 | NEW | Alpaca Collection
A Fair Trade collection of soft baby alpaca and naturally dyed woven alpaca. Beautiful scarves and shawls hand knitted and hand woven in Peru along with stunning soft baby alpaca hats, berets and long fingerless gloves in lovely seasonal colours.
Alpaca, a non-prickly fibre, boasts of soft, luxurious, warm qualities. It comprises of a natural resin that enables a resistance to water, pilling and bobbling. |
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 | NEW | Luxury Knits...Cashmere Collection
A gorgeous and wonderfully warm luxury collection in very high quality Mongolian cashmere.
Ethically hand knitted and produced with the intention of keeping families together and perserving traditional village life. These are hand knitted by villagers in a small seaside town in China. The knitters work from their own homes instead of having to move to the city for work leaving their children with grandparents and only seeing their families a few weeks a year. |
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 | NEW | Chunky Knits Collection
Lovely, chunky hand knitted belts and warm woolly hats.
Ethically hand knitted and produced with the intention of keeping families together and perserving traditional village life. These are hand knitted by villagers in a small seaside town in China. The knitters work from their own homes instead of having to move to the city for work leaving their children with grandparents and only seeing their families a few weeks a year. |
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 | Kid Mohair Collection
Kid mohair, from the baby Angora goat, is among one of the warmest fibres available and is incredibly luxurious to handle and wear, especially for those with sensitive skin.
Mohair is a fantastic insulator, it is warmer than wool and will keep you very snug in winter, however due to its versatile qualities; it will also keep you just as cool and comfortable in summer.
This collection uses kid mohair from South Africa that is shorn at 6-12 months of age, thus giving you the most beautiful yarn you could imagine.
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 | NEW | Linen Collection
Delicate yet stunning hand crocheted flower hair accessories, beautiful brooches and adorable soft toys all handcrafted in linen, in the UK. |
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 | Felt Collection
Elegant, eye-catching neck pieces whereby each piece is delicately crafted by hand using the softest of yarns, felted and structured into these striking scarves and collars.
Stunning, handfelted clutch purses using soft yarns in pretty seasonal colours with touches of sparkle and finished with handstitched flowers.
All handmade in the UK. |
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 | Tamara Fogle
Tamara Fogle, a London based handbag designer, uses only the finest Italian leather and quality craftsmen in London to produce beautiful and versatile handmade bags.
This season, the leather used has a water based aniline finish and uses fewer chemicals in its tanning process therefore making it kinder to the environment, and with a slightly more transparent finish, some natural markings will be visible enhancing the natural character of the hide used.
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 | Wooden Handbags
Quite simply stunning and unusual, this collection of real wood handbags are all handmade only using materials from renewable sources. The designs range from the elegant vintage styles to the more daring and graphic designs. |
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 | Lorraine Linton
Fantastic knitted and felted handbags and shoppers in bold graphic florals, pictorial jacquards and striking spots and stripes.
Individually knitted woolly jewellery which explore scale and proportion and use unusual knitting appliations. Embroidery and applique embellishments together with manipulative felting techniques result in striking woolly accessories in vibrant colours.
By exploring scale, traditional components become exaggerated. Skinny scarves with large bobbles and irregular designs in vibrant colour palettes.
Unusual knitted accessories using organic embellishments resulting in eccentric egg cosies and woolley toys.
All handmade in Scotland by Lorriane Linton, using 100% Scottish Spun Lambswool.
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 | Argentinian Artisans Handbags
An innovative collection of vibrant and highly funky bags by Argentinian designers and Artisans. Each design employs eco ethics with its use of recycled materials without compromising on style.
The collection cleverly uses re-cycled plastic, re-cycled rubber, industrial woven fabrics and the world famous Argentinian EcoLeather. EcoLeather is composed from re-cycling leather fibres from industry waste i.e. tanning industry shavings and is then compressed, milled and mixed together with bonding agents to create a paste thats rolled out into leather sheets, which is cut and constructed into these unusual leather bags. |
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 | NEW | Argentinian Artisans
In keeping with the funky Argentinian Artisans Handbags, this is a collection of unusual and exciting accessories for anyone of any age! Each design employs eco ethics with its use of recycled materials without compromising on style.
EcoLeather is composed from re-cycling leather fibres from industry waste i.e. tanning industry shavings and is then compressed, milled and mixed together with bonding agents to create a paste thats rolled out into leather sheets, which is cut and constructed into these unusual leather bags. |
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 | Peruvian Artisans Handbags
Lovely handcrafted bags using leather and suede. A mix of classic styles and designs which are a little bit bolder.
All handmade under Fair Trade and ethical polices by Peruvian Artisans in South America. |
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 | Never Let Me Go
These funky clutch bags explore the relationship between ones hand and ones bag. Beautifully hand crafted in India, these leather clutches are simple and yet a quirky statement piece with its feature thumb grips. Great by day, great by night. |
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 | Eco Jewellery
Fantastic collection of eco-friendly and ethically produced jewellery from the depths of the Rainforest.
Tagua Collection
Beautiful & bold Tagua Nut and silver jewellery. Tagua (also known as Vegetable Ivory for its ivory like qualities), is a nut from a palm tree in South America and once ripe the nuts are naturally dried for a period of up to 2 years after which they become very hard and ivory like. Once dried, Tagua nuts can be cut, shaped and dyed naturally revealing natural and unique markings.
Coconut Palm Collection
A truly unique collection combining natural palm fibres from the coconut tree with sterling silver to create modern and striking contemporary jewellery for all occassions.
All jewellery is ethically and sustainability handmade under fair trading policies in South America. |
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 | Hand Embroidered Belts
Beautifully hand embellished using natural dye sheeps' wool*, each belt is unique and individual and will definitely attract attention. Beautifully hand embellished using sheeps' wool that is dyed using both natural and AZO free dyes. Each belt is unique and individual and will definitely attract attention.
These fair trade belts come from an Aid to Artisans project in South America. The project supports its producers', women mainly from rural areas, to support their families with the money earned from their weaving and embroideries.
*a few analine shades have been used where natural options were not available
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 | Interchangeable Belt Buckles
Unique patterned buckles offer a stylish solution to the current trend for bold, colourful pattern, with bite-size swatches of on-trend print adding instant 'oomph' to the simplest of outfits.
From retro florals and botanical blooms, to dancing polka dots and fluttering butterflies, the current range is truly eclectic - and as the buckles are easily interchangeable, simply swap the buckle to suit your mood! |
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 | Leather Belts
Finely crafted by hand both here in the UK and in Spain, these belts combine the finest leathers with elegant buckles and vintage trimmings. |
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 | Organic Cotton Knits Collection
Ethically hand knitted and crochet pieces, produced with the intention of keeping families together and perserving traditional village life. These are hand knitted by villagers in a small seaside town in China. The knitters work from their own homes instead of having to move to the city for work leaving their children with grandparents and only seeing their families a few weeks a year. |
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 | Organza Collection
Delicate hair clips using layers of pretty organzas and satins in an array of colours and stunning brooches and corsages using layers upon layers of organzas and funky felt. Various sizes and truly amazing designs.
All handmade in the UK. |
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