Photos by Jade Lilly

We partnered with Debris Free Oceans and 1 Hotel Beach Club to host a Beach Clean Up for Miami Swim Week 💙🌊

Thanks to all the #ChromatBABES who gathered to pick up plastic debris on Miami Beach (in their #ChromatSwim made from recycled fishing nets)!

Asia in the AW20 Olympics Collection

Nadia in the Racer Top, Cathy in the AW20 Olympics Collection

Now that Chromat is fully based in Miami, our goal is to celebrate the land and people that make this place so special.

 Tierra in the Saldana Dress, Mani in the AW20 Olympics Collection

Traci in the Mica Zip Top with Josh

Jasmine in the AW20 Olympics Collection, Tierra in the Saldana Dress

 Left: Maddie Kaufman from Debris Free Oceans

Debris Free Oceans is a Miami-based organization that inspires local communities to responsibly manage the lifecycle of plastics and waste as part of a global initiative to eradicate marine debris from our beaches, reefs, and oceans. This amazing organization plans local beach clean ups and underwater dive clean ups, along with education on micro plastics and the ways in which environmental degradation is a racial justice issue.

V in the Mica Zip Top, Nadia in the Racer Top

Left to right: Melissa, Tierra in the Saldana Dress, Becca in the Leyna Top and Marlin Suit, Natalie in the Outlined Top, Camille in the Mica II Top and Mikito Bottom, Traci in the Mica Zip Top

Chandler in the Halter Cross Top, Chevia in the Mikito Suit

Did you know humans ingest about a credit card’s worth of plastic every week? Microplastics are in the seafood we eat and the water we drink.

Jasmine in the AW20 Olympics Collection, Tierra in the Saldana Dress 

V in the Mica Zip Top, Starr in the Mikito Suit

Traci in the Mica Zip Top, Right: Penny and Melissa

Jackie in the Mikito Suit and Slit Tie Skirt, Catherine in the AW20 Olympics Collection

In 1 hour, we collected over 30 lbs of trash!

It’s a small step, but removing this plastic helps prevent it from entangling animals, ending up in the bellies of seabirds, or breaking down into microplastics that are ingested by marine life and then, us.

To learn more about Debris Free Oceans and how to coordinate a beach clean up of your own, check them out here.