Fashion accessories handmade by women living in nursing homes

Two French mothers have launched a project that harnesses the extraordinary crochet skills of a group of elderly New York women. The result is hats and scarves designed and produced to be unique.

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ACCESSORIES MADE BY GRANDMOTHERS

HANDMADE FASHION ACCESSORIES

Don't waste women's talent, even when they're old. And don't leave them alone, wasting their lives in solitude. An all-female American company is trying to combine these two goals, translating them into a small business that bridges the gap between craftsmanship and industry.
An innovative project that looks to the future but relies on expert hands of a group of grandmothers. It is Woolen, a New York-based company born from an idea by Margaux Rousseau and Faustine Badrichani, two young French mothers living in the United States. Founded almost as a joke, today the company produces fashion accessories, hand-sewn with luxury yarns. But it has a special feature the artisans are elderly women who have decided to get back into the game. In this way the two founders have recovered the extraordinary ability of grandmothers di to crochet And at the same time, they placed them at the center of a successful project. The ideal way to avoid wasting the wisdom that comes from experience.

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ACCESSORIES MADE BY GRANDMOTHERS

The nine knitters who collaborate with Wooln were contacted in retirement homes or in senior centers in New York. Today they are the real protagonists of the project and package caps For men and women, scarves and hoods, all the result of masterful craftsmanship with quality raw materials like cashmere. Each piece is also labeled with the name of the grandmother who made it, so you can visit the company's website, a dedicated page, and learn more about the woman who dedicated her time to that creation. This warms the cold relationship between producer and consumer and at the same time offers the opportunity to learn about wonderful stories.

The photos are taken from the Facebook page of Woolen

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The company's manifest mission is: "to act for the good of society as a whole and to welcome a workforce that is still active and in need of feeling useful, that of the elderly." Beyond creating luxury handmade garments, in fact, Wooln aims to create a strong community A company that embraces not only knitters but also customers, who will witness extraordinary knitting talent. In this company, what for many of our grandmothers was just a hobby has become a profession that creates products.

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