How fair is the fabric market?

The question of what compromises we have to make with regard to our values and requirements for sustainable and social entrepreneurship has been with us since our foundation.

In the search for thinner or non-roached sweat fabric (French Terry or Summer Sweat) for our new adult collection, it becomes clear once again - the market for fairly and sustainably produced fabrics is tiny.

If you then include the possibility of recycling the fabrics and therefore only want to process as little mixed fabric as possible, the selection goes towards zero.

But it doesn't help: Because it's not just that Oktopulli needs an adult collection of new goods to finance the production of kids sweaters from residual and B-goods across the world and to be able to grow in peace and healthy. But we also need more resource-saving alternatives in the field of new clothing. So let's go to the truffle hunt!

We have the following requirements for our new fabrics:

🌱 Organic cotton

💯 Certificate (the one whose name may not be mentioned 😉)

🇪🇺 woven & dyed in Europe

♻️ without elastane

🌈 a certain color selection

Unfortunately, the reality is that none of the substances we have been able to find so far meets all the criteria. Because only 1% of the cotton grown worldwide corresponds to organic quality, only a few fabrics are woven and dyed in Europe and are also certified according to the highest standards. And if you then look for fabrics without elastane, because mixed fabric contains microplastics and can hardly be recycled, the frustration is already great. If you find a truffle again, it is only available in three standard colors.

But we found what we were looking for! For our everyday companions for adults, we actually found a fabric that meets all our criteria. You can view the result HERE!

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