About LOP
About The Brand
"The collection of Thoughts, Feelings and Behaviors being expressed through art and design". Everyone has a brain that controls your personality however all of our personalities are different, every project will have an array of different people and personalities to help display the details in the art and design of the specific garment.
ABOUT ME
My name is Ricardo Chery, one day I came across an article speaking about the forests of Haiti. That led into months of research about what deforestation was ultimately doing to the people and the environment. Me being of a Haitian decent, it caught my attention very quickly and I automatically felt I needed to make this information more accessible by creating a garment that's also an informational piece. When wearing a piece from this collection it makes you a walking billboard and a supporter to this ongoing problem in Haiti that people are unaware of here in the United States.
LOP mission to help
Haiti is closer to losing its rich diversity of plants, animals, and other species than nearly any other country in the world. It is now concentrated primarily in the one percent of original forests that remain, and many of those species are found only in Haiti. These last forests are 'hot spots' of biodiversity, being destroyed because there is no effective mechanism to protect them. It is truly a mass extinction about to happen which will have environmental consequences. Removal of forests causes springs and streams to disappear, increases flooding, and reduces the potential for recovery of forests and biodiversity in the future. The last forests must be saved quickly because 90% of the mountains in Haiti already have lost all of their primary forests. The current threats to Haiti's biodiversity are also threats to Haiti's people. The forces that are destroying the biodiversity of Haiti are impacting Haitians through the loss of watershed and water resources, increased danger from flooding during rains, and creation of deserts in previously fertile agricultural areas.