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February 5, 2020November 18, 2022

SKFK from Bilbao

SKFK is a European ethnical fashion brand from Bilbao, Spain. It was founded by Mikel Feijoo Elzo. In 2018, the brand changed its name from Skunkfunk to SKFK. SKFK is a brand, which has been founded by friends with no backgrounds in fashion industry in 1999. The success story started with t-shirts and not really any specific sustainable goals. While growing they get to know the “real fashion industry”, what makes them think twice and react. Nowadays, SKFK is designing and selling organic and recycled women wear and accessories. Continue reading “SKFK from Bilbao”

November 24, 2019November 18, 2022

NEFFA from Soest

I have first met Aniela, founder of NEFFA, at this year’s Wear It in Berlin. The name NEFFA means “net effe anders” in Dutch, wanting to do things just a bit differently. NEFFA has been founded in 2004 by Aniela. She is really inspiring und entrepreneurial in finding solutions for the challenges in fashion industry. Aniela does not believe that changing the consumption behavior of billions of people is possible. Continue reading “NEFFA from Soest”

June 16, 2019November 18, 2022

Ioncell from Helsinki

Two leading universities of Finland, Aalto University and University of Helsinki, have created a new sustainable fiber, which has the potential to transform the fashion industry for good. Ioncell is a technology that turns used textiles, pulp or even old newspapers into new textile fibers sustainably and without harmful chemicals. Continue reading “Ioncell from Helsinki”