Tarsian & Blinkley, with the young designer as the creative and managing director, directly impacts the lives of 300 women in Kabul.

“Afghan women have gone completely unnoticed in the past,” observed Takesh who explained that despite the country undergoing a devastating phase it retains a rich cultural legacy.

The firm pays the women they employ wages that are well above the country’s standards and expose them to market-sensitive practices of quality control while its partners provide the women with skill training such as tailoring and literacy.

In exchange for the opportunity to make a sustainable living, feed themselves and their families, Tarsian & Blinkley gets loyal employees who stitch, embroider, bead, and knit clothing and accessories using age-old handicrafts techniques unique to central Asia.

“When I met some of these women for the first time, they used to cover their faces, but now they use mobile phones,” Takesh said

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