Knowledge Cotton Apparel
Oxford Logo Shirt Made Of Organic Cotton
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!
FIT
Regular fit
SPEC
Button down collar
Small owl logo
MATERIAL
97% Organic Cotton
3% Elastane
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.
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
Look behind
this
shirt
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)