Blog & Updates

Sustainable Fashion's Blueprint to Extended Sizing / ABLE x 2022 Sustainable Fashion Forum

As we have been in the process of thoughtfully adding more sizes to our apparel collection to reach and empower more women, we were honored to be part of this discussion during the 2022 Sustainable...

Because Of Your Purchase.

Your purchase matters – what you purchase and where you purchase. At ABLE, we care a lot about the “what.” All of our products – from leather, jewelry, and home to shoes, denim, and apparel – are t...

Meet Mamuye: the woman the tote is named after.

Every ABLE product is named after a woman our team is inspired by. In the early days (think early 2010s), each product was named after a courageous woman we worked with – a woman who was able to ha...

ABLE's Sustainable Leather

Let’s talk about ABLE leather. Many of our top-selling pieces are leather goods that just can’t be beat. The lasting quality, subtle details, ultra functionality, and casual, lived-in look makes th...

ABLE’S Journey to Extended Sizing: More Now, More to Come

We have begun our journey to include more sizing, and we have a timeline for even more to come. Earlier this year, we let you know about Attainable Apparel from ABLE, which outlined our new, lowe...

Why we chose our first partner in China

  When you see a "made in China" label, it's likely that your mind immediately goes to their notoriously poor labor practices. If you know anything about ABLE, you know that we seek to empower wom...

Transparency in Fashion: Updates on our Lowest Wages

Why Publish Wages If we are to move the fashion industry to paying fair wages to its workers, we must first acknowledge where we are, and how far we have to go. In an industry where only 2% of manu...

Ethical and Sustainable – How We’re Striving to be Both

At ABLE, we have always sought to do good for people. As we move the fashion industry forward through ethical efforts, we realize we can’t fully do good for people without also recognizing our impa...

Equal Pay Day

At ABLE, women comprise 95% of our staff. Yet globally, women typically hold the lowest-paid and least secure positions.  Equal Pay Day is a movement close to our heart here at ABLE. We aim to emp...

Building Black Futures and How We’re Committed to Doing Better

While February is ending, the work of building Black Futures, amplifying diverse voices, and reaching racial equity isn’t.  This Black History Month, we took the chance to evaluate and learn how we...