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On A Sustainability Mission – Interview With Thought Clothes Founder



As a purchaser of Thought socks (my love of vibrant socks is sort of as legendary as my shoe obsession), bought each for myself and as presents, after I discovered the model was female-owned, I assumed an interview with founder, Rachel would make a fantastic addition to my inspiring girls collection…

Thought Clothing Founder

Rachel, are you able to inform us a bit about how the Thought model began?

We began again in 1995 in Australia, making a restricted variety of laid-back cooling gadgets made out of hemp and ramie. Sure – we’ve been sustainable from the very begin!

The enterprise moved to London, initially promoting in markets like Camden and Portobello Street, and finally, a few of our items made their means into impartial boutique outlets.

We’ve grown our assortment since, however we stay close-knit, very pleasant, and have a household really feel. We consider ourselves as a small however mighty crew, attempting to make a distinction on this planet of earth-kind vogue.

Do you might have any plans for increasing your hemp assortment?

Nicely, we’re positively sticking with hemp, for certain! It’s such a fantastic materials – particularly for actions like tenting – because it cools you when it’s heat and retains you cosy because it will get chillier.

Our newest assortment for spring-summer 2023 contains quite a few items on this stunning material, similar to attire in a wide range of seems to be, from swing attire to trapeze attire and tunic attire (additionally that includes our limited-run prints) plus culottes, jumpsuits and easy-wear tops.

We even have quite a few males’s hemp kinds, from tees to shirts and shorts. Hemp is the place we began and, so long as it’s eco-friendly and other people love sporting it, it is a material that can completely stay on the coronary heart of our kinds – our “hemp heroes” if you’ll!

Do you might have a favorite clothes merchandise or choice from the entire Thought vary? 

Oh, that’s a tough one! As Inventive Director, I’m extremely hands-on at Thought and know every bit very effectively. When you ever catch certainly one of our lives on Instagram @thoughtthebrand you’ll see me sporting plenty of our seems to be! I actually love our Kay costume – it’s a wrap type, which we not too long ago introduced out in a super-soft natural cotton chambray.

However we even have a wrap form costume in hemp referred to as Takakura which options certainly one of our beautiful prints. 

As a busy lady, additionally a mum of three younger youngsters, all of the Thought kinds work for me, as they’re designed to be very easy to put on, to really feel tender because of the earth-kind materials they’re made out of, and to look nice too.

In any case, they’ve been created by actual girls, for actual girls, with all that entails, whether or not it’s a busy weekend away or quieter moments at residence and vice versa! So key to our course of is that we make ultra-wearable garments for indoor and outside actions, which individuals love and wish to put on repeatedly.

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