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Ethical Fashion: Five Years and Five Steps Forward
Posted on June 18, 2019 by Jo Salter in guest blogs, Jo's Soapbox, Where Does It Come From? Blog.A reflection on the ‘big things’ that have happened in ethical fashion in the 5 years since Where Does It Come From? launched our first collection – by Lucy Kerry, Where Does It Come From? Product Manager It’s hard to believe that it’s only been 5 years since Where Does It Come From? launched onto […]
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4 Changes You Can Make To Your Wardrobe To Reduce Your Plastic
Posted on February 13, 2019 by Jo Salter in guest blogs, Jo's Soapbox, Where Does It Come From? Blog.Guest Blog by Natalie Wilson We often live for our clothes, yet as consumers, we are not as educated as we should be when it comes to how our clothes are made and why it matters. Fashion is the second most polluting industry, only behind oil, so sustainability has never looked and felt so good. […]
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Marie Kondo – Decluttering my Clothes with Joy
Posted on February 10, 2019 by Jo Salter in guest blogs, Jo's Soapbox, Where Does It Come From? Blog.by Lucy Kerry, Where Does It Come From? Product Manager Marie Kondo Decluttering: It’s an odd old world when everyone is raving about a TV series about tidying houses but there’s no denying that Marie Kondo is fast becoming a household name. I held out against such silliness for a while but this week I […]
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Organic Cotton from Uganda
Posted on August 20, 2018 by Jo Salter in guest blogs, Jo's Soapbox, Where Does It Come From? Blog.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 very versatile! We’re also making pocket squares and hair scrunchies as stylish accessories. More than that they will […]
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Proudly Made in Africa
Posted on August 4, 2018 by Jo Salter in guest blogs, Jo's Soapbox, Where Does It Come From? Blog.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 their Programme and Sourcing Manager, Feena Kirrkamm (front row, middle). The organisation has been […]
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Business Ethics – Two part article with the Peer to Peer lender Rebuilding Society
Posted on August 1, 2018 by Jo Salter in guest blogs, Jo's Soapbox, Where Does It Come From? Blog.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/ It is very important to run an ethical business as a business – keeping firm control of finances, maintaining excellent customer service and developing business strategies for future growth. […]
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COOL CLOTHES MADE IN MY (GLOBAL) VILLAGE
Posted on July 9, 2014 by Jo Salter in guest blogs, Jo's Soapbox, Where Does It Come From? Blog.Guest Blog by Shaillini Sheth Amin, Founder of MORALFIBRE It started with a small message left by us – MORALFIBRE to one of the LinkedIn groups. It was a standard message describing the unique handcrafted fabrics we promote made by the artisans based in remote villages. We had a pretty standard first response from a lady […]
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