Beatnic Creates Sustainable Earth Month Uniforms with New Collaboration
Using their platform to highlight local artists, Beatnic has partnered with two NYC based independent designers. Stickybaby is a female founded, sustainable streetwear brand. Askan is a black-owned apparel brand on the Lower East Side. Together, the three brands have created sustainable uniforms for Earth Month.
The uniforms include hand printed and hand stitched T-shirts (sourced and hand screened by Askan) as well as tie dyed bucket hats (hand dyed and designed by Stickybaby) all completely made by using recycled materials.
These uniforms were made sustainably by using:
- Bulk indigo, non-toxic, low-wash dye on the hats that supports less water use process, made by hand in Stickybaby’s studio, air dry process
- Recycled denim from vintage shop L-train Vintage in the East Village, hats sourced from a woman owned hat shop in NYC
- Small batch production, pro-slow fashion, anti mass market
- Anti waste, and locally made and sourced materials
“We are so thrilled to collaborate with Stickybaby and Askan on our new staff uniforms. We are huge fans of both labels – their unique pieces capture the vibe of NYC and really embody the Beatnic brand values. They are creative, inclusive, vibrant, and bold. As a vegan restaurant, we are constantly looking for ways to reduce our ecological footprint. Introducing more sustainable uniforms is a great way to extend our impact for Earth Month.” – Catey Mark Meyers, President of Beatnic.
“It’s our absolute pleasure to partner with Beatnic for Earth month to create hand made, one of a kind uniforms for their staff. They came to the right creators, as Stickybaby always operates on a low impact, as little waste as possible, basis. For this special project our designers started by sourcing these hats from our favorite minority and woman owned hat shop in Midtown, Manhattan. Then we took everything to our NYC studio where we hand dyed them using very minimal water and a non toxic, indigo colored dye. We opted out of machine laundering and allowed these babies to air dry while we hit our favorite local vintage shop for denim to create the flower patches. It was an explosion of color and great vibes in our sunny studio during this creation process. We’d like to thank and commend Beatnic for allowing us to do what we do on a grander, more visible scale and we hope our project makes an impact on other restaurants in our community to follow in their footsteps and create locally and sustainably.” Amanda Litzinger, designer behind Stickybaby.
Always innovating, Beatnic stays true to its vibrant and fun core by meshing fashion with food, while still showcasing the importance of an eco-friendly lifestyle.
Edited bt Brianne Oliva
