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We know people!

I was walking down the street near our home in Brussels, Belgium years ago. We had not lived there a long time. Yet as I walked down the street, people greeted me by name. It was my realization tha...

Everyone can help us make a difference.

When given the opportunity, I will TALK and TALK A LOT about Threads by Nomad. I was visiting with a new friend at an event a couple of weeks ago and she was intrigued by Threads and asked for a ca...

Welcoming Rodolphe

There are just some days you know a difference has been made in someone’s life. When Rodolphe first interviewed, he was skeptical. He admitted our work was first class. However, his short experienc...

New Product: The Crochet Shell

This piece is the result of a collaborative design effort and a desire to provide more work to our embroiderer, Atia. The entire shell is handmade of fine silk gray yarn. We recommend wearing it ov...

Creating and Recreating

We hope you enjoyed yesterday's blog post about the many ways you can wear the skirt from our summer line. Unfortunately, we have hit a glitch with that series of posts. Be watching for similar pos...

Media Mention: It's Time to Understand the Islamic Veil

The Threads tagline is "Celebrating diversity through design." The Threads team doesn't just do this in creating and selling our clothes; we try to live our lives in a way that celebrates diversity...

World Refugee Day (and 30% off everything!)

We are now witnessing the highest levels of displacement on record. An unprecedented 65.3 million people around the world have been forced from home. Among them are nearly 21.3 million refugees, ov...

Five Myths about Refugees

My husband and I have worked cross culturally for over 31 years now. We have worked among refugees for 20 of those years. I have to admit though that I personally entered a whole new world when I s...

What does it mean, “Celebrating diversity through design?”

Well, I am done! No more posts about the book “Business Boutique” by Christy Wright. I finished it yesterday. It was very encouraging in that most of what she presents we had already addressed in o...

Popping up in Alexandria this week!

When my husband and I moved to the DC area, we landed in Alexandria by chance or divine intervention. Since then, this city and the people in it have played such an important role in our personal l...