Fabric & trims

Our fabrics & trims

When sourcing materials and choosing our trims we make a conscious decision to pick natural fibres, including silk, cotton, wool, linen, viscose, and Bemberg. When we design our collections, we choose most of our plain fabrics from deadstock.

Both deadstock, and natural fibres are choices made with our environmental impact in mind.

Essentially, deadstock (a.k.a remnant, surplus or overstock fabric) is leftovers. When a textile mill or fashion brand makes kilometres of fabric, they deliberately overproduce to ensure there is extra in case of fabric flaws or fluctuations in yield. It’s a flawed system, but it is one that allows us to make clothing out of what would otherwise be destined to gather dust in a factory in Italy, or worst case – end up in a landfill. It allows us to have a product mix that isn’t entirely reliant on creating new materials, by using textiles that already exist.

Deadstock fabric sourced from Wall Fabrics for our New beginnings shirt.

We source our deadstock fabrics from Fabric Merchants and Wall Fabrics. When we design with these fabrics in mind, we’re considering the environmental impact and lifecycle of those garments. We source all our cotton t-shirting and sweat-shirting as deadstock, as cotton is known as one of the most water-consuming crops. We favour natural fibres such as wool, silk, denim, and cotton because they’re our favourite fabrics to wear and have great longevity.

Deadstock fabric for our Dog Eat Dog jacket sourced by Fabric Merchants.

Buttons

We use Agoya shell buttons for our shirts, dresses and tops. We've chosen Japanese Agoya shell as it is a natural, regenerative and biodegradable resource. For our pants, skirts and jackets we use Italian-made Tagua nut buttons. The Tagua nut is sourced from Ecuador. Derived from a nut, this button choice is also natural and biodegradable. The Tagua Initiative prevents Tagua Palm from being felled for agriculture.

Zips

We use internationally renowned zip manufacturer YKK to supply our zips. With the longevity of our garments in mind, we choose the highest quality to ensure the longest life possible. Our zips are made from components sourced from Japan, Indonesia, and Taiwan; assembled in New Zealand.

Packaging

Our swing tags and shopping bags are made from recycled card and paper. Our swing tags are threaded with cotton cord. Our shopping bag handles are made from paper tape, making them 100% recyclable.

Linings

We use 100% Bemberg, milled in Japan for our linings. Bemberg (also known as Cupro) is a high-quality fabric made from cotton husks and is a by-product of the cotton manufacturing industry. It is unique in that it is an organic material that is synthetically regenerated and spun. Anti-static, anti-cling, biodegradable, and made from a renewable resource.

Fabric & trims

Our fabrics & trims

Deadstock

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