So how did our new reusable shopping bags come about? As a brand that’s been around a few years now we have to accept that everything doesn’t always quite work out as we hoped. Sadly our Freya pinafore just hasn’t been all that popular. It had a great blogger review, even featured in Green Parent Magazine a …
By Jo Salter, Founder of Where Does It Come From? Transparency in Fashion – the Buzzword at Copenhagen Fashion Summit It seems that the latest trend in fashion is transparency – knowing where your clothes came from and how they were made. As Stephanie Klotz recently announced in Sustainable Brands ‘Transparency has become a bit of a buzzword …
by Jo SalterFounder, Where Does It Come From? Plastic and its overabundance is a hot topic at the moment. From single use plastics like straws and coffee cups to plastic particles in the air we breathe, our seas and our food chain, it seems that the world has woken up to just how much plastic has …
The Plastic in Our Clothes – Is it a Plasticky Catastophe? Read More »
As part of our mission to run as a sustainable and ethical business, we are aiming to be as plastic free as possible. This is a challenging task and an ongoing journey but the benefits for ourselves and the planet will be enormous. 1. Our production methods are totally plastic free. Our cotton is spun …
by Jo Salter Founder Where Does It Come From? When I talk to people about shopping and living ethically (and I do this a lot), a common response is that being ethical is just too complicated, too difficult and too expensive for them to take it on. This saddens me because being ethical is easy – …
Traditionally the ‘Three Rs’ were about education. This is slightly strange given that two of them don’t even start with R – a Victorian attempt at irony I guess. In current thinking the three Rs are the mantra of sustainability and frugality – Reduce, Re-use, Recycle. Our children learn about them at school, our council …
Reduce Re-use Recycle – Let’s Focus on the First R…. Read More »
Here we are in December and I have finally started Christmas Shopping! I started last Saturday by heading into town and buying some gifts in small businesses as it was Small Business Saturday. My first and favourite port of call is our local Fairtrade Shop. If you have one I recommend you visit – there is a …
London Fashion Week….. London Fashion Week 2017 has just finished – a frantic festival of catwalk shows and new designs. But it’s not just about style and glamour, fashion is big business – the UK fashion industry contributed £28billion to the economy last year and supported 880,000 UK jobs (Oxford Economics). It’s popular too – …
by Jo Salter and Rachel Forcella (Forcella Content Marketing) Who doesn’t own a pair of jeans? Invented in 1873 by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss (sound familiar?), jeans have gone from being the workwear of farm labourers and miners during the American gold rush to a staple of virtually everyone’s wardrobe. In the UK alone …
10 Reasons Why Shopping Ethically for Clothes Is Easier Than Ever Before! Great news – the ethical market in the UK is growing! This is a big relief for those of us who shop ethically as it is now simpler for us to buy our sackcloth dresses and rag rugs (yes, I am joking). According to the Ethical …