Entrepreneur
Anna in Bhutan
Kate’s first visit to Bhutan inspired her to found her fashion company Anna in Bhutan. Anna in Bhutan is a high-end ethical fashion company based in New York City. The women artisans in Bhutan and the beauty of their colorful, handwoven textiles immediately captured her heart, and she wanted to share that magic with the rest of the world.
Anna in Bhutan supports women artisans in Bhutan who handweave and dye the textiles with earth-friendly methods. Our wearable products are designed by Kate, meticulously handwoven by talented Bhutanese weavers, and then blessed for their wearers by high-ranking lamas (monks) of the Buddhist faith.
Visit www.annainbhutan.com
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Be entranced by this remote kingdom’s pristine environment, and the blessing its Buddhist monks bestow on our colorful, handwoven textiles.
Cosmo’s Own
Cosmo’s Own is a unique, eco-friendly line of feline products, whose mission is to ban the unethical act of declawing.
Kate launched her second business in 2018, in the wake of a petition she started against the inhumane declawing of cats. Declawing traditionally involves the amputation of each toe's last bone, which, if performed on a human, would be equivalent to cutting off each finger at the last knuckle.
Being a cat-lover and cat-owner herself, Kate felt strongly about the cause and personally launched a petition to ban declawing in New York State. The petition eventually received almost 200,000 signatures and two months later resulted in the practice being banned in New York.
During her petition work, Kate saw an opportunity to create a company that sells durable cat products, promoting healthy nails and claws and donating a portion of each sale to fight declawing in other states. Kate launched Cosmo's Own (named after her own cat Cosmo) and have been selling products ever since - including as a highly rated Amazon.com certified vendor.
Shop a Cosmo’s Own Moon Scratcher to help the fight against declawing
or
Click here to sign the petition.