SUSTAINABILITY

OUR CORE VALUES ARE:

1. RESPECT FOR THOSE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF OUR GARMENTS – WHETHER HARVESTING THE COTTON, SPINNING, WEAVING, SEWING OR KNITTING.

2. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIPS WITH SUPPLIERS WHO SHARE THE SAME VALUES OF MUTUAL RESPECT.

3. ONLY PROCESSING WOOL FROM SUPPLIERS WHO VALUE ANIMAL RIGHTS.

4. AVOIDING PETROCHEMICALS AND PLASTIC IN PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION.

5. REDUCING WASTE PRODUCTION TO THE MINIMUM.

6. INCORPORATING LONGEVITY AS A PRINCIPLE INTO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF OUR GARMENTS, SO THAT THEY CAN BE WORN FOR YEARS, AND NOT JUST SEASONS.

OUR FABRICS:

WE USE ORGANICALLY GROWN COTTON WHEREVER POSSIBLE, VISCOSE SOURCED FROM SUSTAINABLY MANAGED FORESTS AND WOOL FROM SHEEP KEPT WITH REGARDS TO THE PRINCIPLES OF ANIMAL WELFARE AND 100% MULESING FREE.

OUR PRODUCERS:

OUR GARMENTS ARE PRODUCED BY A SMALL RANGE OF GERMAN MANUFACTURERS AND ARTESANS. THESE COLLABORATIONS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY ESTABLISHED OVER TIME.
WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PEOPLE WHO MANUFACTURE OUR GARMENTS AND KNOW THAT THEY ARE BEING TREATED AND PAYED PROPERLY.

OUR KNITWARES ARE MANUFACTURED IN APOLDA IN THURINGIA AND ARRIVE AT OUR WORKSHOP WITHIN THE SHORT DISTANCE. MOST OF THE THREADS WE PROCESS ARE PROVIDED BY MILLS IN NORTHERN ITALY, THE WOOL IS SOURCED FROM PROVIDERS OPERATING ORGANICALLY AND WHO CAN GUARANTEE US THE GOOD CARE AND WELFARE OF THE ANIMALS.

THERE ARE NO CHEMICALS INVOLVED IN THE KNITTING PROCESS OR FINISHING. OUR FABRICS ARE WOVEN BY A SMALL ARTISANAL MANUFACTURER IN SOUTHERN GERMANY. OUR INVENTORY IS SMALL AND WE TRY TO PROCESS ALL OF THE MATERIALS.
NOTHING IS THROWN AWAY!

WE ARE ONLY A SMALL TEAM AND GIVE OUR BEST TO BE MINDFUL WITH OUR NATURAL RECOURCES – WE KNOW THAT MIGHT NOT YET BE ENOUGH – AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO OPTIMIZE OUR PRODUCTION IN THIS MANNER.