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By Marjorie Espinal for the blog Not so Blonde of the magazine BLANK LYFESTYLE.\u00a0 April 2 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n We spoke with Andrea Bel\u00e9n, designer and founder of Espacio, et\u00e9rea and the Dress your Rights foundation, to learn about her work in positioning consumer conscious fashion in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n We sat down to talk on a Friday, in a coffee shop in Escaz\u00fa, I did not know Andrea personally, but I did know about his conscious national design ideology, with a positive impact on all the people involved in the production process of the pieces he sells.<\/p>\n That afternoon I discovered that the owner of the stores where I bought 80% of my kimonos, is a warm woman, owner of an entrepreneurial spirit that has led her to reinvent herself several times in her life, a woman in the national fashion industry that everyone should know.<\/p>\n The birth of a brand<\/p>\n At age 25, Andrea decided to change her career, leaving International Relations to begin a creative process that would be called ethereal, and would become a pioneer brand of fair trade and the empowerment of women who use it.<\/p>\n How was the beginning of ethereal? What does social sustainability mean in your company? What inspired you to develop a brand that has been a pioneer? How was the step of looking for other designers with the same values ??and an aesthetic similar to yours, so that they joined the Espacio store? Let’s talk about the Dress Your Rights Foundation … The Dress Your Rights foundation is dedicated to creating a social impact on inner wellbeing and environmental awareness at the hands of fashion and design, using them as a tool for social transformation. I founded this NGO with Diana Trejos, a great partner of purpose, she works on Social Impact projects for 15 years, within the Board of Directors are Silvia Arias, Pamela Carazo, Georgianela Carpio and Fernando Arias; We work in committees in different areas: environment, social projects, internationalization, among others.<\/p>\n Returning to the topic of your formations, how are you channeling that vocation? There is also the option of the one day workshop: Creating Beauty from Within, which is a perfect mini immersion and connection with our interior, next will be next Saturday, April 6.<\/p>\n What would be your advice for a person who loves fashion but who perhaps does not know very well how to start consuming it more consciously, what should we look for in labels and what is most important in production processes? In terms of materials, I invite you to look for durability so you do not have to discard and change clothes often, since one of the biggest problems in this industry is the amount of garbage produced in textiles. Looking for natural, organic, or recycled polyester materials are the most environmentally friendly options.<\/p>\n Every day we are more involved in this movement of consciousness, Costa Rica is a pioneer in the field of sustainability and now we also start to stand out as an international example of a new fashion, where we dress our rights, our values ??and our hope.<\/p>\n link:\u00a0http:\/\/notsoblondeblog.com\/peopleyouneedtoknow-fuerza-creativa\/[:es] Por Marjorie Espinal para el blog Not so Blonde de la revista BLANK LYFESTYLE.\u00a0 2 de abril 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Conversamos con Andrea Bel\u00e9n, dise\u00f1adora y fundadora de Espacio,\u00a0et\u00e9rea<\/strong>\u00a0y la fundaci\u00f3n Dress your Rights, para conocer su labor en el posicionamiento del consumo consciente de la moda en Costa Rica.<\/p>\n Nos sentamos a conversar un viernes, en un cafecito de Escaz\u00fa, no conoc\u00eda a Andrea personalmente, pero s\u00ed sab\u00eda de su ideolog\u00eda de dise\u00f1o nacional consciente, con un impacto positivo en todas las personas involucradas en el proceso de producci\u00f3n de las piezas que vende.<\/p>\n Esa tarde descubr\u00ed que la propietaria de las tiendas donde he comprado el 80% de mis kimonos, es una mujer c\u00e1lida, due\u00f1a de un esp\u00edritu emprendedor que la ha llevado a reinventarse varias veces en su vida, una mujer de la industria de la moda nacional que todos deben conocer.