Ethical Fashion Blog

All Mata Traders jewelry comes through Tara Projects in Delhi, India. Recognized as a Guaranteed Fair Trade member of the WFTO, Tara, which stands for “Trade Alternative Reform Action,” is the oldest organization we partner with, having begun in 1966.

The traditional Indian textiles you see in many Mata designs are the result of our partnership with Indigene Craft, a fair trade label built on the importance of storytelling and celebrating the essence of the makers.

Creative Handicrafts is a fair trade organization that produces Mata Traders apparel in Mumbai, India. Their dedication to community development and providing a supportive environment for hundreds of women makes our longstanding partnership even more meaningful.

If you love our hand embroidery, you have our fair trade partner Sadhna to thank for much of it. A passionate and supportive community and workplace for women in Udaipur and Delwara, India, Sadhna's membership has grown to include over 600 women.

The recent COVID-19 surge in India is horrifying. As restrictions are easing for many of us, many parts of the worl...

Choti is a member of one of our partner cooperatives. We had the opportunity to speak to her and learn about her experience working within fair trade. Read her story!

One of our producer partners is a fair trade cooperative located in Rajasthan, a state in Northern India that is k...

When Maureen founded Mata Traders over ten years ago, it became evident pretty quickly that the demand for fair tr...

I joined Mata Traders as a design intern in the summer of 2011, helping Kristin with garments (my very first Mata ...

There's no better time than Fair Trade Month to celebrate all the good that comes from a fair partnership between producers and consumers. Throughout October, Mata is inviting fair trade fans and enterprises to share an image on Instagram of what fair trade looks like for them, with this hashtag: #whatfairtradelookslike.

The morning sun streaks across a bustling street in Mumbai.

Shakuntula has walked this path many times. After her husband’s death nearly two decades ago, she was in critical need of a steady job to support their young daughter. She came to the cooperative at the suggestion of a friend, 19 years ago.