Elle Magaña Mireles is a Latina ethical fashion content creator and sustainable designer based IN CHICAGO, IL. She believes clothing can be a gateway to creating a more just and humane world.
She received her B.A in Business Administration, with a concentration in Management, and B.A in Apparel Merchandising from Dominican University. Go Stars!
She also holds a Community Organizing for Social Justice certificate from the University of Michigan and a Social Justice certificate from the University of Dayton. She is currently enrolled in Parsons School of Design - The New School’s certification program, specializing in Digital Fashion Innovation.
Elle dreams of becoming a local thrift store owner and most importantly …. a pseudo-fashion philosopher. For now, you’ll find her creating informative vids + lifestyle fashion vlogs on YouTube, making friends & traveling, exploring clean beauty and her Latinx identity, being an imperfect vegan, and writing susty fashion ebooks.
Check out the full list of where she has been published!
Elle is a proud member of the following:
Coming soon: Jan 2025! Streams of Collective Consciousness, YouTube Live Stream Series
Susty Talks Podcast, Founder & Host
Sustainable Threads Joliet, Founder & Team Lead
Ethical Influencers, Network Member
Slow Fashion Movement: Slow Fashion USA, Co-Founder and Team Lead
Past roles include:
Elle has a history in activism as a trained social justice organizer, with extensive experience from building out a national Latinx constituency for an environmental justice org, co-founding one of the most power-hungry tenant union in the nation fighting for affordable housing, and spearheading slow fashion activism on a national and global level.
- Global Editorial Coordinator, Slow Fashion Movement
- Communications Lead/ Tenant Organizer, Bozeman Tenants United
- Executive Board Member: Secretary and Social Feminist Working Group Co-Founder, Democratic Socialists of America’s Bozeman Chapter
- Sustainable Fashion Blog Team Lead, Fashion Take Action
- Latinx Constituency Organizer: Somos Sunrise, Sunrise Movement
- Midwest Community Organizer, Remake