Sustainability
Ensuring your clothing lives a long life is one of the easiest ways to ensure your wardrobe is doing it’s bit for the planet. Repairs to garments, made by myself or others are available at Cardamon The Label to ensure your clothing travels with you through as much life as possible. Whether it be patching a hole or tear, replacing zippers or hemming, contact @cardamom.thelabel with any enquires you may have.
Sustainable and ethical production are such important aspects and can be overlooked resulting in fashion being among the most wasteful and unsustainable industries worldwide. Unfortunately this isn’t only fast fashion, it can also include small brands who outsource their production to factories. It is so important to shop with brands that offer full transparency so you know who is actually making your clothes. Good On You is a good resource to learn about your favourite brand’s sustainability and ethical considerations.
DESIGN
All Cardamom products are thoughtfully designed to ensure versatility and practicality in the hopes these pieces become wardrobe staples to carry with you through life.
Garment patterns are drafted by myself using minimal paper and, as most waste is a direct result of mistakes, measure twice cut once is my favourite saying.
FABRIC & MATERIALS
Almost 100% of materials are deadstock and locally sourced, including fabric, buttons, zippers and elastic, with the exception of thread. I use a brand I trust to be very strong, ensuring seam durability.
Pattern pieces are carefully arranged on fabric prior to cutting to ensure the most optimal use of fabric is achieved. Offcuts are used to make garment and size labels, as well as remnant accessories.
PRODUCTION
As I am the only person involved in the production process I can always ensure every seam and garment is constructed to the high quality I hold this label to.
Before producing garments for sale, I test samples for wear points and any areas of weakness or discomfort. Wearing samples for a few weeks is the best way to check this. Samples are never wasted and become part of friends and family and my own wardrobes.
PAPER
Paper scraps from the design and pattern making processes are shredded and hydrated to create paper used for swing tags ensuring zero paper waste.
All tags and labels were designed by myself and either hand carved by myself or, hand made in the UK by Get Stamped (a local company while I was living in Scotland).