We were thrilled to take part in the Gaia Fashion show read about our interview with the Kirkstall Art Trail.
Read about it here:
FASHION
ZARAMIA AVA Featured on Hannah Lunn Website
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"ZARAMIA AVA strive to give their customers the freedom to wear the garments how you want. There are no rules, other than expression. All items are bold, striking and completely genderless, so customers can really own their style. “
This is how talented Yorkshire-based photographer, Hannah Lunn described us after our recent collaborative photoshoot.
We had a vision for the shoot and Hannah worked with us to make it happen. You can check out more images from the day at Hanna’s website:
ZARAMIA AVA | Sustainable Designer Fashion & Jewellery Photographer — Hannah Lunn Photography
ZARAMIA AVA Involved with Revive, Repair and Reuse Exhibition at Abbey House Museum
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We were thrilled to contribute to a brilliant sustainability exhibition at Abbey House Museum in Leeds.
The exhibition tells the story of sustainability through the years; how it has long been a part of our lives, but is now more important than ever.
As well as looking at how people have made do, mended and repaired through history, the exhibition shares stories of local people and organisations that put sustainability at the forefront of their lives and working practices.
We are proud to have contributed to a video about sustainability in the Leeds fashion industry.
Watch the video we contributed to here
The exhibition is a great opportunity to find inspiration for changing the way we live and work to benefit and protect the planet and people .
It runs at Abbey House Museum from 10th October 2023 - 7th July 2024
Find out more here: Revive, Repair, Re-use: Stories of Sustainability - Abbey House Museum (leeds.gov.uk)
ZARAMIA AVA has been awarded Best Sustainable Luxury Unisex Fashion Brand by Lux Life Magazine
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ZARAMIA AVA has been awarded Best Sustainable Luxury Unisex Fashion Brand by Lux Life Magazine In the Perfect Gift Awards
ZaraMia Ava - the United Kingdom
Best Sustainable Luxury Unisex Fashion Brand 2023 - England
ZARAMIA AVA is the perfect choice for sustainable luxury unisex fashion. A fully inclusive brand, we create stylish, versatile garments for every body. Our designs balance structure with draping to produce flattering clothing that is comfortable, durable and easy to wear. We plant a tree for every order and we are proud to be ethical, zero waste, body positive and vegan.
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ZARAMIA AVA Featured on ZEAL Alternatives to Fast Fashion
ZARAMIA AVA featured on Zeal Chapter 2 Alternatives to Fast Fashion
‘Alternatives to fast fashion
If you are looking for ways to avoid fast fashion or make more responsible purchasing decisions here are our recommendations for more sustainable alternatives!
This Leeds based ethical fashion store allows you to shop sustainably online. The brand wants to reverse ecological damage caused by humans and for ecosystems to regenerate and flourish’
ZARAMIA AVA in Yorkshire Evening Post for Smart Works Summer Fashion Sale at Leeds Corn Exchange
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ZARAMIA AVA in Yorkshire Evening Post for Smart Works Summer Fashion Sale at Leeds Corn Exchange
‘The Smart Works Leeds Summer Fashion Sale, in association with The Yorkshire Post, is at the Corn Exchange in Leeds on Friday, June 24, 6-9pm, tickets £7.50 per guest, and all day on Saturday, June 25, 10am-6pm, tickets £5 per guest. Tickets: at leeds.smartworks.org.uk/events or leeds@smartworks.org.uk, Instagram @smartworksleeds
The Friday event will also have pop-up stalls hosted by Yorkshire-based independent brands including Zara-Mia Ava, Natalia Willmott, Satya En Ro bags, The Pod Online, Robin Gifts, Glitter Glamour Boutique at Bo Carter. There will be raffle prizes from Harvey Nichols Leeds, Clockface Beauty, Laura Pitharas, Satya Ro Bags, Very Stylish Girl and Aurelie.’
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ZARAMIA AVA In Yorkshire Evening Post for Smart Works Leeds Summer Fashion Sale
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ZARAMIA AVA In Yorkshire Evening Post for Smart Works Leeds Summer Fashion Sale
‘The event will take place over two days at the Corn Exchange, in association with The Yorkshire Post. On Friday, June 24, 6-9pm, there will be a special evening of shopping, with the chance to bag a bargain (or several) and browse rail after rail of beautiful womenswear pieces, including new collection pieces, designer samples, end-of-stock collections, premium quality donated pre-loved items and ranges of shoes and accessories, all donated to Smart Works by generous fashion industry benefactors, with premium retailers and fashion houses including Harvey Nichols Leeds, Joe Browns, Boden, Brora and many more. Smart Works national retail partners include Burberry, Hobbs, Marks & Spencer and John Lewis & Partners, and a number of top fashion designers silently donate (names will be revealed when the doors open).
