Today, I am excited to feature the very special company, wearLove®, which is right out of my home base of Easton MA. wearLove® is much more than another clothing company. Rather, it is a lifestyle brand that has devoted itself to spreading the beautiful message to "wear love" everyday. And with today being Valentine's Day, I can't think of a better company to feature .
The company was created as a movement to spread the two special words; "wear love". Founder, Lynne Payne, had been working on a photo shoot with her friend when they decided to print the words "wear love" on t-shirts for the shoot. Soon, people began inquiring about the shirts in the photos and so Lynne began selling the t-shirts out of her home in Easton. Within weeks, she began receiving orders from people across the world who were eager to adorn the loving message.
As word of mouth spread, incredible stories began to unfold across the web of how people were "wearing the love". One, in particular, involved a father returning from the war who wore his wearLove® t-shirt to greet his wife and children for homecoming.
A few weeks later, Lynne received another message from someone who wanted to "wear the love". It was the Today Show alerting Lynne that Kathie Lee would be featuinrg Wear Love® as her "favorite thing" that morning. (Check out the Today Show clip
here. Within minutes of shirts airing on the Today Show, Lynne's website sold out of inventory.
Since then, the company has re-stocked and has created many different designs and styles to choose from. While meeting with Lynne, I had the pleasure to tour her workroom and it was incredible to get a first eye experience of Lynne's creative process. One of my best friend Kelsey always says to me "when you love what you do, you never work a day in your life" and this is immediately what I thought of when watching Lynne discuss her passion for wearLove®. She is so authentic in spreading her message to "wear love" that it is no surprise to me how quickly the company has become a success.
Another huge reason as to why I am a big fan of wearLove® is due to all of the philanthropic work they do. A few years back, Lynne and her husband traveled to one of the poorest communities in Africa and were humbled by what they saw. An estimated 30,000 boys in Sengal are abandoned by their families at age 5, where they are placed into schools until the age of 15. Somewhere around age 15, after a lost decade of use and abuse by their street masters, the boys are once again abandoned to a future without hope and promise.
wearLove® has helped to build a vocational school for these boys in which they can build life skills that can combat poverty. In my opinion, there is no better way to give back then to encourage others to find their strengths. I firmly believe in the saying; "Give a man a fish and you feed him for the day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime". By building a school for the children of Senegal, wearLove® was able to inspire the children to create a sense of self-love and empowerment from within themselves. To this day, wear Love® continues to support the children of Senegal, and other impoverished nations, by donating $3 of every shirt to
Restore International, a worldwide organization committed to restoring justice to children around the world by
In addition to partnering with Restore International, wearLove® has partnered with numerous other philanthropic organizations including
School on Wheels, a nonprofit for children experiencing homelessness in Massachusetts, and the
Adam Brown Legacy Fund, a nonprofit that was formed in honor of fallen Navy Seal Chief (SOC) Adam Brown.
Lastly, wearLove® makes t-shirts for everyone and I'm really not just saying that. They seriously have a style that fits anyone I can think of in my life. From making tshirts for Jenna's (
Tone it Tuesday contributor) little man Henry to being my mom's "go-to" t-shirt company and the designers of my favorite, lightweight hoodie, wear Love® is certainly worn and loved by all.
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Henry sporting his Wear Love T-Shirt
Photo Courtesy of: Jenna Klane Nelson |
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Lynne's daughter Jordan and her bridal party sporting the Wear Love t-shirts
Photo Courtesy of: wearLove®
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Fourth of July Cookout, Easton MA
Photo Courtesy of: wearLove® |
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You can't help but feel that you are a part of a much larger, loving community when wearing their apparel. Even just by going to yoga class in my favorite
wearLove® pullover, I feel as though I am setting a loving intention for the class and inspiring others to do the same.
And so I encourage you to head over to their website so that you too can "Wear Love. Put it on. Wear it out".
Create a loving Valentine's Day everyone!
And now for your daily dose of inspiration inspired by
wearLove®...
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"Use your words for kindness, your ears for compassion, your hands for charity,
your mind for truth, and your heart for love"
Photo Courtesy of: wearLove® |
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