Female Founded Glasgow Fashion Brand Kiwi & Co Donates 10% of Profit to Woman's Aid
Glasgow founded independent fashion brand Kiwi & Co has had a beautiful connection with its female customers since it’s humble beginnings in female founder Melissa Lanigan’s living room in 2020, established with the goal to bring colour and joy to people’s lives during the uncertainty of the covid pandemic.
Since then, the brand has completely exploded, now supplying their cool girl styles on retail giant ASOS as well as having huge influencers hooked on the brand – notably Shakira Khan (the people’s princess of Love Island season 12), who can frequently be seen sporting Kiwi’s iconic knits on socials, as well as being featured on hit BBC show Traitors.
The brand not only helps everyday women find their confidence through its bold, beautiful colours and styles, but it’s now vowing to give back 10% of all knitwear profits until Mother’s Day on Sunday the 15th of March to the incredibly important charity Women’s Aid. Women’s Aid is built on the vitally important ethos of protecting women in dangerous domestic situations.
Inside the Glasgow Charity Fashion Show Theme Reveal
A lot can happen when a team of passionate, creative students joins forces for a great cause, and even the dreich Glasgow rain couldn’t keep guests away from the iconic Barras Market, where the Barras Art and Design (BAaD) venue played host to one of the city’s most exciting student-led cultural moments: The Glasgow Charity Fashion Show (GCFS) theme reveal.
This yearly event draws in crowds of students, creatives, designers, and supporters under the glass roof of BAaD to celebrate another year of fashion and charity. Guests were drawn into the space by live DJ sets, meaningful connections, and, bias acknowledged, the best tequila, courtesy of event sponsor CILLÍ: TEQUILA PICANTE.
There is something underrated about student-led, volunteer-run events going off without a hitch, but the team behind GCFS approaches their work seriously and with purpose. There is a real sense of pride at these events; they do themselves and the creative scene in Glasgow proud. The event was set up to encourage communication and connection, with long tables running the length of the hall, encouraging students to connect with designers, photographers with stylists, an event that truly valued community and charity over ego or status.