<\/p>\n El nacimiento de una marca<\/strong><\/p>\n A los 25 a\u00f1os Andrea decidi\u00f3 cambiar de rumbo profesional, dejando las Relaciones Internacionales para iniciar un proceso creativo que se llamar\u00eda\u00a0et\u00e9rea,<\/strong>\u00a0y se convertir\u00eda en una marca pionera del comercio justo y el empoderamiento de las mujeres que la usan.<\/p>\n \u00bfC\u00f3mo fue el inicio de et\u00e9rea?<\/strong> \u00bfQu\u00e9 significa la sostenibilidad social en tu empresa?<\/strong> \u00bfEn qu\u00e9 te inspiraste para desarrollar una marca que ha sido pionera?<\/strong> \u00bfC\u00f3mo fue el paso de buscar a otros dise\u00f1adores con los mismos valores y una est\u00e9tica parecida a la tuya, para que se unieran a la tienda Espacio?<\/strong> Hablemos de la fundaci\u00f3n Dress Your Rights\u2026<\/strong> La fundaci\u00f3n Dress Your Rights se dedica a crear un impacto social sobre bienestar interior y consciencia ambiental de la mano de la moda y el dise\u00f1o, us\u00e1ndolos como una herramienta de transformaci\u00f3n social. Fund\u00e9 esta ONG con Diana Trejos, una gran compa\u00f1era de prop\u00f3sito, ella trabaja en proyectos de Impacto Social desde hace 15 a\u00f1os, dentro de la Junta Directiva est\u00e1n Silvia Arias, Pamela Carazo, Georgianela Carpio y Fernando Arias; trabajamos en comit\u00e9s en diferentes \u00e1reas: ambiente, proyectos sociales, internacionalizaci\u00f3n, entre otros.<\/p>\n \u00bfVolviendo al tema de tus formaciones, c\u00f3mo est\u00e1s canalizando esa vocaci\u00f3n?<\/strong> Tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1 la opci\u00f3n del taller de un d\u00eda: Creating Beauty from Within, el cual es una perfecta mini inmersi\u00f3n y conexi\u00f3n con nuestro interior, el pr\u00f3ximo ser\u00e1 que ser\u00e1 el pr\u00f3ximo s\u00e1bado 6 de abril.<\/p>\n \u00bfCu\u00e1les ser\u00edan tus consejos para una persona que ama la moda pero que tal vez no sabe muy bien c\u00f3mo empezar a consumirla de manera m\u00e1s consciente, qu\u00e9 debemos buscar en las etiquetas y qu\u00e9 es lo m\u00e1s importante en los procesos de producci\u00f3n?<\/strong> En cuanto a materiales, yo invito a que busquemos durabilidad para no tener que desechar y cambiar de ropa a menudo, ya que una de las problem\u00e1ticas m\u00e1s grandes en esta industria es la cantidad de basura que produce en textiles. Buscar materiales naturales, org\u00e1nicos, o bien, poli\u00e9ster reciclado son las opciones m\u00e1s amigables con el medio ambiente.<\/p>\n Cada d\u00eda somos m\u00e1s los involucrados en este movimiento de consciencia, Costa Rica es un pa\u00eds pionero en el tema de sostenibilidad y ahora tambi\u00e9n nos empezamos a destacar como ejemplo internacional de una nueva moda, donde vestimos nuestros derechos, nuestros valores y nuestra esperanza.<\/p>\n link:\u00a0http:\/\/notsoblondeblog.com\/peopleyouneedtoknow-fuerza-creativa\/[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [:en] By Marjorie Espinal for the blog Not so Blonde of the magazine BLANK LYFESTYLE.\u00a0 April 2 2019 We spoke with Andrea Bel\u00e9n, designer and founder of Espacio, et\u00e9rea and the Dress your Rights foundation, to learn about her work in positioning consumer conscious fashion in Costa Rica. 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\nSince I founded et\u00e9rea, I visualized products that communicate an aesthetic and a conscious lifestyle, in the beginning we use indigenous fabrics as a way to visualize and give value to our roots. It was a self-taught process, discover how it was designed, cut the clothes I had to understand how the patterns are made … I really got engaged, I started with $ 2000, ten designs of clothes, a shoe design and since then I live from this project. In the beginning, he went to fairs on weekends, sold $ 800 and with that he invested to produce again for the following week. The economic growth has been organic, parallel to the aesthetic and conceptual evolution of the brand, always with a pillar of consciousness and sustainability.<\/p>\n
\nSince the beginning of my project, one of my priorities has been to provide my team with a platform for professional and personal growth, through training in emotional intelligence, conscious communication and other tools for personal growth. Our focus of attention and care goes proportionally in two directions, inward, that is to say ourselves as a team and outwards -our clients and what we transmit to them with our work.
