14 Shopping Finds That Support the AAPI Community With Every Purchase

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As a shopping-focused editor, I always keep a running list of the best buys in the market, but given that May marks AAPI Heritage Month, it's the perfect time to highlight all the cool AAPI-owned and designed fashion items that are occupying my cart (and my headspace) right now. This community is home to so many of the industry's coolest emerging labels and established industry heavyweights, but instead of merely highlighting the brands I'm favoring at the moment, I want to focus your attention on those who are going the extra mile to support to this community, in May and all year round.

In the below edit, you'll find a range of items from pretty slip dresses and plenty of fun-loving Y2K-inspired jewelry. Shopping any of the below pieces supports this community in one way or another—whether that be donating a portion of the proceeds to specific AAPI organizations like Stop AAPI HateApex for Youth, and Heart of Dinner, empowering the community through representation, or a commitment to sustainable and ethical practices. Because after all, informed shopping is powerful shopping.

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Editor

Anna is an editor on the fashion team at Who What Wear and has been at the company for over five years, having begun her career in the Los Angeles office before relocating to New York, where she's currently based. Having always been passionate about pursuing a career in fashion, she built up her experience interning at the likes of Michael Kors, A.L.C., and College Fashionista before joining the team as a post-graduate assistant editor. Anna has penned a number of interviews with Who What Wear's cover stars over the years, including A-listers Megan Fox, Issa Rae, and Emma Chamberlain. She's earned a reputation for scouting new and emerging brands from across the globe and championing them to our audience of millions. While fashion is her main wheelhouse, Anna led the launch of WWW Travels last year, a new lifestyle vertical that highlights all things travel through a fashion-person lens. She is passionate about shopping vintage, whether it be at a favorite local outpost or an on-the-road discovery, and has amassed a wardrobe full of unique finds. When she's not writing, you can find her shooting street imagery on her film camera, attempting to learn a fourth or fifth language, or planning her next trip across the globe.