Bonjour Maurice

Bon­jour Mau­rice­’s coll­ec­tion is desi­gned in Brussels. The pro­duc­tion of the clo­thes takes place main­ly in Por­tu­gal. The brand col­la­bo­ra­tes with seve­ral small fami­ly busi­nesses near Por­to. Becau­se the pro­duc­tion sites are loca­ted in the Euro­pean Uni­on, the manu­fac­tu­r­ers have to com­ply with the strict labour laws and regu­la­ti­ons that app­ly here.

In addi­ti­on, the manu­fac­tu­r­ers Bon­jour Mau­rice works with are cer­ti­fied by GOTS (Glo­bal Orga­nic Tex­ti­le Stan­dard). This cer­ti­fi­ca­te con­trols the pro­duc­tion pro­cess of orga­nic cot­ton, while also moni­to­ring the work envi­ron­ment. This ensu­res that the clo­thes are made in safe and ethi­cal con­di­ti­ons!

Bon­jour Mau­rice uses orga­nic cot­ton in near­ly the who­le coll­ec­tion. As we men­tio­ned ear­lier, the orga­nic cot­ton has the GOTS cer­ti­fi­ca­te. This means that no che­mi­cals are per­mit­ted in the pro­duc­tion pro­cess. Orga­nic cot­ton also has the advan­ta­ge that less irri­ga­ti­on water is nee­ded to grow the plant. This makes it a sus­tainable mate­ri­al. Want to know more about the bene­fits of orga­nic cot­ton? Read it here.

Becau­se the clo­thes are made from a mono-mate­ri­al, 100% orga­nic cot­ton, they are easi­ly recy­clable after use. This makes the pro­ducts very circular.

The brand also fol­lows cir­cu­lar prin­ci­ples in the com­pa­ny its­elf. They do this in two ways, to ensu­re that a gar­ment can be worn by more than one child. First, they offer a ren­tal ser­vice. You can rent the clo­thes for a small month­ly fee and swap them out as much as you like. 

In addi­ti­on, Bon­jour Mau­rice also offers a second-hand sale. You can bring in your old purcha­ses the­re in exch­an­ge for a dis­count vou­ch­er. Every month, the brand holds a second-hand sale with all the Bon­jour Mau­rice pro­ducts that were brought in.

Bon­jour Mau­rice has a short sup­p­ly chain thanks to its Por­tu­gue­se pro­du­cers. This way, your purcha­se does not have to tra­vel a long distance to get to you. 

Unfort­u­na­te­ly, the­re is litt­le infor­ma­ti­on on the coun­try of ori­gin of the cot­ton. The big­gest pro­du­cing count­ries of (orga­nic) cot­ton are Chi­na and the United Sta­tes. So it could be that the mate­ri­al comes from far away after all.

Bon­jour Mau­rice­’s coll­ec­tion is almost enti­re­ly vegan. All clo­thes made of 100% orga­nic cot­ton are natu­ral, plant-based and have a small impact on the environment.

Bon­jour Mau­rice also has iron-on patches in their coll­ec­tion. It is pos­si­ble that mate­ri­als of ani­mal ori­gin were used in the­se, as this is often unknown. Bon­jour Mau­rice pro­mi­sed COSH! to inves­ti­ga­te so that they will be enti­re­ly vegan in the future.

Bon­jour Mau­rice values the lon­ge­vi­ty of their clo­thes. The lon­ge­vi­ty of Bon­jour Mau­rice is the­r­e­fo­re evi­dent in the month­ly second-hand sales the brand has.

Bes­i­des the qua­li­ty mate­ri­als and tim­e­l­ess designs, the brand has seve­ral other ways to make their pro­ducts last longer:

• The coll­ec­tion is gen­der-neu­tral. This makes clo­thes easier to pass on and share.

• The clo­thes are rever­si­ble. This makes it easy for your child to dress them­sel­ves, as well as crea­te two dif­fe­rent out­fits instant­ly with one pie­ce of clothing.

• Final­ly, Bon­jour Mau­rice sells iron-on patches to faci­li­ta­te quick repairs.

Bon­jour Mau­rice is com­mit­ted to trans­pa­ren­cy. That is why the brand shared the names of their pro­du­cers with COSH!. On their web­site and pro­duct pages, too, you will always find infor­ma­ti­on about the mate­ri­als and the coun­try whe­re a pro­duct was made.