What started as a coffee project in Myanmar has since turned into a sartorial escapade for sustainable Singaporean fashion brand, Barehands. Friends turned co-founders Germaine Lye, Chanel Go and Mitchell Hong shelved plans for conventional careers and banded together over a common passion for producing products with a positive impact on society.
After dabbling in the traditional manufacturing of bags and shoes, the trio stumbled upon a refugee tailor community in Malaysia at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. There, they met a master
