Sustainability & Circular Fashion

SUSTAINABILITY - REDUCE, REWEAR, REPURPOSE, RECYCLE

Our styles are inspired by the loud, tropical expressions seen in the wild.

We, on principle, never overproduce, utilizing recycled/leftover fabric whenever possible.

Every collection is special, curated in small batches, by the season.

Once it’s gone, it’s gone, and it’s a treasure if you have it.

CIRCULAR FASHION

With worldliness comes the responsibility of good stewardship to our natural world. This is why our philosophy is a rebellion against fast fashion.

The creative process of making clothing, especially with artisan tailors whose livelihood it is to bring these garments to life, is a circular journey, not a fast one.

It’s important that our customers know where their clothing comes from and how it’s made.

We are intimately involved with every part of the process and watch our collections go full circle, from across the world to our brick and mortar shop in Barnegat Light, NJ … all while keeping waste out of our oceans and landfills.

 

ASK WHERE YOUR CLOTHES COME FROM

We do our part in the fight against waste by cleaning up the unfortunate mess big business leaves behind.

Materials are sourced in local Balinese markets, fabric stores and warehouses – utilizing recycled and leftover fabric whenever possible.

Most of our Indian fabrics are sourced through Vimla and Babou, a mother-son team collecting wasted saree fabrics.

Vimla has been collecting these materials since the early ’80s, and her home is its own bazaar, composed of beautiful, vintage dead-stock materials and sarees.

Yaatree’s process is a ‘treasure hunt’ of sorting through pre-existing fabric and vintage textiles to be repurposed into our designs.

ASK HOW YOUR CLOTHES ARE MADE

Endless hours go into dreaming up these styles with our incredible tailors.

Designs are made into samples using up-cycled fabric which then undergo a collaboration with our head tailor, Putu and her team of 12 women and one male pattern-maker.

Our Rami Collection is a separate design collab with a mother/daughter duo, supplying us with one of the strongest natural fibers, ramie cotton.

In India, all of our cotton is hand-stamped using the block print technique, offering countless patterns to choose from.

Sometimes we’re fortunate enough to be involved in the phase of designing the block print and color schemes for a collection.

ASK HOW YOUR CLOTHES GOT HERE & HOW TO KEEP THEM GOING

Sandwiched between textiles piled high on her scooter as she winds through major traffic in Bali or dodges camels in India, Taylor hand-picks and transports fabrics herself.

We at the Bazaar encourage our community to travel lightly and sustainably whenever possible, to pass down or repurpose their old garments, to shop vintage/second hand, and to support brands who put in the work to create something new out of something left behind.