Happy New Year!

Okay so I’m a day late on this one, but happy Chinese New Year to everyone!

I went to visit my sample factory in midtown Manhattan today, I didn’t they’d be open as everyone who works there is Chinese, but they were working frantically getting ready for some fashion week shows tomorrow.

I know a lot of industrialized countries such as China, Mexico, India and Thailand are having a hard time saving face right now with all the bad press they’ve been getting in the eco world for having terrible environmental and human rights impacts.  Up until recently I’ve only ever worked with foreign factories, most of them in China.  And the ones I’ve worked with recently have been very dedicated to maintaining workers rights, if not also trying to improve their environmental impact.  I have to applaud them for spending the extra money and time to be progressive, particularly in a country that is progressing full steam ahead.  I believe that we all have a responsibility to encourage and support the smaller enterprises that are doing their part to make changes, however slow and painstaking they may be.

So I wish you all a happy and prosperous year of the Tiger!