Natural and eco-friendly material

Our aim is to use as much eco-friendly materials as possible in our garments. The choice of materials and composition varies from garment to garment depending on functionality. Often it is a certified eco material but sometimes it can be an equally good material that we believe works just as well.

We mainly use eco-friendly materials in accessories for our clothes, such as interlinings made from recycled polyester and linings in Cupro, all made in closed circle production systems. We also mainly use buttons made of pure natural materials, that can be recycled back to nature, like mother of pearl and corozo (a type of nut). In our Eco-collection you can find our most eco-friendly garments.

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Timeless design – long term use

In the spirit of that aim for sustainability, we also consider the importance of making clothes that are classic and timeless – so that you want to keep them for a longer time. This underlines the importance of the quality of materials as well as the comfort/cut and feel of our designs.

Production in Europe

We have been producing in Europe for a long time. Mainly in Lithuania and Estonia with small factories to get a close production, communication and shipping. In northern Italy we produce all our knitted garments. We also work with a small family owned sewing factory in southern Italy for more delicate woven fabrics.

Return

Yet another way of working more ecological is to minimize waste. That is what we are doing in our Return collection. Since we have been in business for more than thirty years, we have gathered a large left-over stock. We value the timeless quality of our fabrics and want to make new treasures out of them. With our Return collection we create a series of unique, limited-edition garments made of stock fabrics and recently even some home textiles. Every Return collection varies in quantity, from just a few unique blouses to larger series. All depending on how much we have left in stock of a specific fabric.

Return men

Second hand & Vintage

To encourage long-time use of our garments, we arrange a Second Hand week twice a year in our stores (mid april and mid november). Customers can sell their old Bric-a-brac clothes that no longer fit them, to someone who can give them a new home and a second life. The seller gets a voucher for 80% of the value and 20% goes directly to charity (Doctors without borders/Médecins Sans Frontières).

In our stores we also showcase a small selection of vintage design objects and jewellery with a focus on Scandinavian design from 1950–1980.

Stationaries

All our paper bags, hangtags and catalogues as well as all e-commerce bags for our webshop are made from FSC approved paper. A way to ensure that we leave as small a footprint as possible, even in the small details.

Lithuania

We believe in close co-operation as well as close production. In Lithuania just across the Baltic sea, we work with three small dedicated sewing factories around Vilnius. We have been working with some of these family-owned factories for over 15 years. The longer you work together the more effective the communication is and we all feel a shared responsibility for each other. A big benefit for us with working around the baltic region is the short distance for shipping as well as for physical meetings. It also feels good to work with European companies that we know follows social as well as environmental regulations.

Prato/Italy

We have a long ongoing co-operation with a small family owned artisan knitwear factory in Italy. They have been producing high quality knitwear since 1968 in the heart of the textile area Prato, known for their high quality material and production for the fashion industry. We are also glad to note that their factory is almost fully powered by solar energy and that they are constantly trying to find sustainable materials and develop regenerated/recycled materials.

Ireland

Irish tweed – Magee Weaving 1866

In 1866 John Magee started selling hand woven-tweed at markets all over Donegal. Today, the business has grown and their tweed is mainly machine-woven, but they still produce a small series of hand-woven sustainable tweed to keep the tradition alive.

We use a lot of Irish wool from Magee for our autumn/winter garments.