Reformation’s Yael Aflalo brings cachet of cool to eco-friendly fashion

Reformation co-founder Yael Aflalo was inspired to pursue slow fashion after witnessing the level of pollution in China, where much garment manufacturing occurs.

Yael Aflalo, with her French Bulldog, Bacon, walks through Reformation’s garden, where overflow water from the factory irrigates a garden filled with drought-resistant native plants.

A sign welcomes visitors to Reformation at the headquarters in downtown Los Angeles.

(L-R) Rochelle Spratlen and Alicia Siemens collaborate in front of a wall of fabric swatches at Reformation’s headquarters.

Everything is designed, cut and sewn in Los Angeles, and approximately 70% of the pieces are created in-house at the company factory, which opened in late 2013.

The garden in the rear of Reformation’s headquarters is filled with drought-resistant native plants and planter boxes with vegetables watered with gray water from the factory.