Our women designers series is an on-going project to highlight innovative designers across the world. In this installment, we’re highlighting Ana Kraft, founder and CEO of Xena Workwear for Women, a company that creates fashionable safety shoes and functional apparel for women in STEM and the Trades. We asked her…
Our women designers series is an on-going project to highlight innovative designers across the world. In this installment, we’re highlighting Atlanta-based designer Corinea “Coco” Austin, founder of Fiibers Fabric, a marketplace for sustainable and upcycled fabrics. We asked her to share with us the importance of diversity and inclusion in…
Our women designers series is an on-going project to highlight innovative designers across the world that incorporate YKK® products into their unique creations. In this installment, we introduce you to 21-year-old fashion design student Lina Gómez from Bello, Antioquia – Colombia. Lina is a student at the Colegiatura Colombiana Institute…
Here at YKK we’re are constantly thinking about innovative ways to engineer products that are not only stylish but also functional. We were inspired by the work teen designer Leah Zelaya is doing to help make fashion accessible to all and wanted to share a few ways in which YKK…
YKK El Salvador S.A. de C.V. recently completed a project supporting Tecpan School, a local school with a student population of 290, from kindergarten to 9th grade. The school needed support building a wall around the school to protect students from the crime that plagues the country. There have been…
We asked Lee Smith, vice president manufacturing operations at YKK (U.S.A.) Inc., to talk about his 40+ year career with YKK and to share his advice for people wanting to start a career in this industry. Tell us about how you started your career at YKK: My career at YKK…
