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Knowledge Cotton Apparel

Oxford Logo Shirt

Regular price £80.00
Regular price Sale price £80.00

Danish designed oxford shirt made with fairly traded organic cotton

Color: Bright White
Bright White
Total Eclipse
Lapis Blue

Material

97% Organic Cotton

3% Elastane

Fit

Regular fit

Specificiatons

Button down collar 

Small owl logo

Delivery

Free UK delivery 5-10 working days from dispatch 

Dispatched from the designer in Denmark - no customs fees should be charged

Since Brexit, parcels can take longer to go through UK Customs and so express delivery is not available on this item

Clothing care

As a consumer you can reduce your impact significantly* by taking care of your clothes.

 

We recommend that to save water, reduce detergent usage, reduce energy consumption and to extend the life of this garment that you wash it as infrequently as is practical.

 

*wearing your clothes for 9 months longer can reduce carbon, water and waste footprints by 20-30% each.

Description

Smart, stylish and sustainable. Knowledge Cotton Apparel's Oxford shirts are made with 3% elastane for that added ease and comfort. The tone on tone logo for each colourway gives it a sophisticated finish and a seal of sustainable approval!

Danish menswear brand KCA use cutting edge technologies to create organic garments that never compromise comfort nor quality!

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Strong points

Fairly traded organic cotton

Fair factory

CO2 Savings

People

Dibella’s mission is to improve the livelihoods of small-scale, marginalised cotton farmers and textile workers. The factory is GOTS, Fairtrade and BSCI compliant. Dibella employs 420 workers, 97% of whom are women.

The organic cotton is Fair-trade certified and sourced from Chetna Organic who work with marginalised farmers from Maharashtra, Odessa and Andhra Pradesh towards improving their livelihoods and making farming a sustainable occupation.

Dibella runs a number of social projects called ‘sustainable development pillars’, these have a particular focus on women and children. The first pillar invests in education; providing equipment and resources to local schools. The second focuses on hygiene; by providing medical care, check ups and training on personal hygiene, particularly for women. This pillar is very important to Dibella and hygiene procedures have been upgraded due to Covid-19. The third pillar gives training in sustainable farming techniques and the fourth focuses on female empowerment. This is done through providing additional training opportunities to the women who work in the factory. 

Planet

Organic virgin cotton protects the environment and health of farmers from the damaging intensive fertilisers and pesticides conventionally used.

Knowledge Cotton Apparel's second and third tier suppliers (fabrics and raw materials) are based in the same geographical region as products are cut and sewn. The reduces the carbon footprint of their products compared to other fashion supply chains where it is common for inputs to cross back and forth around the world. 

Areas for development

GOTS living wage policy currently only requires that national legal standards are met. We’d love to see KCA collaborate with an organisation like the Fair Wear Foundation to advance the complex topic of a real living wage for garment workers.

Suppliers

Organic cotton: India (Fair-trade certified)

Shirt: Cut and sewn in India by Dibella Ltd (GOTS, SA8000 certified factory)

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