In the latest episode of the Empowerography Podcast, my guest is Kristi Soomer. Kristi Soomer is the founder and CEO of Encircled, a Canadian-made line of versatile, sustainably made clothing that helps women streamline their wardrobes. Inspired by her love of travel and dislike for checking a bag, Kristi started Encircled in 2012 while she was working as a management consultant. In this episode we discuss fashion, travel, the journey of entrepreneurship, encircled, b-corps and compassion, kindness and empathy.

Kristi Soomer is the founder and CEO of Encircled, a Canadian-made line of versatile, sustainably made clothing that helps women streamline their wardrobes. Inspired by her love of travel and dislike for checking a bag, Kristi started Encircled in 2012 while she was working as a management consultant. At the time, she was travelling over 100,000 miles a year and found there was a lack of travel clothes that blended style with function. Kristi's first multi-way-design - The Chrysalis Cardi - was made on the kitchen floor of her condo using a sewing machine she found on Craigslist. Over the next two years, Kristi immersed herself in fabric research and courses in illustration and sewing to create a capsule collection of sustainably made basics and multi-way clothing. In 2014, she left her corporate job to open Encircled's first studio space in Toronto. Since then, Kristi has grown Encircled into a seven-figure business that was named a Certified B Corp in 2018. Kristi is committed to meeting high ethical and sustainable standards in all aspects of her company, from using fabrics that honour the environment to providing good working conditions and fair wages for her sewers.

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Kristi Soomer Episode