Caroline Zoe Schumm is an American fashion designer and entrepreneur. Her maiden name is Caroline Zoe Waggoner. She is the founder of the fair trade apparel brand which has empowered thousands of workers worldwide and aids in providing an education to children in developing nations. Zoe grew up in Hutchinson, Kansas. Knowing from a young age that she wanted to be a fashion designer, she attended Kansas State University from 2006 to 2011 with a dual major in and Apparel Marketing and a minor in business. While at Kansas State, Zoe was awarded in her field, won a , and also won various regional design competitions. In college, Zoe studied the effects that mainstream fashion manufacturing had in countries where it was produced, including the prevalence of child labor, very low wages, inhumane working conditions, and environmental pollution.
In 2012, at age 24, after working in commercial apparel as a designer and technical designer at , Zoe created the apparel line 4 All Humanity as a sustainable fashion answer to what she viewed as unsustainable fast fashion. In 2013, 4 All Humanity partnered with and launched the program , where each shirt sold sends a child to school for a month with a school uniform and school supplies. 4 All Humanity has been featured in prominent media, including the premier issue of Conscious Magazine along with several smaller publications. Today, 4 All Humanity works with partners who employ hundreds of people in Guatemala, providing them with good working conditions and fair wages, which allow the artisans to pull themselves up out of poverty while providing education and hope to their families . Zoe speaks regularly about her journey from fashion designer to social entrepreneur. Her work with 4 All Humanity and creating sustainable employment for artisans led her to speak at the 2013 Kansas Conference on Poverty. She is a consultant for companies and designers who want products, services or events that are as eco-conscious as possible, and has worked with global brands including Education and More. Zoe currently serves as the on the board of directorsof Education and More.
