Great conversation between Where Does It Come From? founder Jo Salter and BBC Radio Suffolk’s Heidi Secker. Topics included how to think differently about clothing – including how often we wash, dry and iron our garments. Click below to listen to the discussion.
Our founder Jo Salter was invited onto Wayne Bavin’s BBC Radio Suffolk show this week for a discussion ethical fashion at Christmas. Christmas jumpers were the hot topic following a wonderful initiative in Beccles to run a Christmas jumper swap shop. You can listen to the discussion below:
Where Does It Come From? founder Jo Salter joined key experts on Climate and Fashion for the WFTO panel session on Climate and Fashion in October 2021. Chaired by Matteo Ward, fellow panelists were Delphine Williot of Fashion Revolution, Mimi Sewalski of Avocado Store and Selyna Peiris of Selyn. You can watch a recording below:
By Jo Salter, Founder Where Does It Come From? – Kind Clothes that Tell Tales You’ve probably heard negative things about cotton. It’s often referred to as ‘the dirty crop’ or ‘the thirsty crop’ because of the large amounts of chemical pesticides and water used to grow and process it. Sustainably speaking, it’s usually pitched as a …
It’s Christmas again and a wonderful time to let our friends and family know how much we care. With increasing awareness of how much ‘stuff’ we dispose of each year – 240,000 items of clothing end up in landfill in the UK each year! – we want to choose wisely. If you are buying ethical …
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News about the Queen giving up real fur in any of her new clothes has led to discussions on sustainability versus animal cruelty. BBC Radio Suffolk invited Where Does It Come From? founder Jo Salter on air to discuss the announcement with presenter Mark Murphy. There are differing views on the sustainability of real versus …
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Do you remember the old phrase ‘Cheap and Cheerful’? Every day we are enticed to buy cheap clothing but we now know that this doesn’t leave the farmers and garment makers feeling cheerful at all. Plus there’s the devastating effects of pollution and waste on our planet, a frightening and growing concern. But is there …
A reflection on the ‘big things’ that have happened in ethical fashion in the 5 years since Where Does It Come From? launched our first collection – by Lucy Kerry, Where Does It Come From? Product Manager It’s hard to believe that it’s only been 5 years since Where Does It Come From? launched onto a fledging …
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Guest Blog by Natalie Wilson We often live for our clothes, yet as consumers, we are not as educated as we should be when it comes to how our clothes are made and why it matters. Fashion is the second most polluting industry, only behind oil, so sustainability has never looked and felt so good. …
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by Lucy Kerry, Where Does It Come From? Product Manager Marie Kondo Decluttering:It’s an odd old world when everyone is raving about a TV series about tidying houses but there’s no denying that Marie Kondo is fast becoming a household name. I held out against such silliness for a while but this week I relented and watched …