TAMGA Designs is a colourful and vibrant sustainable fair-trade fashion brand made in Indonesia. The brand was founded by three globetrotters from different corners of the world who have collectively travelled to more than 50 different countries. TAMGA Designs reflects their “deep respect for different cultures, traditions, and the planet’s natural systems that keep individuals and businesses alive.” Co-founders Yana […]
Fair Photo Agency, is an exciting new platform that bridges together talented photographers that hold the same values as sustainable and ethical companies. This agency’s mission is to assist sustainable and ethical companies in producing impactful imagery that will stand out, and in turn, provide them with high prominence in the global market – something […]
Nokshi Crafts is a fair-trade brand showcasing ethically-produced and hand-painted silk scarves made in Bangladesh. The brand was founded by Maisha Samiha, a Bangladeshi-born Canadian, after the Rana Plaza disaster in 2013, in which 1,133 people died and another 2,500 were injured, making it the fourth largest industrial disaster in history. The disaster affected her […]
The Soap Co. is an incredible ethical luxury brand that employs people who are blind, visually impaired, or otherwise disabled or disadvantaged. This brand was launched in 2015 under the parent company CLARITY, a registered charity and “the UK’s oldest social enterprise”, that has been employing, training, and supporting people with disabilities since 1854. As a […]
Ferway Designs is an exceptional web-boutique that provides a platform in Europe for Nicaraguan ethical fashion brands. The brands showcased in this online platform are both designed and handcrafted in Nicaragua under fair working conditions. Ferway Designs’ vision is “to make ethical the standard within the fashion industry”, something that they consider “far from a modest goal”. […]
Nette Rose is a gorgeous handmade intimates brand from South Africa. The brand was founded, designed, and produced by Megan Miller, using local fabric suppliers in Cape Town. In an Elle South Africa article she described how she named her brand “Nette Rose” (pronounced Nettie Rose) after her two “sensational and stylish” grandmothers, Nette, who bought her first pair […]
A little treat for you lovelies! Sashka Co is a fair trade glass beaded bracelet brand whose products are handcrafted in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal by local artisans. Every bracelet is handmade carefully, bead-by-bead, by skilled artisans. This brand partners with several organisations in Nepal that train and employ hundreds of artisans in rural communities. […]
On our second day in Cornwall we visited St Ives. I think it is probably the most beautiful town that I have been to in the UK so far. The houses – a mixture of shades of white, cream, and blue; the cute little narrow cobble stone alleyways; the rejuvenating salty breeze of the clear turquoise sea – […]
About a week ago I saw one of the most spectacular views that I have ever seen in my life. My mother and sister came to visit from Thailand, and as they have been to London a few times now, and I haven’t travelled around the UK nearly as much as I should (having lived here for almost […]
SeeMe is an organisation that employs women, often single mothers, who have suffered violence and have been shunned by their families in Tunisia and Lebanon. They are trained in the craft of jewellery making, following traditional Tunisian techniques. In this way these women are able to secure a workplace and provide for their families under […]