WE MAKE IT SLOW TO MAKE IT LAST
OUR VALUES
PIECES DESIGNED TO LAST
We design timeless, authentic, simple beautiful pieces. We believe in forever and we want you to wear our pieces for years to come. That’s why we source the finest materials for our pieces to stand the test of time, and partner with the best ateliers.
VIEW THE COLLECTIONREDUCE OUR IMPACT
We launched L'Envers with the ambition to build an ethical and sustainable fashion brand but also a human brand that gives pride of place to the artisans who make each of our pieces. Since our beginning in 2015, we have only collaborated with local partners to build personal relationships with them and limit our environmental impact. Every aspect of our business operations is considered carefully and we consistently look for ways to do better. For example, the fulfillment of every order is done from our knitting atelier in Bejar, therefore avoiding superfluous transport emissions between the production facility and the fulfillment center typically used in e-commerce.
ABOUT OUR ARTISANSMADE-TO-ORDER & FAIRLY PRICED
We don’t want you to purchase something you don’t need and won't wear. This is why we knit our pieces on demand and therefore have small batches produced. Contrary to the pace of regular and seasonal launches with a limited lifespan, L’Envers’ ethos lies in the offer of a simple and sustainable garment at the antipodes of fast fashion which is quickly produced, quickly consumed, and quickly forgotten.
We offer a fair price all year long, reflecting the continued quality of our raw materials. Selling at a discount would mean offering a lower quality and our goal is to create sustainable pieces that you will wear for many years. Our name sums up what we stand for - L’Envers means in reverse in French. We do things in reverse, we are opposed to the modern fashion industry which is a fast and furious one. We don’t want to take part in this incessant rhythm of discounts, this vicious system that gets consumers used to permanent low prices where we then find quality products too expensive.
SUSTAINABLE AND CRUELTY FREE FABRICS
In light of our ethics and the values we believe in, the choices for our raw materials focus on environmentally friendly and humane fibers: non-mulesed wool and organic cotton.
All our materials are carefully selected from our mills in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain, which allows us to control the manufacturing conditions of our yarns and fabric, to guarantee the quality of non toxic-materials, safe for your health and the environment, and make sure our animals don't suffer.
OUR SOCIAL IMPACT
L’Envers is dedicated to ethical practices by working with local artisans in Spain, providing them with fair wages and healthy working conditions.
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SUPPORTING OUR ARTISANS
We attach the greatest importance to our manufacturing and working conditions. All our pieces are individually knitted & sewn by our local partners not only to limit our ecological footprint, but also to build personal and lasting relationships with them.
We are keen to preserve the local confection of our ateliers who have been suffering for the international delocalisation to Asia.
Our desire is to continue to grow by their side, help them preserve their know-how and savoir-faire traditions. In 2019, we launched a successful crowdfunding campaign to buy our artisans a more modern knitting machine. In 2020, we also helped them finance the purchase of a new knitting machine. In 2023, we closed our eshop for a few weeks in order to allow our knitting partner to deal with family challenges.
WORKING CONDITIONS
We work with a family workshop, on a human scale, and on the basis of a lasting relationship - we have been working with the same workshop since the creation of L’Envers in 2015.
We visit them regularly (beyond our weekly calls, we visit our workshop once a quarter), in order to get to know each other better, understand everyone's expectations, ensure good working conditions and guarantee the quality of our raw materials and the making of our pieces.
On our website you will find the list of all the artisans who are part of our supply and production chain - because we are happy and proud to work with them, and every job well done deserves to be shared. Discover more about our artisans.
All our artisans/suppliers are based in Spain, France, Portugal and Italy, countries with strict laws and minimum wages that cover the basic needs of their employees. We pay our suppliers the rates they give us, without negotiating - all work deserves to be paid for what it’s worth.
WHAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE
Sustainability and ethical production is a never-ending journey. We are a small company and we do the best we can, but we value transparency and acknowledge we are not perfect. However, as this is something we are truly passionate about and feel a conviction for, we are striving towards these initial goals:
LEAVE A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WITH OUR LOGISTICS METHODS
Some alternatives we are considering vary from planes to trucks, electric vehicles, bike deliveries for the last miles, and even sailing boat shipping (then you will have to be very patient as sometimes there is no wind to move the sailboat)!
BECOME A 0% PLASTIC BRAND
We like clothes that last. For this, we favor 100% organic cotton and 100% pure natural wool, however synthetic fibers are sometimes added in small quantities for technical constraints. This is the case of our traditional mohair wool. We are currently working alongside our spinning mill in Italy to switch from polyamide to recycled polyamide, and hopefully soon we can have 100% pure mohair wool on all our pieces! In the meantime, we have introduced a new premium yarn made from a blend of mohair and silk. Silk replaces polyamide to stabilize the yarn. You can find this premium yarn on our FRIDA vest!
PARTNER EVEN MORE LOCALLY
Ideally we would like to reduce the radius of our providers, materials, workshops, all within a 500 km radius. However we won’t be able to be 100% local because some materials are not produced naturally in Europe such as organic cotton or alpacas. Despite this, we are trying to work the most we can with local workshops and yarn mills, and are even open to opting for locally grown fabrics.
MORE TRACEABILITY
The fashion industry is very fragmented and sometimes it is hard to obtain full information and transparency. Our team does its utmost to obtain all the information necessary for the traceability of each material from our suppliers.
UPHOLD FAIR TRADE POLICIES
We want to create healthy and happy working conditions. We would like to keep improving how we work with our partners.
RESELL PRELOVED PIECES
We are looking into providing an eco-friendly and sustainable way for our pieces to last their full lifecycle. Our aim is for you to be able to shop preloved pieces and help our designs to go full circle.
COMPLIANCE & CERTIFICATIONS
Even if certifications are not always perfect, they are nonetheless a guarantee of transparency, traceability and quality standards and represent a commitment from the industry to continuously do better. We therefore strive to use them as criteria when choosing our raw materials, yarns and dyes. For example, the organic cotton we purchase features many certifications such as GOTS and OEKO-TEX ®. Our wool is non-mulesed and OEKO-TEX ® as well.
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