It’s glitz and glamour time in the capital!  Yesterday’s papers were full of Victoria Beckham’s new launch and top names in Fashion and Design are showcasing their latest collections.

For many people interested in fashion,…

Thank you to David Vincent of the East Anglian Daily Times for this fantastic article about our Ethical clothes from Africa ‘Tunics with a Tale’ project and crowdfund.  You can read the article online at : http://www.eadt.co.uk/business/new-africa-links-for-where-does-it-come-from-clothing-of-ipswich-1-5669578

We’re very excited to tell you more about our new transparent supply chain in Africa.  Where Does It Come From? is creating beautiful tunics that will be the statement piece of your wardrobe – stylish, soft and…

Who are Mayamiko?

We are delighted to announce that our production partner for our new transparent African range will be Mayamiko. Mayamiko is based in Malawi and is a trust set up to train local impoverished people with business skills to enable them to…

Last month our founder Jo was special guest on The Happiness Show

with DJ Samy on Ipswich Community Radio, talking about how clothes with stories and ethical living make us…

Where Does It Come From? is partnering with the NGO Proudly Made in Africa to create our new transparent supply chain in Africa.  Here’s the team – we’ve been working closely with their director, Vikki Brennan (back row, second from right) and with…

Ethical Business – PART TWO BELOW

This is PART TWO of an article on Ethical Business co-created with rebuildingsociety.com. For PART ONE please go to: https://www.rebuildingsociety.com/where-it-comes-from-matters/

Jo Salter, Where Does It Come From? and Vikki Brennan, Proudly Made in Africa

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Jo Salter
Founder, Where Does It Come From?

Great news that the UK government are launching an investigation into the impacts of Fast Fashion on the environment, announced by the BBC on Friday.  There’s been a media outcry in recent months on topics…

Our Founder Jo Salter was asked to comment on an announcement by fashion chain New Look that they intend to cut prices in an attempt to recover their financial losses.

New Look is wrong to slash its prices – consumers want to buy ethically, not cheaply

Following…

Last month Where Does It Come From? founder Jo Salter was interviewed by BBC Look East on running an ethical business and gender diversity issues.

By Jo Salter, Founder of Where Does It Come From?

Transparency in Fashion – the Buzzword at Copenhagen Fashion Summit

It seems that the latest trend in fashion is transparency – knowing where your clothes came from and how…

by Jo Salter
Founder of Where Does It Come From?

Nostalgia – Caryn Franklin and the Clothes Show

Sunday afternoons in front of ‘The Clothes Show’ hosted by Caryn Franklin were a regular part of my…

by Jo Salter, Founder Where Does It Come From?

On Saturday 28th April a group of almost 30 ethical brands got together at the Museum…

On 24th April it will be the fifth anniversary of the Rana Plaza Factory disaster, in which 1138 garment workers were killed when their unsafe factory collapsed.  Many more were injured and countless lives were affected.

This disaster triggered a huge response from consumers and from the fashion industry.

by Jo Salter
Founder, Where Does It Come From?

Plastic and its overabundance is a hot topic at the moment.  From single use plastics like straws and coffee cups to plastic particles in our seas and food chain, it seems that the world has only just woken up…

Fairtrade Fortnight 2018

Fairtrade Fortnight 2018 kicked off on Monday!  Over the two weeks there’ll be a huge number of events designed to promote and encourage the use of Fairtrade products such as chocolate (yum), cotton, fruit, spices, tea, coffee…

As part of our mission to run as a sustainable and ethical business, we are aiming to be as plastic free as possible.  This is a challenging task and an ongoing journey but the benefits for ourselves and the planet will be enormous.

by Jo Salter

Founder Where Does It Come From?

When I talk to people about shopping and living ethically (and I do this a lot), a common response is that being ethical is just too complicated, too difficult and too expensive for them to take it on.  This…

By
Jo Salter, Founder of Where Does It Come From?
and
Katie Carr, Founder of Tommy and Lottie

Meghan Markle Shows Us Her Ethics!

