Thank you @voguemagazine for featuring @genusee_official as one of 56 companies changing the landscape of American fashion. It is truly such an honor & I am constantly humbled to work alongside the most inspiring team every day who make the vision come to life. 📣 THE FUTURE IS MADE IN FLINT. 📣 You heard it here first 🇺🇸🤓 "In 2015, the city of Flint, Michigan, was going through millions of single-use water bottles per day. It was a Band-Aid solution to a water crisis that had already left 100,000 people without clean water, but it created its own disaster: mountains of plastic waste. “It was the perfect example of environmental racism and injustice,” says Ali Rose VanOverbeke, a former New York designer and Michigan native. She saw an opportunity to clean up Flint, create new jobs, and support the circular economy with Genusee, a line of eyewear made from those recycled plastic containers. After a few years of building the brand, she relocated to Flint full-time in 2018. “I’ve never met a more resilient group of people who persevere despite the circumstances,” she says. “I wanted to be a part of that energy and work ethic.”" https://www.vogue.com/article/united-states-of-fashion-mid-west (link in bio) Photos by Christina Holmes @chwhat @blem_mar @sparrowxcv @dillmurray0607 @trebenz15 @ssurfboredd @amandamonium @hereidrewyousomething @alexbakhsh