Aliya Wanek
- Headquarters
- Oakland, CA
- Manufacturing
- Oakland, CA · Los Angeles, CA · Peru (knitwear) · Japan (socks)
- Categories
- apparel
Aliya Wanek is an Oakland womenswear label started in 2016. The designer sews some garments herself and has the rest produced and dyed by two small Bay Area factories and local contractors. Product listings name Oakland and a family-owned Bay Area factory for the sweats, dresses and tops, and Los Angeles for some dyed pieces. Oakland Magazine’s profile of the label describes the same local setup.
It is a split line. Most of the knitwear and the rib-knit pieces are listed as made in Peru — two knit styles say knitted in Los Angeles — and the cotton-wool socks as made in Japan, all under the Aliya Wanek name. So the brand’s mark here is the floor, and the Bay Area cut-and-sew pieces are carried below with their own marks and their own quoted listings.
Those pieces sit at the second mark rather than the first because no product says where its fabric was milled. The reliable signal is the line on the listing itself: “Produced in a family-owned factory in the Bay Area” or “Cut & sewn in Oakland, CA” on one side, “Made in Peru” on the other.
The record
Garments are sewn by the founder or produced and dyed by small Bay Area factories and contractors
“Aliya works with two small factories and local contractors in the Bay Area to produce and dye her garments”
aliyawanek.comRetrieved
Local press reports the line is produced, sewn and dyed in the Bay Area
“The sustainable clothing line is a local affair, produced, sewn, and dyed in the Bay Area.”
web.archive.orgRetrieved
Most knitwear is made in Peru, and the socks in Japan
“Made in Peru”
aliyawanek.comRetrieved
Domain record
aliyawanek.com was registered on .It dates the domain, not the business: a maker that moved to a new address reads young here, and an old domain says nothing about who holds it now.
RDAP registry record · checked 19 Sep 2026
Products
Where to buyAdele Sweatpants - Forest
Assembled in USAThis item carries a different mark from Aliya Wanek as a whole, so it has its own record.
The product page says these sweatpants are dyed locally and produced in a Bay Area factory
“Locally dyed. Produced in a family-owned factory in the Bay Area.”
aliyawanek.comRetrieved
Where to buyDapo Hoodie - Forest
Assembled in USAThis item carries a different mark from Aliya Wanek as a whole, so it has its own record.
The product page says this hoodie is dyed locally and produced in a Bay Area factory
“Locally dyed. Produced in a family-owned factory in the Bay Area.”
aliyawanek.comRetrieved
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