About

Laura, Kiguriginals' founder, used to do a lot of hitchhiking. One day, as she was contemplating how she could improve her chances of catching a ride, she decided to make herself a onesie.

She sewed her first, inspired by the film Where the Wild Things Are, and the custom onesie idea immediately took off. 

Laura made custom onesies for three years to fund her Masters degree. 

As a part of her Masters, she volunteered at the incredible Life and Hope Association in Cambodia, working in their sewing school.

Now Kiguriginals operates in Cambodia on a larger scale, and with a heavy focus on giving back to the local community. 

The Life and Hope Association recently started a social enterprise with their sewing school graduates. 

Who We Support

Our latest collection, Cambodia's Endangered Species, was created with the intention of benefitting conservation in Cambodia by supporting Fauna in Focus. 

20% of the profits of this collection will go to Fauna in Focus, a new environmental awareness project in northwest Cambodia, born from the 2011 award-winning Nosy Maitso film. Fauna in Focus does educational programs for local schools and community groups around Siem Reap, Cambodia with the aim of increasing interest in and awareness of wildlife conservation. They are producing a Cambodian Nature Film narrated entirely in Khmer. The film features the ecosystems of the Tonle Sap lake, Phnom Kulen National Park and Cambodia's Northern Plains.

The Life and Hope Sewing Centre provides comfortable and sanitary working conditions for all of their employees. They pay salaries, rather than by item. This ensures that the women take their time making sure each piece is perfect instead of rushing to finish each garment to increase production. 

The Sewing Centre also offers reasonable work hours, sick pay, and maternity leave. They run a nursery so young mothers can leave their children for the day while they work. 

Profits from the social business are used to grow the business - so the Sewing Centre can employ more women and make a greater impact. Some profits are used to support the Life and Hope Association programs or relief projects. The women at the centre decide where they want to go. 

For the Cambodia launch, we commissioned Thou Channy, Senior Artist at the Giant Puppet Project in Siem Reap, to design a collection of limited edition onesies of endangered Cambodian animals. 

HUSK works directly with communities to help improve the lives of Cambodian families. Their goal focuses on the providing the basics like access to safe water, livlihood opportunities, health, education and the environment. 

HUSK now has a team of eight incredible women all supporting their families working full-time making simple, beautiful fabric items -- like our bags! Through this work, these women now have a way to earn a regular income and meet their basic needs. 

The Green Gecko Silkscreen Printing Lab aims to alleviate poverty by supporting the local community through creative workshops and long-term education and training initiatives.