\nIn the last two years we have also included the environmental aspect, using recycled polyester fabrics in the bodysuits, we also use 100% natural cottons, with handmade dyes, among other techniques friendly to nature. Sustainability is a very broad concept and a vision that we are approaching as we grow and deepen throughout its spectrum.<\/p>\n
\nEthereal was the result of a personal process of self-knowledge and expansion of my consciousness. I ventured into the world of fashion without knowing much about the industry, being inside I realized that it is the second that pollutes the world, the one that creates the greatest modern slavery, is the industry more \u00abbombardeante\u00bb and aggressive at the psychological level throughout society. The fashion industry is what tells you how you have to look to \u00abexist\u00bb, causing anxiety, and depression. However, the ability to influence fashion can also be used to positively impact our environment, society and our interior. Imagine a fashion that empowers us, that cares for the planet, that creates dignified jobs and growth for those involved.<\/p>\n
\nI had a need for community, being an entrepreneur can be a lonely road. In addition, I had the need to market my products beyond the fairs and that’s when I founded Espacio. We started with ten designers, the store was next to the gallery of Klaus Steinmetz, now we are in CC. Plaza del R\u00edo in San Rafael de Escaz\u00fa; Sharing the commitment and vision of sustainability is essential in all our members, we are currently 45 designers.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.etereacostarica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/0DC4909-1024x683.jpeg\")
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\nParallel to the development of ethereal and Space, one of my priority interests has been to deepen my studies of inner growth, for 12 years I have devoted many of my resources in learning and sharing these tools. I felt the need to unite my two worlds, fashion and personal well-being, that’s where Dress Your Rights was born.<\/p>\n
\nI’m doing it under my personal name, Andrea Bel\u00e9n, I’m starting a blog to promote a conscious lifestyle and I have different channels to do it, one is the deep transformation retreats involving body, mind and spirit. I offer an online program, called Infinite Self, is a space for growth and interior connection with a duration of 3 months, where I lead an online class every Monday, new methodologies and habits are implemented to create a transformation and an upgrade in the life of participants.<\/p>\n
\nEverything starts with questioning and observing. Ask us who made our clothes, with what intention was made, with what materials was made. There is something very important and is that clothing, like any object, contains a frequency, each atom is 1% particle is matter and 99% is \u00abempty\u00bb is energy, each tangible object is made of atoms, then that means that what we see and touch really is 1% of all the information and codes that that product has. If we really understand that and we know that that garment was manufactured, touched by a system and a series of people who are happy working or are being exploited, the garment is full of negative or positive energy and in the end we use it as our second skin, absorbing and being participants in the history and impact of each garment. It is indispensable that we have the understanding of this deep side of fashion, for our planet, for humanity and for ourselves.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nDesde que fund\u00e9\u00a0et\u00e9rea<\/strong>\u00a0visualic\u00e9 productos que comunicaran una est\u00e9tica y un estilo de vida consciente, en sus inicios usamos telas ind\u00edgenas como una forma de visibilizar y dar valor a nuestras ra\u00edces. Fue un proceso autodidacta, descubrir c\u00f3mo se dise\u00f1a, cortaba la ropa que ten\u00eda para entender c\u00f3mo se hacen los patrones\u2026 Realmente me compromet\u00ed, empec\u00e9 con $2000, diez dise\u00f1os de prendas, un dise\u00f1o de zapatos y desde entonces vivo de este proyecto. En los inicios, iba a ferias los fines de semana, vend\u00eda $800 y con eso invert\u00eda para volver a producir para la semana siguiente. El crecimiento econ\u00f3mico ha sido org\u00e1nico, paralelo a la evoluci\u00f3n est\u00e9tica y conceptual de la marca, siempre con un pilar de consciencia y sostenibilidad.<\/p>\n
\nDesde los inicios de mi proyecto, una de mis prioridades ha sido brindar a mi equipo una plataforma de crecimiento profesional y tambi\u00e9n personal, a trav\u00e9s de capacitaciones de inteligencia emocional, comunicaci\u00f3n consciente y otras herramientas de crecimiento personal. Nuestro enfoque de atenci\u00f3n y cuido va proporcionalmente en dos direcciones, hacia adentro es decir nosotras mismas como equipo y hacia fuera -nuestros clientes y lo que les trasmitimos con nuestro trabajo.
