Mar 18 2014 | AyaPapaya Line

Sustainable Local Fabrics, Leveling up for 2014

Aya
Last year, in a whirlwind to get production done in time for festivals I launched our first run of dresses, and sweaters.  I had the vision, worked out the pattern, fabric, went into production, and had my first 50 dresses in hand just in time  to launch the  Iris dresses at Lucidity Festival all in under a month.  I considered it a miracle to have accomplished that in such a short amount of time! It’s now been a year, and we’ve come out with another dress, as well as tops, I’ve learned a lot about the clothing industry in the last year.  I feel like I went through the crash course of starting a clothing line! Going forward into 2014 and beyond, I’ve decided to make key adjustments in my clothing production.  Time to put all I learned into action, and level up! I am tightening up the production team in LA, and putting labels ... READ MORE

Jan 29 2014 | AyaPapaya Line | Hoop Dance

Why I love what I do . . .

Aya
Last year, in a whirlwind to get production done in time for festivals I launched our first run of dresses, and sweaters.  I had the vision, worked out the pattern, fabric, went into production, and had my first 50 dresses in hand just in time  to launch the  Iris dresses at Lucidity Festival all in under a month.  I considered it a miracle to have accomplished that in such a short amount of time! It’s now been a year, and we’ve come out with another dress, as well as tops, I’ve learned a lot about the clothing industry in the last year.  I feel like I went through the crash course of starting a clothing line! Going forward into 2014 and beyond, I’ve decided to make key adjustments in my clothing production.  Time to put all I learned into action, and level up! I am tightening up the production team in LA, and putting labels ... READ MORE