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What You’re Actually Getting with My Ankalia Sandals
You know the saying “what you pay for is what you get.” Well, this is absolutely, true when it comes to my Sandals. Here goes. This is what you get: Handcrafted with love by me Slow fashion Limited edition luxury Made in Australia Australian owned Long lasting, so less landfill Reduced environmental impact Heel choice of 2cm or flat High quality Italian leather soles Timeless, classic designs Curated small collections Comfortable and breathable Not massed produced by women in forced labour conditions in a second world country Made by me - a small local Australian business, not by an overseas...
Slow Fashion Sandals
“Slow fashion” is all about creating mindful, curated small collections based on quality finishes, versus pumping out mass produced, large quantities of poor quality “throw away” fashion. “Throw away” fashion is thrown out after only a few wears, thus adding enormously to the worldwide landfill problem. I’m doing my small bit to help reduce unnecessary landfill with my handcrafted sandals. All my sandals are limited edition and made in very small quantities. They are made with beautiful high-quality, long-lasting leather, thus reducing the impact on our environment because they can be worn for many, many years. So next time you...
Buy From Your Friends and Shop Local
One of my mantras in life is “shop local, shop small, buy from your friends and buy Australian. Way back in my corporate days my boss told me “You should always buy your clients' products, even if they’re more expensive because what goes around, comes around.” I still remember him saying that to this day and I always find it a lot more fun buying from someone I know. It’s a good feeling knowing that you are supporting them and helping them on their business journey. One such friend in business has a label called BEACH STREET Design. They are...
Buy Australian
There’s certainly been an increase in the push to “Buy Australian, “Shop Small” and “Shop Local” in the last few years. Particularly now since COVID-19 we need to support, not just small Australian businesses but all Australian businesses. We need to support them to help them survive and thrive. Whenever possible, I try my best to buy from small local producers or an Australian owned and operated company. Some of the small local businesses I try to support in my city of Perth, Western Australia are: Beach Street Design (coastal luxe fashion) Shiraz Cottesloe (cute shop stocking fashion, homewares, jewellery...
International Gratitude Day
Yesterday was International Gratitude Day. As a Sandal Artisan and since launching Ankalia the things I’m grateful for have probably changed a lot, compared to what they may have been in previous years. First of all, I’m extremely grateful for the opportunity given to me by ‘Papa” and his sons in Italy. If it wasn’t for them, I would never have become a Sandal Artisan. Secondly, I’m grateful for the people that have helped me along the way with Ankalia. Probably number one here is my web developer Rox at Ascend7. Rox goes above and beyond with everything he does...
Sisterhood Start-Up Success
Sisters do it for themselves in start-ups Recently we celebrated the United Nation’s Small and Medium Enterprise Day. Not surprisingly the evolution of “womenpreneurs” was identified as one of the Top 10 trends of the year. In Australia, female entrepreneurship is also an emerging trend with women-owned, women led enterprises increasing at a faster rate than male-owned businesses, according to small business and family enterprise ombudsman Bruce Billson. In Australia, approximately 38 percent of small businesses are owned by women and I’m sure this percentage will keep growing. In 2019, of the 171,000 new businesses set-up in Australia, two-thirds were...
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