The MZ Blog
Shop Feature: Boxed and Burlap
Each quarter we select one of our amazing retail partners as the winner of our ongoing photo contest. We've been enjoying beautiful captures of Boxed and Burlap all year long, with their MZ products expertly merchandised alongside other beautiful and meaningful items. We are excited for the opportunity to learn more about their business and how they utilize social media to grow their community and...
Honoring Artisan Mothers
Written by Maria Luisa Santiago. Translation and introduction by Hannah Aronowitz. A couple months ago on a visit to Teotitlan del Valle, one of the MZ artisans Maria Luisa slipped a folded piece of notebook paper discreetly into my hand, so her mother who was preparing food on the other side of the patio would not see. Completely unbidden she had written, in a beautiful sloping script,...
5 Years after Rana Plaza - What's Actually Changed?
April 24th, 2018 marks five years after the deadly collapse of Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, which took the lives of over 1000 garment workers, and injured another 2000. This tragedy brought attention to the terrible human rights abuses and environmental degradation caused by the global fashion industry. In the wake of such a large scale disaster, social advocacy groups, brands, and consumers have called for safe...