Badass Manifester Podcast

On today’s episode, Ashley is joined by a very special guest and longtime personal friend, Cassandra Kane. Cassandra spent almost a decade designing luxury ready-to-wear, leather, fur, outerwear, and eveningwear for designer brands in New York. In 2017, she followed her heart to Florence, Italy to relocate and learn the art of Italian handbags alongside the best artisans in the world. This was her big leap into the unknown in complete surrender to the divine plan the Universe had in store for her.Throughout her experiences, Cassandra grappled with the realities of waste and exploitation within the fashion industry at every level. As a luxury sample developer in an Italian handbag atelier, she saw up to 40% of materials being discarded during the production process. This realization inspired her to spend the next 2 years building a scalable production system to collect and repurpose leather waste in Italy. In 2020, Cassandra introduced Sieme, a sustainable brand that aims to create extraordinary handbags and d