Founded On Purpose · Renew Venture Capital

Sustainable Threads: Revolutionizing Kids’ Fashion with Marianna Sachse of Jackalo

December 10, 2024·42 min

Mariana Saxe, founder of Jackalow (America's first circular children's clothing brand), discusses building sustainable, durable kids fashion through circular economy principles. Episode focuses on her journey from social work/public health background to founding, the meaning of circularity in her business model, and the key learning advantage her trade-up program provides. Key insight: most brands miss the opportunity to learn from returned products; Jackalow uses returns to drive product improvement (e.g., grommet solution for drawstring waistbands).

As heard by us

A calm founder conversation about circular children's clothing and making things last.

Founded On Purpose treats sustainability as a series of ordinary choices, not a slogan. Mariana Saxe's case for Jackalow leans on familiar, almost unglamorous details: clothes that wear out, laundry habits that shorten a garment's life, and the uneasy question of whether…

Read the full review in PlayNext →

Why you'd press play

Why circular kids' clothes start with the laundry basket.

Read the full recommendation in PlayNext →

Listen to the show on

Apple Podcasts Spotify