Marissa Heyl
Owner & Designer of Symbology
Anthropologist-turned-fashion maven Marissa Heyl is founder of newly launched Symbology Clothing, an ethical fashion label with global perspective. She translates handmade artisan fabrics from developing countries into fashion-forward designs–or as she puts it, fair trade made sexy.She has worked with a multitude of artisan communities around the world, thanks in part to her experience as the 2007 Duke Enterprising Leadership Fellow at Ten Thousand Villages. Heyl’s inspiration to start Symbology developed from her research as a 2006 Mahatma Gandhi Fellow, in which she researched how fair trade empowers craftswomen in India.
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