Cofounder Suzanne Lerner discusses the brand’s commitment to women’s empowerment and sustainable fashion.
Michael Stars is a love story to activism and equality. Cofounded by Suzanne Lerner and her late husband Michael Cohen, the Los Angeles-made brand has been dedicated to supporting and empowering women long before it was popular.
As such a philanthropic person, how do you choose the organizations you work with when there are so many worthy causes?We saw an opportunity to build a company that represented what I believed a company should be — one focused on parity and gender equality in the workplace where everyone could have the opportunity to rise. And we picked women and girls because those are the people we sell to.
We work with some national organizations but we lean toward grassroots and community organizations led by women of color, such as the Tender Foundation in Atlanta. We also support mentoring across generations with Take the Lead and Step Up, and ensure the right to vote via the organization I am a voter. Other charities we have funded include the Ms. Foundation for Women, The Joyful Heart Foundation, We Advance Haiti, Children Mending Hearts and A Call to Men.
Today, we have customers who support us because we make clothes in America. We produce at reasonable margins, always keeping quality and pricing aligned and fair. And because we are closer to the process, we can ensure quality and fair wages. It also came in handy during the pandemic since companies couldn’t get goods out of China, but we were able to produce locally.We’re in the industry to produce clothing, but we don’t want to see our brand ending up in landfill.
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