It was fabulous this week to see the Daily…

Traditionally the ‘Three Rs’ were about education.  This is slightly strange given that two of them don’t even start with R – a Victorian attempt at irony I guess.  In current thinking the three Rs are the mantra of sustainability and frugality – Reduce, Re-use, Recycle. Our children learn…

The Government will be launching their new 25 year environment strategy on Thursday.  Snippets released this morning outline plans to extend the 5p charge on plastic bags in most shops and to eradicate all avoidable plastic by 2042.

It is certainly positive to have the government clearly accepting that there…

Here we are in December and I have finally started Christmas Shopping!  I started last Saturday by heading into town and buying some gifts in small businesses as it was Small Business…

On 20th of October I headed off to the Ethical Consumer 2017 conference in London with my good friend and colleague Mark.  It is the third year I’ve attended and this years theme – Challenging Corporate Power in a Changing Political Landscape – really hit the button. 

Published November 3rd, 2017 & Filed in ethical events and happenings

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London Fashion Week…..

London Fashion Week 2017 has just finished – a frantic festival of catwalk shows and new designs.  But it’s not just about style and glamour, fashion is big business – the UK fashion industry contributed £28billion to the economy last year and supported 880,000 UK jobs (Oxford…

What is Zero Waste Week?

This week is Zero Waste Week, a fantastic opportunity for all of us as individuals and businesses to look at how much we throw away and to ask the question ‘where is ‘away’?’ What happens to…

We’re going for it – we really want to win an Observer Ethical Award!

Now in their 11th year, the Observer Ethical Awards celebrate all the great work being done to make our world a better place.  This year…

Jeans with a High Waste

by Jo Salter and Rachel Forcella (Forcella Content Marketing)

Who doesn’t own a pair of jeans?

Invented in 1873 by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss (sound familiar?), jeans have gone from…

Our founder Jo Salter was interviewed in a Facebook Live on July 5th by Jen Gale – ethical coach.  You can view the interview by clicking on the link: https://www.facebook.com/jen.gale.50/videos/10155200751106293/

The East Anglian Daily Times published an article by David Vincent covering our photoshoot collaboration with other local businesses.

Click to read the article online http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/promoting-fair-trade-clothes-and-accessories-for-ipswich-based-firm-1-5124633

You can see many of the new photos on our website but especially in our Shirt Shop and

Joanna Lumley wears our Ethical Elephant Scarf on TV

We featured in the East Anglian Daily Times this week thanks to Joanna Lumley wearing our elephant scarf in her documentary ‘Joanna Lumley’s India’.  Click the link to read the article http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/clothes-that-come-with-a-creation-story-1-5101549

We were delighted and honoured that Joanna Lumley wore a Where Does It Come From? Elephant scarf on her new documentary ‘Joanna Lumley’s India’.  Wearing the scarf clearly demonstrated Joanna’s commitment to sustainability and Fairtrade.  You can see a clip of the documentary where she is wearing the scarf…

Jo was invited onto BBC Radio Suffolk to talk about Fashion Revolution on 30 April 2017.  You can listen to the interview with Jon Wright by clicking below.

10 Reasons Why Shopping  Ethically for Clothes Is Easier Than Ever Before!

Great news – the ethical market in the UK is growing!  This is a big relief for those of us who shop ethically as it is now simpler for us to…

Celebrating Women – Half the World’s Population

It’s International Women’s Day on 6 March, falling towards the end of second week of Fairtrade Fortnight.

