STORIES / FASHION REVOLUTION WEEK 2019
HERE'S TO OUR MAKERS
Meet a few of the highly skilled professionals behind Raquel Allegra — each integral to our process, heritage, and community
Fashion Revolution week is an annual campaign commemorating the anniversary of the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh
Quality control experts: Ana, Edelmira, Carmen, Alma, Ruby, Miguela, & Judith (not pictured). These queens hold the key to our top-secret deconstruction process, executing seasonal shred designs to perfection, by hand
Leo, the only man of the RA sewing squad. He’s worked at our downtown studio for seven years, and is also a Taurus
Vicki and Elena are responsible for the manufacturing of our entire production run. Basically, more than twelve thousand garments a season, all made in Los Angeles. Who run the world? ♀
Earth angel, Judy. She started with us in 2009 as one of our first ‘shredders’, aka a true RA OG
Ya, Holly, Leo, Xiao, & Maria, our in-house sewing squad. These superstars are in charge of sewing the first samples for each Raquel Allegra collection
Helen and Charlene, our patternmaking team. These two draw the blueprints for our clothing, making sure all Raquel Allegra pieces fit beautifully
Juan, our master cutter, has been at Raquel Allegra since 2010. His scissors are always sharp
Maria, the first-ever RA employee. Rewind 11 years ago, Maria helped shred t-shirts in Raquel's tiny apartment. She now manages our LA studio -- balancing everything from e-commerce procurement to assisting with sales
Jessica and Karen, our pre-production babes. Karen leads our sampling process, moving samples from concept to prototype, design room to showroom. Dovetailing Karen, Jessica manages pre-production. She hands off our beautiful samples to the production team, ensuring no detail is amiss
Who’s responsible for all of our tie dye designs? Tie dye masters, Anton and Nicholas. This duo 'hand paints' our pieces every season. No small feat!
Managing our sole warehouse, Balmore ships our lovely clothing to about 200 stores a season and for all e-commerce orders globally. He spreads the RA love from Los Angeles to all over the world
Solene is our sales & ecommerce manager. Here she is in everybody’s favorite cardigan
Raquel and Finn
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