Lindsey Struck is the Chief Handcraft Programs Officer at NEST. NEST helps artisan crafters from around the world work with major fashion and homeware brands and retailers.

Lindsey explains the history of NEST and the successful connections they have facilitated between crafters and major a fashion brand like Ralph Lauren and retailers like Williams Sonoma and West Elm.

Lindsey explains to host Michael Millward how NEST works and the impact that their work has on the lives of crafters around the world. Crafters may often work independently but collectively they create a major industry that provides a major source of work for women.

Michael mentions an interview he saw on the CBSnews programme 60 Minutes with Hermès artistic director Pierre-Alexis Dumas. You can watch that interview on You Tube.

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