We Are Worn

Founded in 2015 by partners in business and in life, Lia-Belle King and Lotte Barnes-King created WORN - a brand dedicated to designing and producing furniture and home objects in line with strict sustainability guidelines and directly with local Indonesian craftsmen and women, and local artisans.

At the time of WORN Store's launch, the pair were living in Indonesia amongst a local community, and this environment reinforced the importance of respecting and living harmoniously with the natural environment. "If furniture, or anything at all is to be made, then let's make it with as little environmental impact as possible." And so it was.

Starting with a single chair, WORN Store, based in Byron Bay but servicing the global market, is now an all-encompassing lifestyle brand, demonstrating the capabilities of what sustainable production is without compromising on quality or accessibility.

Through business growth and evolution, WORN continues to practice and improve its original sustainability practices whereby only working directly with makers, never factories. Makers set their own rate of pay, and every piece of furniture is made using timber from reforestation plantations. For every furniture product sold a tree is planted in its place on Indonesian soil, as well as a native tree planted on Australian soil. The community empowerment WORN provides through production partnerships is authentic, rare, and sets a precedent.

Consideration, responsibility and quality are the three key concepts at the heart of WORN, along with the goal to educate consumers that it is possible to design beautiful pieces for the home that are both environmentally sensitive and sustainably made. 

"It is our hope that when you receive your little piece of Worn Store, that you're able to feel the energetic exchange from every person who positively contributed to its production.

Thank you for reading our story, and for supporting our vision."

Lia-Belle and Lotte xx