Tailored for Education is a non-profit organization that provides hand-sewn school uniforms for children whose families cannot afford to provide them with one.
Co-founders Megan Kelly and Jessica Roy began to design the uniforms in an effort to increase the number of kids enrolled in school and to leverage education as a means to lift the underserved out of poverty.
The company works on a donation basis and provides school-approved clothing for students who cannot afford to purchase the attire they are required to wear to attend class.
Based out of Boston, the organization partners with NGOs that work in areas such as Cambodia and Malawi so that the uniforms are manufactured and distributed locally and benefit the local economy.
Contact Information
Tailored for Education website
Tailored for Education on Facebook
Tailored for Education on Twitter
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Sustainable Fashion
- Tailored for Education's use of locally-manufactured and donated school uniforms presents an opportunity for the sustainable fashion industry.
- Crowdfunding for Social Causes
- Tailored for Education's donation-based model demonstrates the disruptive innovation potential of crowdfunding for social causes.
- Online Charitable Marketplaces
- Tailored for Education's success highlights the possibility of creating online charitable marketplaces that directly connect buyers and sellers for social good.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Education
- Tailored for Education's approach to providing school uniforms promotes innovation opportunities in the education sector.
- Non-profit
- Tailored for Education's business model and success present an opportunity to innovate in the non-profit sector.
- Apparel Manufacturing
- Tailored for Education's collaboration with local NGOs for uniform manufacturing signals disruptive innovation potential for the apparel manufacturing industry.
