Ethical Dog Fashion Boutique Outfits Park Slope Pups: Report – Patch

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — Ethical clothing isn’t just for people in Park Slope.
At Gone to the Dogs, a recently-opened boutique on Seventh Avenue near Union Street, co-founders Jenn Wong and Santos Agustin sell handmade, fair trade products for the neighborhood’s four-legged customers.
“It’s not just dressing really cute dogs in really cute outfits,” Agustin told CBS. “It’s doing it in a way where we can get up every morning and respect ourselves and also respect each other.”
The co-founders told the outlet that they met while working in the fashion industry, and in 2018 — after both adopting rescue dogs — decided to start a business that combined their ethical and sustainable fashion values with their love of dogs.
What started as a popular pop-up became a brick-and-mortar shop at 103 Seventh Avenue last year, after Blok Hill (a slow fashion boutique that caters to people) moved up the street.
At the Park Slope storefront, Wong and Agustin sell sweaters and other dog apparel designed by them and hand-made by female artisans in NYC and Peru alike who use renewable, recycled, or reclaimed materials.
“We like to be like, okay, what do I want to wear as a sweater and what does it look like on a dog,” Agustin told CBS, standing in front of a lit-up sign in the store that reads “dog goods that do good.”
Other products for play time and walks embody the same principles, like leashes made from upcycled climbing gym rope, that contribute a portion to charity.
The co-founders said that they feel good owning a business that embodies their values, and they also love working with dogs.
“It’s just so much love,” Wong said of spending all day with four-legged customers. “That’s just like kind of what we all need right now,” she added.
Find out more about Gone to the Dogs here, and read the full CBS piece here.

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