There will also be many beautiful items on sale donated by Yorkshire independent designers and retailers, plus the chance to shop at pop-up shops hosted by a selection of Yorkshire-based brands. These pop-up shops will include Natalia Willmott, Robin Gifts, The Pod Online, Bo Carter, Satya En Ro bags, ZaraMia Ava and Glitter Glamour Boutique. There will be raffle prizes including: a Laura Pitharas silk bamboo dress costing £325; a Clockface Beauty hamper costing £85; a Harvey Nichols beauty hamper and eight different in-store beauty experiences; a beautiful dress and necklace from Natalia Willmott; a bag from Robin Gifts; a recycled Italian leather bag with removable and reusable inner linings, £395, from Satya En Ro; designs from Aurelie and Bo Carter. Plus there will be a free glass of fizz, celebrity guests, a raffle, a live choir, celebrity guests and the chance to mingle at what promises to be a highlight of the Yorkshire social calendar.’
Read the article here
ZARAMIA AVA Mentioned in The Leeds tab for Leeds Rag Fashion Show
ZARAMIA AVA Global Green Awards Most Ethical Fashion Designer Winner
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We are very happy to have received Most Ethical Designer West Yorkshire on Global Green Awards
Read about it here
ABOUT THE GLOBAL GREEN BUSINESS AWARDS
Acquisition International is honoured to announce it will be hosting its first annual Global Green Business Awards 2021.
In what has been named the ‘Decade of Action’ we have seen both industry leaders and consumers alike begin to make significant changes to ensure a more sustainable future, and more businesses challenged to respond to the reality of climate change.
This year we seek to commend and bring exposure to those companies that have worked to ensure sustainability is at the very core to their business. The Global Green Business Awards 2021 will therefore place emphasis on applauding innovation in corporate sustainability and seek to reward those have proven themselves to be pioneers capable of providing solutions to meet a vast array of demands.
ZARAMIA AVA Won The Best Vegan Fashion Brand - Northern England from Lux Life
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ZARAMIA AVA Featured on Gramersi BBC’s ‘The Apprentice:’ Our 2022 Round-up
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We are featured on Gramersi BBC’s ‘The Apprentice:’ Our 2022 Round-up check out the article here.
‘Seeing as BBC’s ‘The Apprentice’ IS BACK, here are our favourite stories and videos from some of the brands and entrepreneurs we’ve featured from the show.
ZARAMIA AVA:
I was living in Leeds when the Leeds-based fashion brand, ZARAMIA AVA popped onto The Apprentice in one of the tasks, so it was a pleasant experience to be able to dig deep into the nostalgia on this one a few years later. We hadn’t written about many fashion brands at the time, so this was a great opportunity for us. ‘Fashion’ has since gone on to become one of the most popular categories on our platform. Thanks, ZARAMIA AVA. We owe you big time.
To Conclude:
Like you, we have missed The Apprentice, and it’s a shame that the pandemic took it away from us for two years. But as with many other great things in life, it’s only when you lose them, that you realise how special they are, and the pandemic has been a stark, daily reminder of this, for many of us across the globe.
The Apprentice is prime-time television. It’s a cornerstone of British television. It’s about family time and entertainment, but most importantly, it’s about supporting small businesses, British businesses, and it’s about spreading those all-important business lessons across the nation, in a fun and entertaining way (that somehow seems to find it’s way into the unconscious).’
ZARAMIA AVA at Leeds Corn Exchange for a Smart Works Leeds Fashion Event
ZARAMIA AVA at Leeds Corn Exchange for a Smart Works Leeds Fashion Event
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Feature reads
The Smart Works Leeds Fashion Sale
Fri 12 Nov 2021 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM GMT
Leeds Corn Exchange, LS1 7BR
DESCRIPTION
Calling all fashion lovers! The Smart Works Leeds Fashion Sale is here for our Autumn/Winter event to celebrate our 2nd birthday!
Join us on Friday 12 November for an exciting evening of fizz, music and shopping at the beautiful Leeds Corn Exchange in the city centre with all proceeds coming to Smart Works Leeds.
Guests can expect designer, vintage and sample items from the most well known and sought-after brands - we've got your wardrobe sorted, all at incredibly discounted prices. This is guilt-free, sustainable shopping at its best with all proceeds going directly to supporting Smart Works Leeds; a UK charity which gives unemployed women from across Yorkshire the clothing and coaching they need to get the job and transform their lives.
Designers include: YSL, Prada, Alexander McQueen, Valentino, Marc Jacobs, Radley
Brands include: Whistles, Jaeger, Hobbs, LK Bennett, French Connection, Ted Baker, Ellesse.
And so much more
We will also have stalls from popular local boutiques: Katie and May, Bo carter, ZARAMIA AVA, Glitter Glamour Boutique, Moon Must Vintage, The Pod Online and Katherine Manley
Tickets will permit you to enter from 6pm, and we will be shopping until 9pm. No worries if you fancy joining us later on in the evening, as there will still be plenty to shop as we re-stock every hour, and there might even be a few extra discounts as we close...