Women are our Mothers, Friends, Colleagues, Sisters and Daughters. …

The East Anglian Daily Times published an article on 21 February 2017 outlining how Ipswich ethical businesses Where Does It Come From? and Arya Candles recently received awards from TV Dragon…

So we’re approaching Valentines Day!  Traditionally this is the time that we show that special someone how appreciated they are. Of course its much better if we keep our loved ones up to speed on our loved up-ness much more regularly than annually, however at least this serves as a reminder to…

Do you know where your clothes really come from? by Sheena Grant in the East Anglian Daily Times 16/12/16 – click the link to access.

http://www.eadt.co.uk/ea-life/do_you_know_where_your_clothes_really_come_from_1_4822179

Here we are rapidly approaching Christmas 2016 (where did that year go then?) and already ankle deep in preparations.  Christmas can become a stressful time – we try to reach some ethereal dream of yuletide perfection (as portrayed in the media/films/imagination) but without abandoning our ethical goals of buying…

Joanna Lumley wears Where Does It Come From?
Featured in the East Anglian Daily Times at:

http://www.eadt.co.uk/business/joanna_lumley_s_boost_for_an_ipswich_business_1_4801118

I headed off once again to the Amnesty International HQ in London for the annual Ethical Consumer Magazine conference which took place on Friday 30^th September – this year entitled ‘Collaborating for Change’.  The goal of the conference was…

Our founder, Jo Salter, was recently interviewed by Canadian ethical fashion group ‘Trusted Clothes’.  You can read the interview by clicking the link ‘An Interview with Jo Salter by Trusted Clothes‘

by Jo Salter, Founder of Where Does It Come From?
Where Does It Come From? is crowdfunding at http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/where-does-it-come-from

Managing a business is not a walk in the park (unless you are talking about a…

People like me often talk (bang on) about ethical clothes and the benefits for those people creating them and for our planet too.  That’s all very well but, let’s face it, however altruistic we are feeling, most of us want to know what’s in it for us. Well here…

Trusted Clothes (www.trustedclothes.com) kindly asked us for a Guest Blog – click the link below to read it!

Meeting Our Makers – A Guest Blog for Trusted Clothes (more…)

On Monday 25^th April a special event took place in Ipswich, hosted by Where Does It Come From? and the Ipswich Fairtrade Group. An audience of cinema goers flocked to the Ipswich Film Theatre for the event…

I’ve just returned from the whirlwind of noise, colour, heat and spice that is India! The trip was primarily for meeting our makers, the people who create the clothing for…

Click the link to access the interview.

Jo Salter, Where Does It Come From?

Click the link to reach the article in the East Anglian Daily Times (EADT).

The article focusses on our event in Ipswich for Fashion Revolution 2016 showing the movie The True Cost.  The movie showing will be followed by a panel session including Michael Gidney of the Fairtrade Foundation, Jo…

Where Does It Come From? Jo Salter Takes Us On A Journey With A Pair Of Jeans

Where_Does_It_Come_From_Issue_42

Juno Magazine have kindly allowed us to reproduce our article that was published in their Issue 42.  Click on the above link to access the article.

Well we’re now coming to the end of Fairtrade Fortnight in the UK.   I hope you were able to take part in some of the events, such as Fairtrade Foundation’s ‘Sit down for breakfast, stand…

Article in the East Anglian Daily Times on 4th February 2016

http://www.eadt.co.uk/business/ipswich_firms_vies_for_mentoring_support_from_dragon_s_den_star_deborah_meaden_1_4404239

Well it’s 2016 – time to take down the Christmas bling and look forward to the year ahead. It feels cleansing somehow to remove the tree and decorations – everything seems cleaner and more spacious! It’s actually a great time for a declutter…… right now in our house there’s a pile of toys,…

Click link below to be taken to the EADT website:

Where Does It Come From? Ipswich clothing firm takes an ethical approach to fashion.

On Saturday 5th December 2015 we were featured in the India Times – you can click below to access the article.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/garments-/-textiles/3000-spinners-now-weaving-stories-of-khadi-in-uk/articleshow/50049684.cms

Ok, so I know that lots of businesses are giving you ethical gift ideas at the moment but this guide is different – I’m not plugging our products (although I’d love you to visit our shop and buy some!), I’m talking to you about brands and products I know personally.  I…

We all like a bargain, don’t we? It’s thrilling! What is it that excites us so much? – is it because we feel we’re saving money? Perhaps we love the idea of getting something for less money than it is…

What Contribution to fashion sustainability do clothing take-back Schemes offer?

