Alterre Blog

I’ve reached a stage where preserving cultural traditions feels even more essential. There's a passing of the torch to my generation, and one of those practices is Oosoji, the Japanese tradition of deep cleaning your home before the New Year. This tradition dates back to the Heian period (794 –...

Our newest strap of the season is not only cozy and transformative to our Chelsea boots but also inspired by the OG* queen of mountaineering. Junko Tabei (1939-2016) was the first woman to reach the Mt. Everest Summit at 35 years young and the first woman to climb the Seven...

Contributor: Harmony Richards We're closing out AAPI month highlighting our dear friend and business queen Monica Wesley. Our fellow Parsons alumni is ona mission to make comfortable lingerie that includes all body types. We call her the queen of feminist lingerie — undergarments made for real women and not the...

Contributor: Harmony Pilobello     We're launching a new series on our blog called The Founder Club, where I will be interviewing fellow founders and sharing it with the Alterre community. The hope is to celebrate each others achievements and amplify small businesses doing great things.  Our first feature is on...

Contributor: Bonny Bunson A little more than two years ago, as the COVID-19 pandemic exploded into the minds and fears of Americans, I entered an elevator in a Washington, D.C. building, with a mask on. Stopping at one of the floors, the doors opened, and a gentleman entered, hesitated, looked...