Hand woven skirt made with left over fabrics from custom orders.

100% cotton with silk lining.

Bulging boxes of fabric left overs moved around with me from the Garment District studio to Soho, the Meat Packing, and the West Village. All locations where I worked from.

I kept them for a number of reasons that were at times emotional, they held memories and stories of custom made pieces; and at other times practical, they were quality raw materials, produced by extracting valuable natural resources from the environment. But most importantly, if I were to throw them away, I would be producing garbage and creating pollution, both to be tackled at all costs.

One special day, in the Fall of 2015, I met Cynthia from Weaving Hands, an artisan who operated a number of old fashion wooden looms, out of her studio in Brooklyn. From then on, the game changed forever. Fabric left overs found their way out of the boxes onto these looms and were transformed into beautiful, fun hand woven textiles.

In the process, we engaged the under privileged community to help us cut and separate the scraps into tiers, and used our creativity and imagination to curb pollution, while keeping it all local.

"I measure the success of my day based on how little trash I produce. Here, creativity was put into real task. The task to transform small left over fabrics and trims into something desirable and coveting. Hand work, a craft that is becoming obsolete, is heralded back into the equation and with the imagination of my enthusiastic assistants we created these one of a kind pockets to make that Summer shirt a symbol of all good things in life: relaxation, comfort, luxury of being connected to what really matters. I hope you enjoy the results of a project that originated from a quest to curb waste and fetch one of them. With every purchase, you are supporting artisans, less advantaged communities and our precious environment." -Jussara

Semi-spread collar

Hand-sewn, mismatched mother-of-pearl buttons
Silk-screened collar facing in linen (to hide the grime)
100% Cotton Twill, woven in Japan
Cut and sewn locally 
14 stitches per inch

 For other size inquiries please email us at mail@jussaralee.com.

Hand folded flowers done by artisans in Brazil.

The cotton lining and the non scratchy cotton label allow you to machine wash it. The tone- on- tone, surface design and texture makes this an easy to travel, for all occasion dress.

In this special dress, we sewed little glass beads in the center of the hand folded flowers, that color match the silk band.

Please send us an email ( mail@jussaralee.com )  inquiry if you would like to add sleeves or length to the band.

Hand woven coat made with left over fabrics from custom orders.

100% Cotton

Bulging boxes of fabric left overs moved around with me from the Garment District studio to Soho, the Meat Packing, and the West Village. All locations where i worked from.

I kept them for a number of reasons: they held memories and stories of custom made pieces, they were quality raw materials and most importantly, if I were to throw them away, they would turn into garbage.

One special day, in the Fall of 2015, I met Cynthia from Weaving Hands, an artisan who operated a number of old fashion wooden looms, out of her studio in Brooklyn. From then on, the game changed forever. Fabric left overs found their way out of the boxes onto these looms and were transformed into beautiful hand woven textiles.

In the process, we engaged the under privileged community to help us cut and separate the scraps into tiers, used our creativity and imagination to curb pollution, while keeping it all local.