About the
Textile Anthropologist
About Me
Hi, I'm Sara -- the Textile Anthropologist.
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I’m a textile and apparel designer turned environmental anthropologist, professional researcher, and lifelong textile enthusiast.
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My work weaves together the material and the cultural, the scientific and the soulful. I’ve spent the last two decades working as a designer, content strategist, qualitative analyst, and researcher— but no matter which role I occupy, I am always returning to the question: what can textiles teach us about who we are?​
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My Mission
As the Textile Anthropologist, my core mission is to cultivate textile literacy—a deeper appreciation and understanding of textiles as cultural artifacts, environmental materials, and human stories. I want to speak to the often-overlooked truths of cloth: the intensive human and ecological resources it requires, the extraordinary skill it demands, and the legacies it carries across generations.
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My foundation in environmental anthropology guides this mission. I examine the relationships between people, land, and material production—how fibers and other textile materials are farmed, foraged, processed, and worn, and how these practices intersect with issues of labor, sustainability, land use, and global trade. From the carbon footprint of fast fashion to the regenerative potential of local dye plants, environmental anthropology gives me the lens to trace the impact of textiles beyond the surface—into soil, water, climate, and community.
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Through research, writing, teaching, and hands-on workshops, I want to humanize textiles. To tell the stories behind the seams. To connect cloth not just to culture, but to ecology and ethics.
My hope is that this work fosters more critical, curious, and caring relationships with the textiles that surround us—and ultimately, with the people and environments they come from.​
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If you'd like to learn more, click through my socials and Substack.
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For collaboration inquiries, please email hello@textileanthropologist.com
