Who makes my accessories?
Many accessories in our collection come from two social tailoring shops close to our heart and our headquarters. One is the creative laboratory D-HUB, in Verona , but before going into detail, let's ask a question: have you ever heard of social tailoring shops?
Social tailoring is a relatively recent but increasingly widespread phenomenon, which aims to combat marginalization and create an ethical and sustainable alternative to mass production in the textile sector. These are usually small tailoring shops, which work in collaboration with local associations and cooperatives, offering work to people in difficulty. Often these are women: refugees, ex-prisoners, victims of violence, people with fragility and young mothers looking for work.
Places like these are very important from the point of view of promoting sustainable consumption and production, because they constitute an ethical and low-impact model in a sector that is among the most polluting in the world, with a huge ecological and social footprint. Textile production, in fact, requires a large amount of energy, water and chemicals, and often takes place in countries with very low labor standards, without protection for workers.
Social tailoring offers a valid alternative to this system that poisons the environment and exploits people, producing on a small scale in a sustainable way.
In these laboratories, as happens in the Atelier D-Hub in Verona , many fabrics are the result of a circular recovery chain that helps reduce waste and extend the life of materials. Our multipurpose cotton bags , for example, are produced right here, with the surplus and leftovers from the production of men's tailored shirts by Sartoria Bocchese in Vicenza .
The Atelier D-Hub is a point of reference for the local community, it creates work and transforms it into a tool for redemption from violence, exploitation and disadvantaged situations . Furthermore, producing locally and on a small scale also has many economic and cultural advantages, it promotes creativity and innovation. The products made in a tailoring shop like this have, therefore, an added value that goes beyond the mere aesthetic and utility aspect, and represent a testimony to the history and culture of the place where they were produced.
In short, social tailoring is part of a real revolution in the fashion world, offering a concrete and positive alternative to mass production and the culture of waste. If you have never bought from a social tailoring, we recommend you do a little research online and in your area, your next purchase could come from one of these wonderful realities!