Please note: no children under the age of 12 may enter the event. The event is downstairs in the Corn Exchange and accessed via stairs, though a lift will be available for wheelchair use. You will need to show your ticket to access the event space. All tickets are non-refundable.
LOCATION
Leeds Corn Exchange, LS1 7BR
ZARAMIA AVA in Yorkshire Evening Post Supporting Smart Works 2nd Birthday Event
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ZARAMIA AVA Featured in Yorkshire Evening Post for Smart Works Leeds Fashion Event
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Feature reads
‘The Smart Works Leeds Fashion Sale will take place on Friday, November 12, from 6pm at the Corn Exchange. It will offer donated designer and high-end high street pieces in all sizes, at hugely discounted prices, alongside beautiful items donated by Yorkshire designers and fashion brands. Taking part on the night will be Bo Carter, Moon Muse Vintage, The Pod, Katherine Manley, Zara Mia Ava, Glitter Glamour Boutique and Katie & May. Proceeds will go to Smart Works Leeds. Tickets are £5 and include a glass of fizz per shopper, available via this Ticket Tailor link or by emailing leeds@smartworks.org.uk. Yorkshire designers and retailers please email amy.harrison@smartworks.org.uk if you would like to donate stock for this and other Smart Works Leeds events.’
ZARAMIA AVA Featured in The Little Black Book of Leeds
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We are honoured Zara-Mia the founder of ZARAMIA AVA is featured in The Little Black Book of Leeds for Leeds Art University Alumni.
The feature reads:
ZARAMIA AVA is an independent fashion label based in Leeds. Established by BA (Hons) Fashion alumna ZaraMia, shortly after her graduation in 2013. ZaraMia aspires to create an ethical, sustainable, gender neutral luxury brand; “for the fashion conscious with a conscience”.
https://leeds.independentlife.co.uk/little-black-book-of-leeds
Read the online copy here
https://issuu.com/independentlife/docs/little-black-book-leeds-4
ZARAMIA AVA Featured on Go Green in Leeds
We are so happy to be featured on Go Green in Leeds
‘Leeds’ Clothing Store Inspires Sustainability Against Rise of Fast Fashion’
by Molly Paul
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ZARAMIA AVA has been Featured in a Publication on Gramersi
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We are so happy to have been featured in a publication on Gramersi
‘The ZARAMIA AVA Story By Laurene Rey-Millet’
Read the story here!
ZARAMIA AVA Featured on Green Orchyd your Eco-Fashion Marketplace
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ZARAMIA AVA Featured in Babystep Magazine
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We have been Featured in Babystep Magazine
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‘ The Leeds-based eco fashion brand leading the way for equality.
As issues surrounding sustainability, gender equality and inclusivity are more often than
ever becoming topics of conversation, the fashion industry in particular faces new
expectations to meet.
A fashion brand producing collections that address all three of these matters is Leeds-based
ZaraMia Ava, introducing waste-free and genderless ranges, alongside catering for those
with invisible disabilities. Zara-Mia, the founder of the brand and Leeds Arts University
alumnus, prides herself on its inclusivity, stating that there are no ‘labels’ when it comes to
the clothing.
Items are made to order, using materials such as bamboo and organic cotton, meaning that
once they’re gone, they’re gone, unlike the common unsustainable fast-fashion approaches
popular today that encourage increase in land waste. The brand’s logo itself, being an
octagon, represents regeneration and infinity, symbolising its mission for sustainable
fashion practice.
The niche market of catering for those with disabilities is rarely seen within fashion,
however ZaraMia Ava are aiming to change this, designing items with soft fabrics and
external labels that can be worn by those with sensory issues, as well as their use of organic
materials meaning those with skin allergies don’t experience sensitivity.
Last year, Abbey House Museum in Leeds hosted their ‘He She They?’ exhibition,
showcasing the evolution of genderless clothing through time. ZaraMia Ava contributed as
the contemporary designer for the event, showcasing miniature versions of their genderless
range.
The overall aim of the brand is to inspire people to make better choices when it comes to
fashion, encouraging a sustainable conscience, whilst also promoting freedom and
versatility within clothing.
Shop the label here: https://www.zaramiaava.com ‘
ZARAMIA AVA Featured on Living Lightly in Ireland
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We have been Featured on Living Lightly in Ireland
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‘ Zaramia Ava are against fast fashion and state that all of their garments are designed to be timeless, most of them lined to increase durability. They are season-less made to be worn any time of year, produced with quality, and made to last. They also try to minimise waste at every opportunity and most of their garments are handmade to order in the UK, unless stated otherwise. They use end-of-roll fabrics and organic fabric and pattern cutting and fabric cutting is done to eliminate the amount of waste. They also recycle what they use including all fabric-off cuts, samples, pattern paper, card etc ‘
