Ninêh is a contemporary collection of timeless pieces that are artfully crafted to accentuate a woman's strongest features. We create beautiful garments through SLOW FASHION, that ensure fair wages, safe working conditions, health care and education to the artisans behind our collection.
The Ninêh woman believes in beauty from within. She wants to feel empowered through the clothes she wears and she wants to empower the women who makes them. These are the artisans and factory workers. They deserve to work in a safe a environment, get paid a living wage, have access to health care and education and have the support to be independent and self sufficient. The Ninêh woman has values and she wants to share them by using her wallet and personal power.
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I created Ninêh because as a customer, I want to feel a connection to the source. I want to be educated about what I am putting on my body and at what human cost.
We support slow fashion by lifting the invisible shield that exists between the buyer and the maker.
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We carefully source the best sustainable qualities mother earth has to offer and we travel straight to the source to work directly with the artisans behind our collection.
We offer an alternative to high end fashion by creating an emotional connection between you (our customer) and the true source of your garment. You will look beautiful wearing our clothes and know that you are making a difference in the world.
Our Styles
We keep the modern and successful woman in mind. We offer versatile pieces that will take you from a day at the office to any social event.
Our styles are perfect all year around and you will be able to wear them without the guilt of knowing that they will go out of style one day.
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For our F/W 2018 collection, we are using the following qualities:
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Silk
We work with a small family operation in New Delhi, India that specializes in 100% silk. Silk is a natural fiber and will biodegrade. It also requires fewer pesticides or fertilizers, and require less water than cotton.
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Leather
We work with a leather manufacturer in Gurugram, Haryana, that uses chromium-free leather. Chromium is extremely harmful for the workers health. Chromium-free leather also extends the life of the leather by decades if not centuries.
We are hoping our leather styles will become investment pieces that will not lose value and will turn into coveted vintage pieces one day.
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Cupro
Cupro is made of repurposed cotton pulp, which is normally discarded into the environment, polluting the water and causing health risks for the local population. When turned into fiber and woven into various textiles, Cupro is extremely luxurious, breathable and it feels like butter in your hands.
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Having designed for 15 years for mass market brands, I personally know what it's like to work in the factories making the clothes that Americans wear. I've seen workers living in bunkers away from their families, working 16-hour days with few breaks. I've seen babies lying next to their mothers at denim wash facilities, exposed to harsh chemicals and breathing toxic fumes all day.
In the last 20 years, the fashion industry adapted to consumerism and adopted cheaper practices to increase from 2 collections a year to 8. I personally participated in this evolution as a designer and consumer. So I know firsthand how Fast Fashion is destroying lives and the environment through horrible working conditions and clothes destined to fill up landfills.
Fast-Fashion is an addiction and consumers need to be educated that the clothes they wear have significant costs, more than just a low price tag.
Every time I saw one of my designs at a store, I felt guilt and despair. The high demands of the fast fashion industry, the amount of waste and lack of humanity was not fulfilling my desire to create any longer, it was just making me sadder everyday. It really hit me and it was finally time to make a change.
Saheli Women
We are working with a non-profit manufacturer called Saheli Women, in the rural village of Bhikamkor, Rajasthan, India. They train 20 incredible young women to find their own skills as artisans and, more importantly, have the means to be independent and self-sufficient.
Their parent organization, IPHD sponsors the education of their children, they run a female health clinic in their village and they deliver workshops on a range of topics including human rights, feminism, menstrual hygiene (which is still considered taboo in India) and financial literacy.
I need your support to finish paying for my first production run, develop samples for my next collection, and travel to India to work directly with these talented women artisans that inspired me to start my collection in the first place.
Thank you for supporting Ninêh! By doing so, you are helping craftsmanship stay alive.
Karenine Arraya/ Designer and Founder
