The Great Guilt-free Gear Thread

[Wookey]

Like you, I despise the sweatshop ethic of companies like Adidas and Nike, and for the most part I buy unbranded goods. But some things (like good trainers) are near impossible to buy without supporting some form of eco-damaging or people-damaging company.

LOOK NO FURTHER!!

I have just bought a pair of trainers from Anti-Apathy along with Worn Again, who do a range of shoes for men and lady-men, made from recycled materials like prison blankets, inner-tubes and old jeans.

My new pair is made of an old man's tweed suit, and e-leather (a type of recycled leather filament). Each pair is unique, but mine look similar to this:

Mon question is this: Know YOU of any eco-friendly clothes shops, worker-friendly trainer manufacturers, or recycled gear places, from which I could purchase me garb guilt-free?

Add them here, do.

 

[May Kasahara]

Oddhero make great tshirts and offer lovely customer service - http://www.oddhero.com/

 

[Stobart Stopper]

Kickers shoes, for Kevin. We buy them for school and they last ages (or until he grows out of them). They cost about £65 but they are worth every penny.

 

[Wookey]

Kickers shoes, for Kevin. We buy them for school and they last ages (or until he grows out of them). They cost about £65 but they are worth every penny.

Are they particularly green, or worker-friendly? Perhaps they're made in the UK?

Kickers were the IN shoe when we were at school, if you had Kickers (complete with that little tag) then you were defo in the cool gang.

 

[Wookey]

Oddhero make great tshirts and offer lovely customer service - http://www.oddhero.com/

Hey, I like those t-shirts, May.

 

[May Kasahara]

Yeah, they're brilliant Well made and comfy as well as wicked designs.

 

[Superape]

 

[henrytheoctopus]

Freitag bags, wallets ect. are expensive, but they are amazing. Made from recycled truck tarpaulins, car seats, used air bags. Mine has made it through a war with gbl and won.

 

[Biddlybee]

When did we get a Threads and Dreads sub-forum?

 

[Wookey]

TBH Oxfam priced itself out of my range some years ago.

We have a Sally Army near us that is much more reasonable!

 

[Wookey]

When did we get a Threads and Dreads sub-forum?

Erm, it's always been here.

You're gonna try telling me you never noticed, aren't you??

 

[marty21]

is howies still an ethical company? quite like their clothes but they are a bit pricy

 

[Wookey]

Freitag bags, wallets ect. are expensive, but they are amazing. Made from recycled truck tarpaulins, car seats, used air bags. Mine has made it through a war with gbl and won.

Oooh, sexy, sexy.

http://www.freitag.ch/

Link for the Googley-challenged.

Please add links if you can folks, so the thread is a bit useful, like.

 

[henrytheoctopus]

Ah, yes, that would make sense. Sorry, dude! I'm a bit of an airhead today, but it's a great site, huh?

 

[Wookey]

is howies still an ethical company? quite like their clothes but they are a bit pricy

http://www.howies.co.uk/

We pledge to give 1% of our turnover or 10% of pre-tax profits (whichever is greater) to grass-root environmental and social projects. To find out more about our donations, please visit the website. It is only a small amount but as our company grows we will be able to give more. Which gives us a nice reason to want to grow.

 

[Wookey]

Ah, yes, that would make sense. Sorry, dude! I'm a bit of an airhead today, but it's a great site, huh?

I'm just looking, but yeah, I like the bags. They would match the inner-tube shoes I want to get from Worn Again's new range.

 

[marty21]

http://www.howies.co.uk/

i think they might have been recently taken over though

 

[Biddlybee]

Erm, it's always been here.

You're gonna try telling me you never noticed, aren't you??

I haven't

 

[henrytheoctopus]

is it wrong that i like the existence of this thread?

 

[Wookey]

is it wrong that i like the existence of this thread?

How could it be with Captain Wookey at the helm?

Not all pleasures need be guilty.

 

[MysteryGuest]

Not all pleasures need be guilty.

it helps if they are though </catholic upbringing>

 

[zenie]

I know a few people who've got worn again trainers - they seem to fall apart quite quickly

 

[subversplat]

Vegetarian Shoes are proper Brighton hippies who get lots of their stuff made in co-operative factories and the like. It's nice to animals too

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I have just bought a pair of trainers from Anti-Apathy along with Worn Again, who do a range of shoes for men and lady-men, made from recycled materials like prison blankets, inner-tubes and old jeans.

Good organisation that, co-founded by a mate of mine.

 

[Wookey]

I know a few people who've got worn again trainers - they seem to fall apart quite quickly

They aren't as robust feeling as those all-plastic things, I think because there's all different textures of material sown together. Mine are holding up, but I wouldn't go puddle-jumpin in 'em. That's for wellybobs.

 

[D]

Vegetarian Shoes are proper Brighton hippies who get lots of their stuff made in co-operative factories and the like. It's nice to animals too

Also their stuff is indestructible. I have a pair of their boots that`s about a century old now. Still in good shape.

 

[Miss-Shelf]

any warm winter coats made by ethical trading/manufacturers?

girls preferably

 

[Dhimmi]

I haven't

It's been here longer than I've been a member. We did wonder why you never posted in here...

 

[Vintage Paw]

Vegetarian Shoes are proper Brighton hippies who get lots of their stuff made in co-operative factories and the like. It's nice to animals too

Oh noes, just as I promise not to spend my student loan


Oh, I think I broked their site Just as I tried to add these to my wishlist:

 

[D]

I love this store

http://www.needles-pens.com/

you can get to the clothes section by clicking on "needles"