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Making Clean, Slow Fashion Sun Protection Clothing And Gloves

This sounds interesting: A slow fashion indie brand. Making in small quantities or make to order - locally and by hand. The product? UPF50+ sun protection clothing and accessories. Could this po...

Do you have what it takes to start-up a fashion business?

If you have no fashion industry experience should you still start your own clothing line? In addition to having a good business sense to figure out how to sell your line, you’ve got to design prod...

Skin Health + Stress: 24 Ways To Manage Stress & Anxiety

I recently read that 70% of Americans are feeling stress or anxiety about the upcoming election and the uncertainty that may follow. You can count me among that 70%. Fighting off a migraine? Check...

A Message From Our Founder

The best, most luxurious UPF 50+ sun protective apparel designed style and comfort first, sustainably made with environmentally friendly sun protective fabric. This short video is about our foun...

UV Neck Wrap + Three-Pleated Face Mask New Product Details

Dear Friends, I'm super excited to announce the launch of two new designs to our sun protective apparel brand, HELIADES. Both these designs are original, and especially in the case of our new Three...

About Why I Do What I Do (Another Bad Video)

or, Why I Started HELIADES Stylish Sun Protection Clothing And Believe Healthy Glowing Skin Is Essential.Here’s another bad video! Don't worry, it's short. This is a little about me, why I started ...

Equality, Diversity, Inclusivity

We want to be perfectly clear with you about what we stand for and what we believe. You may be wondering, what does sun protection clothing and accessories have to do with any of this.

How I Channeled My Inner Badass Self

It was the late afternoon on Friday, the 13th of March. I don’t think I’ll ever forget this date. The wind was already blowing and the light was bothering my eyes. The weather was colder than antic...

Inspection Line Reflections

I spent most of last week at our factory inspecting every single one of our new UV sun protection hand gloves and arm sleeves. Here are a few reflections from our recent production of our new...

Disappointment.

Keeping it real here, hit a speed bump in the road. I want to share I had hopes to debut our UV Sun Gauntlet line for this Black Friday season, but as I stare at my eraser streaked production cale...

DESIGNER'S STATEMENT

I started designing my own sun protection solutions with technical UV fabrics because I couldn't find anything on the market I'd consider wearing every day with my street clothes. I do not want to...

Our New #UVSunGauntlet Line Is (Almost) Ready

HELIADES' #UVSunGauntlet designs, a new line of UPF 50+ sun protection arm sleeves and hand gloves for every day streetwear and active life is almost set to launch. Read how our founder sourced lux...