With Fairtrade Fortnight fast approaching we felt we should answer the burning question, what exactly is Fairtrade Fortnight and what does it entail? Fairtrade Fortnight happens once every year, where 2 weeks are set aside to raise awareness for Fairtrade products and producers. The annual campaign is organized and promoted by the Fairtrade Foundation, making […]
Fairtrade Clothing
Product of the week: Men’s Fairtrade V-Neck T-Shirt
We’ve been debating in the A.M. Custom Clothing office what the best way to showcase our favourite products is. So we decided to launch a new series on our blog called ‘Product of the Week’, where each week the team will pick a product to focus on and explain why we love it. This week […]
Fairtrade Friday – Onesies
So Fairtrade Friday is normally about promoting other Fairtrade brands we love, use or have discovered and feel are worth sharing. However this week we want to cover one of our own products, having found them to be really quite popular. This week we want to introduce you to our Fairtrade Onesie! Now this is […]
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 – Pants to Poverty
Friday has come round again and no doubt you are looking forward to the weekend! We’re here with some lunch time reading for you, introducing you to another Fairtrade brand, for our regular Fairtrade Friday post. This week, we want to introduce you to ‘Pants to Poverty’, a brilliant London based brand selling, (you guessed […]
Fashion Revolution Day
On 24th April last year, a disaster occurred that struck many in the world by surprise. The collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex. For those aware of the horrendous conditions in the fashion industry, we knew it was only a matter of time before something of this scale occurred, waking the world up to […]
Screen Print Saturday – Norvine Clothing
This Saturday we want to introduce to you Norvine clothing, a London based street wear brand, with a growing international following. The brand was established just 3 years ago, but have gone from strength to strength, supplying a wide array of tattoo inspired apparel to their global customer base. We not only love the design […]
Manchester Metropolitan University – Case Study
The People and Planet league table regards Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) as the UK’s greenest university and they’re number one for a reason. They really pull out all the stops to be ahead of the rest when it comes to sustainability, being both innovative and practical across the board. So we were really keen to […]
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 […]