\nEn los \u00faltimos dos a\u00f1os hemos incluido tambi\u00e9n el aspecto ambiental, usando telas de poli\u00e9ster reciclado en los\u00a0bodysuits,<\/em>tambi\u00e9n usamos algodones 100% naturales, con tintes artesanales, entre otras t\u00e9cnicas amigables con la naturaleza. La sostenibilidad es un concepto muy amplio y una visi\u00f3n a la cual vamos acerc\u00e1ndonos conforme crecemos y profundizamos en todo su espectro.<\/p>\n
\nEt\u00e9rea<\/strong>\u00a0fue el resultado de un proceso personal de autoconocimiento y expansi\u00f3n de mi consciencia. Incursion\u00e9 en el mundo de la moda sin saber mucho de la industria, estando dentro me di cuenta de que es la segunda que m\u00e1s contamina el mundo, la que crea la mayor esclavitud moderna, es la industria m\u00e1s \u201cbombardeante\u201d y agresiva a nivel psicol\u00f3gico en toda la sociedad. La industria de la moda es la que te dice c\u00f3mo ten\u00e9s que lucir para \u201cexistir\u201d, causando ansiedad, y depresi\u00f3n. Sin embargo, la capacidad de influencia en la moda tambi\u00e9n puede usarse para impactar positivamente nuestro medio ambiente, la sociedad y nuestro interior. Imaginemos una moda que nos empodere, que cuide el planeta, que cree empleos de dignos y de crecimiento para los involucrados.<\/p>\n
\nTen\u00eda una necesidad de comunidad, ser emprendedor puede ser un camino solitario. Adem\u00e1s, ten\u00eda la necesidad de comercializar mis productos m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de las ferias y fue ah\u00ed cuando fund\u00e9 Espacio. Empezamos con diez dise\u00f1adores, la tienda estaba al lado de la galer\u00eda de Klaus Steinmetz, ahora estamos en CC. Plaza del R\u00edo en San Rafael de Escaz\u00fa; compartir el compromiso y visi\u00f3n de sostenibilidad es indispensable en todos nuestros miembros, actualmente somos 45 dise\u00f1adores.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nParalelo al desarrollo de\u00a0et\u00e9rea\u00a0<\/strong>y Espacio, uno de mis intereses prioritarios ha sido profundizar en mis estudios de crecimiento interior, desde hace 12 a\u00f1os he dedicado muchos de mis recursos en aprender y compartir estas herramientas. Sent\u00ed la necesidad de unir mis dos mundos, la moda y el bienestar personal, fue ah\u00ed donde naci\u00f3 Dress Your Rights.<\/p>\n
\nLo estoy haciendo bajo mi nombre personal, Andrea Bel\u00e9n, estoy empezando un blog para propiciar un estilo de vida consciente y tengo diferentes canales para hacerlo, uno son los retiros de transformaci\u00f3n profunda involucrando cuerpo, mente y esp\u00edritu. Ofrezco un programa\u00a0online,<\/em>\u00a0llamado Infinite Self, es un espacio de crecimiento y conexi\u00f3n interior con una duraci\u00f3n de 3 meses, donde dirijo una clase\u00a0online\u00a0<\/em>todos los lunes, se implementan nuevas metodolog\u00edas y h\u00e1bitos para crear una transformaci\u00f3n y un\u00a0upgrade<\/em>\u00a0en la vida de los participantes.<\/p>\n
\nTodo empieza con cuestionarnos y observar. Preguntarnos qui\u00e9n hizo nuestra ropa, con qu\u00e9 intenci\u00f3n se hizo, con qu\u00e9 materiales fue hecha. Hay algo muy importante y es que la ropa, como cualquier objeto, contiene una frecuencia, cada \u00e1tomo es 1% part\u00edcula es decir materia y 99% es \u201cvac\u00edo\u201d es decir energ\u00eda, cada objeto tangible est\u00e1 hecho de \u00e1tomos, entonces eso quiere decir que lo que vemos y tocamos realmente es 1% de toda la informaci\u00f3n y c\u00f3digos que tiene ese producto. Si realmente entendemos eso y sabemos que esa prenda fue manufacturada, tocada por un sistema y una serie de personas que est\u00e1n felices trabajando o est\u00e1n siendo explotadas, la prenda viene cargada de energ\u00eda negativa o positiva y al final nosotros la usamos como nuestra segunda piel, absorbiendo y siendo part\u00edcipes de la historia y el impacto de cada prenda. Es indispensable que tengamos el entendimiento de este lado profundo de la moda, por nuestro planeta, por la humanidad y por nosotros mismos.<\/p>\n