Panel Session 14 October 2015

Last month I headed to Westminster, London for a panel session exploring the role of take-back schemes in fashion. Organised by hubbub and taking place in the UK…

A report on the Ethical Consumer Magazine conference ‘Mainstreaming Ethical Consumption’ by Jo Salter of Where Does It Come From? (wheredoesitcomefrom.co.uk)

Ethical Consumer Magazine’s conference took place at the Amnesty International Building in North London on Friday 25 September. With a range of speakers from key ethical businesses and organisations…

Today I had to throw away some food.  It’s not that unusual in itself but it got me thinking. Worse – it was fish so it meant that a living creature had been…

(by Jo Salter of Where Does It Come From? published in Suffolk Families Magazine September/October 2015 )

You’ve probably heard of Fairtrade. It’s been around in various forms for many years and its main aim is to ensure that the…

Label Code Unlocks Story of Clothes -Please click link to see this great article published in ‘Sustainable News’

Label Code Unlocks Story of Clothes

That cream cake is calling you, by name. ‘Eat me! Eat me! I’m delicious and creamy’. But you resist. You are ‘being good’….

Blogger Mummy in the City kindly reviewed our Freya Pinafore dress.  You can read her review by clicking on the link below.

http://www.mummyinthecity.com/review-where-does-it-come-from-for-practical-and-traceable-childrens-clothes/

The Blogger Emmys_Mummy kindly reviewed our kids’ jeans and culottes – you can read her article by clicking on the link below.

http://www.emmysmummy.com/2015/05/review-where-does-it-come-from.html

I was interviewed by Hayley from How to Be who then wrote a fabulous article.  You can access this feature by visiting the How To Be website via the link below:

http://www.howtobe.co/2015/06/ever-wondered-where-your-clothes-come-from/

A recent article in the Ipswich Star – Click below to access it.

http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/ethical_products_you_can_trace_right_back_to_the_maker_1_4122137

Last Wednesday, 10^th June, I headed to London in great anticipation to attend the Ethical Fashion Forum Source Summit Event. The event was held at the Amnesty International Building and was attended by around 150 people….

Fashion Revolution – Why April 24^th?

On April 24^th 2013, a date now remembered as Fashion Revolution Day, the Rana Plaza Clothing Factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh collapsed on its garment workers.  Over 1130 garment workers were killed and over 2500 were brought out alive from the wreckage – some with horrific…

Blog post by Amanda from Third Rock Communications.

Click below to read Amanda’s article:

http://thirdrockcomms.co.uk/the-code-that-unlocks-your-clothes/

Blog Post by Bella Forcella – Beauty and Lifestyle Blogger – about tracing the life story of her new Where Does It Come From? scarf

Click on the link below to visit Bella Forcella’s article………

http://bellaforcella.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/where-does-your-scarf-come-from.html

A blog by Jo Salter, Founder of Where Does It Come From? for The Organisation for Responsible Businesses (ORB) at www.orbuk.org.uk

Here we are in the New Year (half way through January already!).  So how are those New Year’s resolutions coming along?  Many…

By Jo Salter, Founder of Where Does It Come From? (www.wheredoesitcomefrom.co.uk) created for ‘Green Aspirations’ (www.green-aspirations.co.uk)

At Where Does It Come From? we definitely have Green Aspirations!  We have other aspirations…

Terry Redhead from ‘Lets Talk’ Magazine published a great article about the business (and me – at least I think that paragon is me…..).  We met for a lovely cup of tea and chat and I showed him some of the Where Does It Come From? collection.  Just click…

Fantastic News!

The same ethical fabrics used in the Where Does It Come From? collection will now be gracing the stars of Hollywood!  Warner Bros have selected MoralFibre Fabrics, our partner in Gujarat, to supply the fabrics for…