After a career in corporate marketing, Lauren realized she wanted her work to reflect her deeply held values around sustainable, responsible, and ethical product design. That realization led her back to her lifelong passion for sewing, and toward her dream of building a sustainable swimwear brand that challenges the norms of the fashion industry.
Lauren’s interest in sustainability began more than a decade ago with a simple curiosity about minimalism and zero-waste living. What began as a personal lifestyle shift soon grew into a stronger sense of responsibility as she learned more about the environmental impacts of the products we create, consume, and discard. From the start of building her swimwear brand Lauren knew it needed to play an active role in addressing the environmental harm caused by the fashion industry, especially given that conventional swimwear is made from plastic-based fibers that never truly decompose. Instead, those fibers slowly break down into microplastics that pollute our soil, waterways and oceans for generations.
For Lauren, the connection between fashion and plastic pollution is impossible to ignore. She’s driven to help reshape the swimwear industry, creating solutions that protect the very oceans that inspire it.
Joining this expedition offers Lauren the rare opportunity to witness the plastic pollution crisis firsthand while contributing to research that is actively creating solutions. She believes we have the power to turn the tide on plastic pollution and joins the crew eager to learn, contribute, and grow. She plans to bring the knowledge and perspective gained at sea back into her business, driving meaningful change within the fashion industry and the communities she serves.
