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Podcast: How We Change the World
Episode: Redefining Fashion: Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart on the Rise of Ethical Couture
Description: Meet ethical entrepreneur Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart, founder of Humans We Love, a company specializing in high-couture, ethically created wedding gowns, dresses, jewelry and more.
Drawing on her own artistic talent, her career as a high-fashion model in Hong Kong, her MBA and her lifelong activism protecting animals, Leanne first took the plunge in 2011 to fill a need she saw no one else filling––ethically made high-fashion outerwear warm enough for Chicago winters, using zero animal products, and “no-waste” material sourcing.
“I knew I could combine my love for creating, animal rights, my training in business, and in fas...