We were fashion manufacturers for many years before launching our brand, we have first hand insight on the importance of quality and care in every aspect of the supply chain. We watched whilst fast fashion brands devastated the UK manufacturing landscape and vowed that one day we would showcase the amazing talent and skills in our community, directly to our consumer. So that is what we are doing, on our own terms!!

Ethics/ CSR/ Sustainability

We are committed to growing our brand with minimal environmental impact.
We take these words seriously and we will openly drive these conversations, not hide from them.
We know that we aren’t perfect and we know we have a great deal of work to do, but we want to be as transparent as possible in the steps we are taking to act as a responsible and kind brand.

UK Designed and Made

All of our products are designed and manufactured in the UK using locally knitted, quality fabrics.
The foundation of our business is built upon a drive to create a brand committed to supporting a local supply chain, reducing our carbon footprint and behaving consciously kinder towards our planet and people.
We design purposefully and slowly, our work is not trend driven and we don’t advertise ourselves as sustainable, just trying to better each day. We want you to choose a piece that you love, in the hope that you will reach for it over and over again for years to come.
We work closely and directly with our manufacturers, using transparent costing processes, ensuring that everyone in the supply chain is able to make a profit and maintain standards. We will never use unfair buying practices such as retrospective discounting and price wars.
All of our products are made by wonderful, family run manufacturers, who work tirelessly to support their local workforce, these manufacturers are audited to the highest standards and work within the principles of our Code of Conduct as well as being Sedex audited on an annual basis along with unannounced regular audits and quality inspections.

Fabrics

We take our time to choose the perfect fabrics for each style we create, with an emphasis on quality and longevity.
We focus on the use of locally knitted fabrics so that we can ensure that limited wastage, reduced airmiles and prevent overproduction occurring in our supply chain.  Our fabrics are knitted and dyed 5 minutes away from our studio.
We are working hard to source and use more locally sourced sustainable plant based fabrics. We will keep updating you as we continue to make progress on this goal but please remember we are a small fashion brand, as we grow we can invest more into sustainable fabric buying processes.

Made to Order and Small Production Runs

Our pieces are produced made to order or in small production runs. Overproduction of garments is devastating to our planet with unsold garments ending up burned or in landfill therefore our production is demand driven and collections are available in limited numbers, only restocked based on pre-order demand.

Circularity and our Carbon Footprint

We are working hard to reduce our carbon footprint and create an eco-friendly brand.
Our garments are designed, sampled and produced within a 10-mile radius in the UK, with fabrics knitted on our doorstep by local family run businesses.
All of our samples, damaged or unsold garments are donated to local charities.
We use 3D Design technology to create realistic 3D imagery of our garments, this enables us to reduce the amount of sampling and fabric wastage in the design process.
We are on a journey to becoming a carbon neutral business but in the meantime we are working in partnership with local charities to plant trees and invest in local charitable projects in order to offset our carbon emissions.

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