Iris van Melsen is the founder and creative lead at Permanent Clothing, a sustainable fashion brand taking Europe by storm. The brand, was conceived with the ambition to reflect the unique individuality of the Amsterdam streetwear culture through conscious collection concepts, in a more positive and sustainable way. Iris has lead Permanent clothing to be […]
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What is Fairtrade Clothing?
It’s a question we get asked quite regularly, “what is Fairtrade Clothing?”. Well, we’re going to try and answer that. Fairtrade is a movement, that has been around for decades. It focuses on providing better working conditions, better pay and more opportunities for those working in less developed nations. Fairtrade ensures that a minimum price […]
Fairtrade Friday – Fairly Square
So this Fairtrade Friday, we want to tell you all about London’s first Fairtrade Bar & Cafe, ‘Fairly Square’. The brand was set up with one core mission, that being to provide a space in London for people who care about economic, social and environmental justice. Fairly Square is great in the day time for […]
Fairtrade Friday – Ubuntu Cola
A.M. Custom Clothing are leading suppliers of Fairtrade products, so as you would imagine we are big advocates of Fairtrade. Each week on our blog we like to introduce you to another one of our favourite Fairtrade brands, or Fairtrade brands we’ve come across during our week; covering everything from food brands, to fully fledged […]
Fairtrade Friday – People Tree
This Fairtrade Friday, we’re want to introduce you to People Tree, a brand that you have quite possibly heard of before, as a result of them being leaders in the Fair Trade movement, through fashion. The brand was founded by Sofia Minney who’s journey began in advertising, within this industry she got to see the […]
Fairtrade Friday – Tropical Wholefoods
It’s Friday! Time for our weekly Fairtrade Friday blog post, introducing you to a Fairtrade brand you may not already know about! This week we want to introduce you to Tropical Wholefoods. Tropical Wholefoods was founded in the early 1990’s, by Kate Sebag and Adam Brett, while they were working in Uganda. The pair wanted […]
Fairtrade Friday – Just… Fairtrade
So Fairtrade Friday has come round once again, it’s that time of the week where we introduce you to another Fairtrade product or brand. This week we’ve stumbled across a little shop in Leicester called ‘Just… Fairtrade’. It’s an amazing little treasure trove of Fairtrade products, stocking everything from Fairtrade biscuits right through to Fairtrade […]
Fairtrade Friday – Visionary Soap
Normally on Fairtrade Friday we ramble about the Fairtrade food and drinks we love, however this week we thought we’d mix it up, and want to introduce to you Visionary Soap! Visionary Soap are the UK’s leading Fairtrade body care company, with 38 products in their Fairtrade range, which stands at more than any other […]
A.M. Custom Clothing Featured In The Huffington Post
“You might not have heard of A.M Custom Clothing but you may very well soon be wearing it” – The Huffington Post A.M. Custom Clothing are leading the way with the most advanced range of Fairtrade clothing, as a result we’ve recently been featured in a number of leading publications. Last week A.M. Custom Clothing […]
Fairtrade Friday – Ben & Jerry’s
Friday has come around again, so it’s time for us to introduce you to another one of our favourite Fairtrade brands! As you may have guessed the team here at A.M. Custom Clothing are big foodies and have a bit of a sweet tooth. On that note we felt it was only fair, to award […]