Mor Aframian is a co-founder of Redress Raleigh, and the company’s Director of Brand Development and Community Relations. She received her Masters’ in Social Entrepreneurship & Economic Development from North Carolina State University’s College of Textiles after earning her Bachelor’s in Apparel & Textile Product Management at NCSU.
Early in her studies of the fashion and textile industry, Aframian was exposed to the harsh reality of the long-term environmental damage and excessive waste caused globally by current and typical industry practices. Thus, her determination to creating a new reality in textiles, one that embraced eco-responsibility was forged.
During her sophomore year at NCSU, Aframian approached her professor and now mentor, Philip Dail, about funding a non-profit organization called MorLove, that promoted the up-cycling old textiles into new, innovative products. The non-profit’s activities and profits supported orphanages located in Jinja, Uganda and in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In 2007, Aframian received the “Student Volunteer of the Year” Award by NCSU and the non-profit was recognized with the “Service Club of the Year” Award. While producing her second MorLove annual fashion show in Spring 2008 she met eco-fashion designer, Jamie Powell, who later introduced Mor to Beth Stewart. Soon after, the three formed Redress Raleigh.
Throughout both her undergraduate and graduate studies, Aframian managed and worked in the Digital Design Lab which provided her with an excellent environment to learn textile technology including: digital textile printing, knit design, and seamless knitting. She worked on projects with the Carolina Ballet, TC2, Spoonflower, Klaud and Raleigh Denim. Over the past two years, Aframian has been living her vision and executing her mission—to re-energize and rebuild an eco-forward fashion & textiles industry in the southeast United States.
Aframian is a dynamic, passionate social entrepreneur who is always interested in facilitating a connection among designers, manufacturers and suppliers in the fashion & textiles industry. In addition to her work with Redress Raleigh, Aframian is also the Executive Director of Legacy Event Planners, a non-profit organization committed to fostering community engagement, economic development and service learning opportunities through event production.
Contact info
- Twitter: @MagicMor or @RedressRaleigh
