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MANTILITY. The mentality of silk.

MANTILITY is a limited edition silk scarves gallery making fashion artful and accessible.

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MANTILITY. The mentality of silk.

MANTILITY. The mentality of silk.

MANTILITY. The mentality of silk.

MANTILITY. The mentality of silk.

MANTILITY. The mentality of silk.

MANTILITY is a limited edition silk scarves gallery making fashion artful and accessible.

MANTILITY is a limited edition silk scarves gallery making fashion artful and accessible.

MANTILITY is a limited edition silk scarves gallery making fashion artful and accessible.

MANTILITY is a limited edition silk scarves gallery making fashion artful and accessible.

Vassiliki Zafiria Ypsilanti
Vassiliki Zafiria Ypsilanti
Vassiliki Zafiria Ypsilanti
Vassiliki Zafiria Ypsilanti
1 Campaign |
Kavala, Greece
$12,759 USD 123 backers
67% of $19,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Choose your Perk
1 Scarf 70X200+1 FREE 70X200cm
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1 Scarf 70X200+1 FREE 70X200cm

$252 USD
Est. Shipping
November 2019
0 out of 20 of claimed
Silk Scarf 45X45cm

Silk Scarf 45X45cm

$68 USD $100 USD (32% off)
Est. Shipping
November 2019
6 claimed
DoubleFaced Silk Scarf 70X70cm

DoubleFaced Silk Scarf 70X70cm

$106 USD $212 USD (50% off)
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November 2019
0 out of 30 of claimed
Silk Scarf 90X90cm

Silk Scarf 90X90cm

$144 USD $212 USD (32% off)
Est. Shipping
November 2019
2 claimed
Silk Scarf 70X200cm

Silk Scarf 70X200cm

$174 USD $257 USD (32% off)
Est. Shipping
November 2019
7 out of 200 of claimed
Indiegogo ONE-OFF 60X200cm

Indiegogo ONE-OFF 60X200cm

$189 USD $279 USD (32% off)
Est. Shipping
November 2019
1 out of 100 of claimed
DoubleFaced Silk Scarf 90X90cm

DoubleFaced Silk Scarf 90X90cm

$189 USD $279 USD (32% off)
Est. Shipping
November 2019
2 out of 200 of claimed
Indiegogo ONE-OFF 90X90cm

Indiegogo ONE-OFF 90X90cm

$189 USD $279 USD (32% off)
Est. Shipping
November 2019
4 out of 200 of claimed
Silk Scarf 90X90cm+Scarf Ring

Silk Scarf 90X90cm+Scarf Ring

$242 USD $357 USD (32% off)
Est. Shipping
November 2019
0 out of 50 of claimed
2 Scarves 90X90cm+1 FREE 45X45

2 Scarves 90X90cm+1 FREE 45X45

$288 USD $424 USD (32% off)
Est. Shipping
November 2019
2 out of 20 of claimed
Customized Silk Scarf 90X90cm

Customized Silk Scarf 90X90cm

$447 USD
Est. Shipping
November 2019
0 out of 20 of claimed
Set of Scarves+Meet+Greet+Tour

Set of Scarves+Meet+Greet+Tour

$1,230 USD
Est. Shipping
November 2019
0 out of 3 of claimed
Overview
Universally, Art is blossoming across many fields of design while creative minds worldwide are struggling to get exposure and reach a wider audience. Now from Greece comes a new brand that offers a platform of expression and artistic creation for talented designers from various art fields and supports conscientious shopping habits by producing limited edition silk scarves in unique designs.

 

Let me briefly introduce myself. I am Vassiliki-Zafiria Ypsilanti and for more than 15 years I have been working as a Business Architect and a Project Manager for a large public organization. In 2018, I decided to quit my job in order to follow my heart… MANTILITY!

As an art enthusiast myself and being friends with many artists and designers, I often feel disappointed by the challenges they face in gaining exposure, networking and monetization. Meanwhile, as a fashion lover I am attracted by fashion items that could reflect the hard work put into it by the artisan. I strongly believe in conscientious shopping and that means, for me, the items that are accessible and make you feel good, long after the initial decision of purchase.  

With a team of friends coming from different leads of life, we started MANTILITY with a mission (we call it “The MANTILITY movement”) in order to create an eclectic online silk scarves gallery that provides a platform of expression to artists and offers worldwide meticulously crafted scarves in accessible prices. We view our scarves as the noble messengers of silk, canvases for different artists to narrate stories and feelings. Wearing a MANTILITY scarf offers not only the unique touch of a 100% high quality silk artefact, but also brings you closer to the exclusive artistic expression of the designer providing pleasure through your senses. 

