The Haruka Models Through the Years.
From the beginning it’s been about strong empowered women who shine in our clothing, rather than trying to choose models that fit with a contemporary mainstream sense of aesthetic that does not reflect real life or real women in their incredible diversity. The models that we choose so far have always been our customers, women that work on the Haruka team, our friends, or women that live in this community. These are real women who really wear our clothes, not professional models. An integral part of the Haruka ethos and way of being is to celebrate women. This is reflected in the collections we offer, that are designed to fit all different body shapes. Women from all walks of life and all over the globe come into our shop here in Glastonbury. We could go on, but we think the pictures speak for themselves…
Here is a gallery of every single Haruka model and a sentence or two about who they are. We hope you enjoy this as much as we enjoyed curating it. It was so hard to narrow it down to just one image of everyone.
Suzy makes amazing pieces of art with her amazing stitching technique 
Dot is a talented seamstress & pattern cutter
Kasia is a pharmacist and shiatsu practitioner 
Joanna studied contemporary dance choreography. She was a talented jewellery designer, running her own business and an inspiring mother.
Anthea was a customer in the shop, who we managed to persuade to model at short notice! She is a hypnotherapist and energy worker.
Aisha teaches African dance, and has just organised a fashion show of local designers at the Red Brick building, our community hub in Glastonbury.
Dorrie Joy is a shamanic painter/artist and drum maker. 
Sophie is a clothes designer and feltmaker with her own brand, Elfn, which we sell in our shop.
Dot and Gabby, behind the scenes shot 
Sarah Sudevi raises money for Sri Radhey Seva Trust charity helping the poor in India, is often to be found in the ashram and is a much loved member of the Haruka team
Andrea is a hairdresser and owns Natural Roots hair salon in Glastonbury. 
Mollie travelled extensively all over the world for the last 2 decades with the Rainbow Caravan. She now spends her time between Cheshire and India. She will be 80 this year!
Ambika lives in Glastonbury and her mission and work is to awaken women to love their body, feel pleasure in life and to dance!
Joanna Skye works with the NHS and Universities promoting holistic approaches to mental health. 
Pamela runs healing sessions, women’s circles and retreats.
Romany is a circus and burlesque performer
Izzy is studying interior design at the Chelsea College of Arts, and after graduating this year is going travelling.
Liddie is an Interior designer and creates bespoke furniture 
Amanda Rothwell is an acupuncturist working in Glastonbury
Tiger Lily is an events and promotion officer at the charity Help Musicians UK 
We want to include this beautiful woman but we can not remember her name! She was brought to the shoot by the stylist.
Mel is an artist and shiatsu practitioner living in the wilds of Dartmoor
Gabrielle is a feminist writer and poet, currently studying in Winchester.
Shamaya is a stylist and shamanic hairdresser, specialising in dreadlocks.
Rosie is a musician and songstress from Glastonbury. She has applied to study music in Bristol.
Amanda is the owner and designer at Haruka Clothing. 
Amanda’s Nanna , Leah, modelling the Endless knot cardigan. Leah is now 99 years old.
4 thoughts on “The Haruka Models Through the Years.”
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Hello there, You’ve done a fantastic job. I ill certainly digg
it and personalky suggest too my friends. I am confident they
will be benefited from this site.
hi!,I love your writing so a lot! percentge wwe keep in touch more approximately your post
on AOL? I need a specialist in this area to solve my problem.Maybe
that’s you! Taking a look ahead to look you.
[…] a great blog post of photos of Amanda’s models through the years on her Haruka website. Amanda doesn’t want to be pigeonholed as a Glastonbury designer. She’s rather be known for […]