ZARAMIA AVA has won the Corporate Vision Small Business Award for Most Creative Sustainable Fashion Label

We’re thrilled to announce that ZARAMIA AVA has won the Corporate Vision Small Business Award for Most Creative Sustainable Fashion Label, 2023.

We are delighted to have our achievements recognised in this area. Creativity in design is central to our brand and we use creative problem solving to make sure that we are as earth-friendly as possible.

Designing and producing clothing sustainably often means that options are reduced compared with less responsible production and we are proud that we find ways to deliver creatively to a high standard whilst remaining ethical, zero waste, energy efficient and vegan.

Corporate Vision is a digital platform which supports and guides better business practice.

Read more about it here:

https://www.corporatevision-news.com/winners/zaramia-ava/

ZARAMIA AVA is now part of Small Business Saturday

ZARAMIA AVA is now on the Small Business Saturday Map! We’re really pleased to be part of this  campaign to support small businesses in the run up to Christmas – and beyond.

Small Business Saturday started in the US back in 2010 and has been running in the UK for 11 years.  The ethos at the heart of it is: to promote small businesses at the heart of the holiday season and to help this invaluable sector of the economy grow and thrive.

One of the ways the campaign achieves this is by hosting the small business map. Anyone looking to shop small can search and find participating businesses using this easy small business finder. Now, if you search for Sustainable fashion in Leeds, you’ll find us! Along with all our links.

https://smallbusinesssaturdayuk.com/small-business-finder

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 Awarded Most Sustainable Luxury Fashion Company 2022

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We’re thrilled to announce that we have been awarded Most Sustainable Luxury Fashion Company 2022 by Northern Enterprise Awards.

https://www.sme-news.co.uk/winners/zaramia-ava/

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ZaraMia Ava - the United Kingdom

Most Sustainable Luxury Fashion Company 2022

ZARAMIA AVA is an exclusive, inclusive independent fashion label offering luxury fashion and accessories. ZARAMIA AVA make beautiful clothes for the fashion-conscious with a conscience. We contrast structured shapes with draping to create unique garments from ethically produced fabrics. We plant a tree for every order and we are proud to be ethical, zero waste, body positive and vegan.

https://www.zaramiaava.com

 

ZARAMIA AVA Won Best Luxury Sustainable Fashion Brand on Lux Life Perfect Gifts Awards

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ZARAMIA AVA is delighted to announce that we have won the LuxLife award for Best Luxury Sustainable Fashion Brand in their Perfect Gift Awards.

LuxLife searches for companies around the world that excel at what they do.

ZARAMIA AVA products make perfect gifts for the fashion-conscious with a conscience. We specialise in sourcing and using ethically produced, organic fabrics and saving beautiful printed ‘end-of-roll’ materials from landfill. We donate to a number of charities and take part in initiatives to reduce waste in the fashion industry and protect the environment.

“We’re very proud to be a zero-waste, vegan, sustainable business offering products of the highest quality,” says ZaraMia, whose company researches every fabric, dye and process to ensure that materials meet their high standards.

Specifically designed to be worn in a multitude of different ways, the brand’s clothing collections are ideal for creating a sustainable capsule wardrobe. What’s more, garments are made to be strong and durable guaranteeing them a long life.

As well as her bold and unique clothing collections, ZaraMia has designed a stunning range of accessories and gifts which includes bags, hats, jewellery, printed t-shirts and prints featuring strong geometric designs that are perfect for gifting.

To complement any outfit, ZARAMIA AVA have partnered with local artisans to create ranges of distinctive metal jewellery and crochet accessories that come beautifully packaged.

The brand’s circular fashion line includes affordable, ethically-made printed t-shirts, vests, hoodies and tote bags, printed to order and returnable for recycling once worn out. Our circular fashion prints are inspired by ideas such as unity, diversity and inclusivity.

ZARAMIA AVA donates a percentage of the profits from some of the designs to charities such as Coppa Feel (promoting breast health) and Black Lives Matter. To top it all, for every purchase made at ZARAMIA AVA we plant a tree.

Excellent customer service is a given at ZARAMIA AVA. We are always ready and happy to answer customer questions and help in any way we can.

Read the article here

View our range of Sustainable Gifts here

View our Circular Fashion Range here

View our Luxury Gifts here

 

ZARAMIA AVA Featured on ZEAL Alternatives to Fast Fashion

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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!

ZARAMIA AVA

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.’

Read the article here

 

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 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 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

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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

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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 Featured in Yorkshire Evening Post for Smart Works Leeds Fashion Event

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ZARAMIA AVA Featured in Yorkshire Evening Post for Smart Works Leeds Fashion Event

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Get tickets for the event here

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‘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


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