provides income to Lao women by finding a market for their traditional hand made textiles in the US.
We named the company after the 22nd Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which celebrates the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for... dignity and the free development of... personality.
The ARTICLE 22 Collection is a design driven group of handbags that interprets traditional textiles in classic silhouettes.
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