 

 

  • Partnerships with artists – We have already partnered with 11 both emerging as well as established artists from all over Greece to start this campaign. These are not just artists picked up randomly, but people we respect and value their work and share our MANTILITY values with. We offer them a platform of exhibiting their art and a way to monetize it. Each designer is rewarded either on a basis of a fixed contract or on % of sales based on their own decision. By reaching our stretch goals we will be adding new artists and new designs in our eclectic online scarf gallery (please see our stretch goals).
  • True quality – Greece has one of the longest and most important traditions in Sericulture and Silk processing in Europe. We have invested 2 years in testing different silk qualities, scarf dimensions, color differentiations, manufacturing/processing possibilities, packaging and labelling. Not only have we partnered with the leading silk goods producer in Greece (3rd generation family business) but we have also invested an important part of our (limited) budget to produce numerous scarf prototypes in all different designs in order to improve the final product to what we consider “true MANTILITY quality” (please also see FAQ for the list of high quality of raw materials used). 
  • Supply chain - Luxury brands usually markup their costs by a minimum of 400% due to middlemen and overhead expenses. Thanks to our direct-to-consumer approach, we skip the industry’s markups (wholesalers and distributors) and do our best to pass these savings to you. In addition, this helps us offer higher rewards to our partner designers in relation to industry standards. 
  • Customer experience – We have already mentioned that we believe in purchasing choices that make you feel good also on the long term. This is not only about the product but also about the whole customer journey. We will do whatever it takes for you to be completely satisfied with your whole customer experience, from communicating to shipping challenges to anything that comes up.

 

Every MANTILITY Scarf, after being twill-woven, printed, cut, washed and ironed, is machine and hand sewed in the traditional way.​

Please browse our MANTILITY GALLERY below, choose the design you like, support your favourite designer and become a MANTILITY Collector. Become a MANTILITY Dreamer!

 

For our Indiegogo supporters we have designed exclusive rewards packs; MANTILITY scarves with 20% - 40% discount before they are officially launched on the market. In addition, we offer unique MANTILITY perks related to experience like the illustration of your favorite lyrics on a single silk scarf!   

 

In MANTILITY we strongly believe that crowdfunding is a fair and democratic way of funding new ideas.  So, we kindly ask your support. We pledge for $19000 in order to start MANTILITY. These funds (besides bringing you value added products), will help us lower our cost production and enhance our capability for new designs and new product dimensions. As a result, this lower cost structure, will further improve our ability to reward and bring more artists into our movement.

 

If we are lucky enough to see our goal being overtaken by your support, we also have a bigger plan of enhancing our multidimensional & multicultural artistic collectivity by bringing more artists and more designs into our MANTILITY movement. Our stretch goals include a social project for empowering refugees through design co-creation and also a collective design project using the “Exquisite Corpse”, the Surrealist Drawing Game.

 

  

For us, this campaign is the first step for recreating “a new artistic worldwide silk road”. That will mean extending our MANTILITY movement and collaborating with artists all over the world offering a platform for expression, exposure and monetization to them and accessible luxury fashion items to our customers.

 

 

We aspire and try to:

  • create social value through an extroverted collective
  • become a medium of the accessible luxury movement
  • place design as an essential element of both products and processes
  • approach aesthetics as a way of life
  • be open, fair, honest, and authentic
  • have a good time
  • learn
  • get to know new talents

 

 

MANTILITY has been a major part of our life for more than two years, while also working in our full-time jobs to make it a reality. From the beginning of this incredible rollercoaster we realized that this was a massive challenging project. We wanted to offer a product that we would be proud of, a distinguished everyday fashion accessory, based on our MANTILITY values and authentic concept:  Exposure of new talented artists | artful and accessible luxury fashion. Eventually, Vassilliki quitted her (high security) job one year ago to support the project full time and thus make it possible for us to achieve this great outcome. 

 

Experience: Business architect in 2 successful design-based business ventures, 15 years project management experience

Education: Cultural Organisations Management MSc, Southeast European Studies MSc, Political Science Bachelor

Trivia: 36 years old, speaks 4 languages, design & art enthusiast, blog writer, travels globally to experience locally, marketing manager in TEDx local events.          

Summary: Academic in the field of business management (HRM, business strategy, entrepreneurship) with consulting experience. Always seeking interesting new ideas and business practices that can inspire people and organizations to change, evolve and create value.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have made sure our suppliers are fully aware of our needs and quality standards and we have already produced numerous prototypes using different silk weaves, designs, colors and dimensions.  We understand though, that there is always a small risk of them being late to deliver in case of larger than expected orders.  

Another potential risk regards shipment worldwide. Shipping will be insured, but if anything happens to a shipment it will take us additional time to remake and re-ship the products.  In any case, we will be communicating frequently and openly with our backers regarding the manufacturing progress and shipping status. We will do an update every 1-2 weeks after the project is completed.

Finally, our “200 signed pieces per artwork” policy may also be a challenge during our campaign.  There is no mechanism of restricting the quantity of the designs through Indiegogo perks (only the whole perk!) so our backers in an extreme case may order more than 200 pieces of the same artwork in a very short time, before our team excludes the specific artwork from our perks. In that case we will prioritise orders based on timing and we will be communicating with the rest of our backers offering them either a change in the chosen artwork or a refund. 

 

Check our FAQ at the top of the page or send us an email to hello@mantility.com. We are more than happy to help!

 

 

 

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