Sukara

About

Express joy through what you create, wear and do. Directly-sourced from Balinese seamstresses. Styled for a distinctive look. 5% profits go to charity.

Hi everyone! My name is Georgiana and I am the founder of SUKARA. It all started when I had a part time job whilst at college and saved enough to go travelling after I graduated. I found myself in Bali and stumbled across these gorgeous fabrics I had never seen before. With the little money and space I had in my bag, I was able to bring back a few pieces and couldn't wait to wear them to festivals. However, upon returning to the UK I realized that my pieces were really unique - not like the typical elephant Hareem pants you find people wearing from Thailand.

I couldn't quite understand why no one had these gorgeous Indonesian prints, so I quit my job as a Visual Merchandiser, packed my bags and headed out to Bali for a month to find a manufacturer. To cut a long story short, I was always conscious of manufacturing having a bad reputation in Asia and the Far East so I was set upon finding somewhere that would pay their staff fairly, and have good working conditions. I couldn't have asked for a better solution to this when I found a local family who would produce my garments.

Fast forward to today and I have three families all making our clothing. Not only do we supply jobs to the local community but I knew I wanted to give a percentage of my profits to charity. The plastic pollution in Bali is awful, the landscape and beaches are being ruined. Every time I go to Bali I do as many beach clean ups as possible and give 5% of my profits to Trash Hero.

Thank you so much for visiting my page, I'm so excited for what the future will bring for my small business and I hope you will come on the journey with me too!