Our Story

French Meadows is a woman owned and operated slow fashion, cottage industry brand with a deep focus on sustainability and environmental impact. We prioritize designing timeless styles using sustainable, natural fibers that are meant to last a lifetime.

French Meadows operates out of a small farmhouse in the sunny hills of Sebastopol, California. When we are not busy dreaming up new designs, you can usually find us wandering the farm in search of faerie portals.

Our small team of faeries designs and packages every item with care, and hope that each item you receive brings you one step closer to the enchanted. Join us in embracing a slower pace of life, where butterflies dance, lavender fields stretch on for miles, and whimsy never ends.

Hi, I'm Rebeka! French Meadows started as a passion project for me in 2018, after taking a corset-making class during my studies to become a fashion designer. I started making corsets on the floor of my apartment bedroom while working full time in Los Angeles in the fashion industry.

Hundreds of late nights and thousands of carefully placed stitches later, French Meadows has become the leading brand for high quality Renaissance Faire costumes, fantasy inspired clothing, and whimsical attire. While I no longer spend all my days at the sewing machine, I'm beyond amazed and thankful that I get to bring such whimsical designs to life every day and share them with you.

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How we practice sustainability

We work closely with our manufacturers to ensure workers throughout our supply chain are being treated ethically and fairly, with a focus on health and safety and fair pay, and prohibition of child labor, overwork, discrimination, and forced labor. Many of our suppliers are SMETA, BSCI, and OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified.

By producing limited quantities of each garment, we minimize waste and maintain an unwavering focus on quality. Many fashion brands over-produce styles that get thrown in landfills to make room for the next season’s trend. We focus on styles that are timeless (we’re talking about hundreds of years of history kind of timeless!), so not only can we save clothing from the landfill by bringing it back season after season, but you can also wear it year after year in style.

We take eco-conscious packaging seriously, and we strive to minimize our environmental footprint with every package we ship. Most of our packaging materials are made from recycled plastics, paper, and cardboard, reducing the demand for new resources and diverting waste from landfills. When your order arrives, read the info on the outside of your packaging for more information about where it came from and tips on how to recycle it.

Our garments are designed mindfully to keep them from ending up in a landfill. We focus on creating items that you will love forever, compared to fast fashion brands trying to keep up with ever changing trends. Our garments are made with high quality materials in styles that you can mix and match to adapt to your changing style, with a focus on garments that are highly adjustable to adapt to how your body changes over time.