Meet Resourceful Threads | Resourceful Threads is a small, local, sustainable company run by Margaret Anne Moton and Liz Hill.

We had the good fortune of connecting with Margaret Anne Moton and Liz Hill of Resourceful Threads and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Margaret and Liz, can you talk to us a bit about the social impact of your business?
Our goal is to reduce the harm that fast fashion creates. Not only do we recycle hundreds of pounds of clothing back into use, but we educate our customers about the harmful effects of fashion waste and how they can maintain and recycle their own clothing. The severity of our current state of climate crisis and human suffering is overwhelming and bleak. Of the 100 billion garments produced each year, 92 million tons end up in landfills (10 Statistics About Fast Fashion Waste, Earth.org, 2022). We want to give consumers power and agency to make a difference as well as make a sustainable lifestyle fun!

Each piece is hand crafted which has allowed us to make custom clothing for people with or without physical and developmental disabilities. We are launching an accessible yoga line with the help of our community partner, Guided by Humanity, called everyBODY during Denver Fashion Week. We will be the first fashion show inspired by and geared towards people in the disability community.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
We are committed to using 100% recycled materials. The process of recycling constantly inspires our aesthetic and not one garment is like another. Our business model makes us unique, high quality, ethical and environmentally friendly, but this can make mass production and carving out our unique market more challenging in our world of fast fashion and greenwashing.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
To kick off our Denver experience, we’d take them to our home studio to check out our creative process. On a Sunday, we would take them to the Belleview Station People and Produce Farmers Market to show them a day in the life of a vendor. We love to start our day with a run through City, Cheeseman, or Washington Park. We enjoy showing friends and family the vintage shops on South Broadway. Another day, we would take them hiking and climbing in Rocky Mountain National Park. For lunch we would take them to Steuben’s on 17th st. and Potager on Ogden for dinner! We would end the trip by catching a show at Red Rocks.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
Atlanta based small business owner, Mary Sweeney, not only blazed the trail for our sustainable ethical clothing company but continues to mentor us as our business grows. We have also been deeply inspired by the documentary The True Cost (2015) and Clare Press’ book and podcast “The Wardrobe Crisis.”

Website: www.resourcefulthreads.com

Instagram: @resourceful.thread

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Image Credits
Chelsea Ray