Belamer

Maria and Ber­ta are sis­ters and foun­ders of Bel­amer. They share the same values, the same love for natu­re and pur­sue the same dream: to inspi­re natu­ral beau­ty.

Pas­sio­na­te about caring for the pla­net and craft­sman­ship, all Bel­amer pie­ces are desi­gned and pro­du­ced ethi­cal­ly and respon­si­bly in a work­shop in Bar­ce­lo­na.

They work with a work­shop that is run by a team of ama­zing women with over 20 years of expe­ri­ence in the swim­wear indus­try. In addi­ti­on, working with local seam­stres­ses allows them to have bet­ter con­trol over the deve­lo­p­ment of their pro­ducts and ensu­re that fair working con­di­ti­ons are met.

All their garm­ents are made with rege­ne­ra­ted raw mate­ri­als of very high qua­li­ty. They work with ECO­NYL® and other local brands com­mit­ted to inno­va­ti­on and envi­ron­men­tal care. 

ECO­NYL® reclaims post-con­su­mer mate­ri­als and aban­do­ned fishing nets that have beco­me ent­an­gled in coral reefs and the oce­an flo­or to crea­te new mate­ri­als while clea­ning the mari­ne ecosystem.

The pro­cess of making recy­cled fibres requi­res less ener­gy than making vir­gin fibres. The manu­fac­tu­re of recy­cled fibres uses up to 90% less water and gene­ra­tes 80% less car­bon foot­print than the manu­fac­tu­re of new fabric.

In addi­ti­on, its fabrics have the OEKO-TEX® STAN­DARD 100 cer­ti­fi­ca­te, which gua­ran­tees that they have been tes­ted for hazar­dous sub­s­tances and that they have been pro­du­ced respon­si­bly in local workshops.

The qua­li­ty and com­fort of swim­wear requi­res ela­s­ti­ci­ty in the pro­ducts. The­r­e­fo­re, Bel­amer adds a small amount of syn­the­tic elas­t­a­ne to the garm­ents, which makes it dif­fi­cult to recy­cle later.

Eco­nyl® or rege­ne­ra­ted nylon tog­e­ther with elas­t­a­ne is curr­ent­ly not recy­clable. The recy­cla­bi­li­ty of the pro­ducts is high­ly important, as it depends on being able to reco­ver them, recy­cle them and thus extend the useful life of the pro­ducts manufactured.

Bel­amer stri­ves to extend the life of the pro­ducts by offe­ring a repair ser­vice for its bath­room parts.

At Bel­amer they work to sup­port and pro­mo­te the local eco­no­my.

All their pie­ces are pro­du­ced ethi­cal­ly and respon­si­bly in a work­shop in Bar­ce­lo­na (Spain), and 80% of their raw mate­ri­als are sourced from Ita­ly and the remai­ning 20% from Giro­na (Spain).

Pro­du­cing in this way also helps them to redu­ce their CO2 emis­si­ons and sup­port the local economy.

Bel­amer is a vegan brand! It does not use any mate­ri­al of ani­mal ori­gin in its collections.

Bel­amer is a slow fashion brand! It makes small pro­duc­tions and re-stocks on demand. This results in a reduc­tion of excess inven­to­ry and less was­te.

They have also crea­ted an exclu­si­ve repair ser­vice for their swim­wear. If you have one of their swim­wear items and it needs repair, you can send it to their work­shop for repair.

Repai­ring ins­tead of thro­wing away is the key to sus­tainable fashion! By exten­ding the life of your clo­thes you can redu­ce your car­bon foot­print, water con­sump­ti­on and land­fill space by up to 30% in just 9 months.

Bel­amer has dis­c­lo­sed to COSH! their purcha­sing and manu­fac­tu­ring loca­ti­ons, but for the moment they pre­fer not to publish the name of the fac­to­ries on their web­site, due to com­pe­ti­ti­on con­cerns. Howe­ver, on their web­site you will find infor­ma­ti­on about the com­po­si­ti­on of their pro­ducts and their com­mit­ment to sustainability.

COSH! ensu­res that Bel­amer is a trans­pa­rent brand!