BrendonBabenzien

Its not easy. Textile mills generally have minimums and when you buy fabrics from the secondary market they get costly. We have some leftover fabrics we can help you out with. Send us and email and well be in touch. Youll be helping us make sure we dont waste cloth.

The real issue for us is the price of fabrics I love. We have access to the best mills in the world. However, if I used all of the fabrics I want to, our prices would be much higher than they are today. I meet a lot of resistance from my COO who is looking out for the bottom line.
With that said, generally speaking you get what you pay for. A great cloth costs more to produce an generally will probably outlast and outperform a cheaper fabric. The only problem is the average person cannot afford the cloths wed love to access.

Great question. There are a few parts to this. First off, in the current manufacturing environment, being sustainable is a bit of a myth. Lets say you only use organic cotton, but you produce a million pairs of jeans, and those jeans get shipped all around the world on airplanes. Whats the footprint. Its incredibly complex. So we have taken a simple idealogical approach. First, we try to produce better products that will last longer. Part of the life of a garment, a big part, is cloth. We use better cloths. All of our cloths come from suppliers based in countries with reasonable environmental laws. Between the fact that the mills have to meet certain standards and the qaulity of the cloth will last longer, the garments themselves become somewhat sustainable. At the same time, we actively encourage people to buy less and buy smarter. We mean that. We, as consumers can change the types of things we buy and can decide to keep things longer. This is not a new idea. Its how people used to live. People had less and got more creative with the little they had. We have become a society who just buys everything our hearts desire. The move to manufacturing in countries who dont have strong labor laws allowing companies to benefit at the expense of the work force enabled us to buy anyting and everything as prices dropped. This is the issue we are trying to address. So to answer your question, besides donating to 1% for the planet, we operate in the best way we know how to create items that people will use for al long time. Additionally , as previously stated, we dont think of ourselves as a sustainable but more of a responsible company. That allows us to go beyond sustainable ideas and build human policies for out staff and customers. It allows us to take on human right issues if we choose.
Im not sure where the lack of transparency comment comes from because we have featured fabrics and where they are from. Weve featured factories we work with. But I guess the easy answer is this.
We buy from mills from countries with strong labor laws and environmental laws, and produce in countries with those same strong laws in place. If you have any suggestions about how much more info you would like to see, please email us and we can discuss. I could go on for days here but time wont allow for it.

For the first question I have no comment about Supremes direction. Its not my place anymore.
The chances of a Smiths collaboration are probably slim. There are a lot of variables here. One of which is the band themselves. Im also struggling as The Smiths were one of the bands that I felt understood my feelings as a young person. With that said, some of Morrisseys recent antics have me a bit cold on him. I still love The Smiths but hes annoying me with his right wing craziness. Every day is a different day for what my favorite song to run to is. But lately Ive really been into Thin Lizzy. Not sure why but it seems like the tempo is just right.

I think this will impact how everyone consumes and behaves generally, not just in the street community. Its a sad way for us to learn about ourselves but Im hoping we come out the other side more compassionate and wise. This was coming for us for decades. There was no way around it. Our leadership was just hoping they could runaway from it. They failed and as per usual we the people are suffering the most. Consumer behavior has the power to push change and we should all support the businesses that look out for us.