Lonely Wolf

Lonely Wolf works with a sup­pli­er in Bel­gi­um who is respon­si­ble for the manu­fac­tu­ring stages of the garm­ents. This sup­pli­er is cer­ti­fied by the Fair Wear Foun­da­ti­on, which gua­ran­tees that workers’ con­di­ti­ons and rights have been respec­ted throug­hout the enti­re pro­duc­tion chain of a gar­ment. Also is part of the Amfo­ri group, which offers advice and con­trol over the work chain in order to com­ply with the neces­sa­ry measures.

The finis­hing of the Lonely Wolf garm­ents, i.e. the prin­ting of the designs, is done in a small work­shop in Valen­cia (Spain). This work­shop is visi­ted on a regu­lar basis to ensu­re that ever­y­thing is working as planned. 

Lonely Wolf also dona­tes 10% of its pro­fits to social cau­ses. They curr­ent­ly col­la­bo­ra­te with the ani­mal shel­ter Pro­huel­las de Bigas­tro, through the Team­ing plat­form, but as their pro­fits increase, they plan to allo­ca­te the money to other social causes.

Lonely Wolf garm­ents are made from sus­tainable mate­ri­als cer­ti­fied by their sup­pli­er.

The T‑shirts are made from 100% orga­nic cot­ton with STAN­DARD 100 by OEKO-TEX cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on, which veri­fies that the­re are no harmful sub­s­tances in tex­ti­les or in the manu­fac­tu­ring stages of the pro­duct and Orga­nic Con­tent Stan­dard (OCS), which ensu­res that at least 95% of the fib­re is organic. 

The sweat­shirts are made from 71% orga­nic cot­ton with Orga­nic Con­tent Stan­dard (OCS) cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on, 25% recy­cled poly­es­ter with Recy­cled Cla­im Stan­dard (RCS) cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on, which ensu­res that part of the fibres are recycled.

In addi­ti­on, they use direct prin­ting to avo­id the exces­si­ve use of water in the screen prin­ting pro­cess and the inks used in the prin­ting are water-based inks, a more sus­tainable alter­na­ti­ve, as they redu­ce the car­bon foot­print and envi­ron­men­tal impact.

Lonely Wolf T-shirts score well in terms of cir­cu­la­ri­ty, as they are mono-mate­ri­al. This means that a gar­ment is made from 100% sin­gle mate­ri­al, no blends and this makes the T‑shirts easier to recy­cle when you dis­po­se of them.

Lonely Wolf is not able to ful­ly trace the first stages of its pro­duc­tion chain and the con­fec­tion of its pro­ducts, becau­se its sup­pli­er in Bel­gi­um is respon­si­ble for the first stages and the con­fec­tion of its pro­ducts. Howe­ver, the COSH! team has inves­ti­ga­ted and belie­ves that con­fec­tion could be done in fac­to­ries loca­ted in Ban­gla­desh and China.

Lonely Wolf, on the other hand, can con­firm that the last stage of the pro­duc­tion chain, i.e. screen prin­ting, is car­ri­ed out in a small work­shop in Valen­cia (Spain).

Lonely Wolf is a move­ment with its own style. They are com­mit­ted to the Slow fashion con­cept, pro­du­cing clo­thes that are tim­e­l­ess, i.e. that are valid for an infi­ni­te num­ber of seasons. 

Wha­t’s more, at Lonely Wolf they pro­cess their pro­ducts on demand and only have a small stock to take to fashion fairs. In this way, they avo­id over­pro­duc­tion of garments. 

Lonely Wolf likes to be trans­pa­rent, so on their web­site they say what their pro­fit mar­gins are and whe­re they spend the money ear­ned from the sale of their products.

Howe­ver, they can still impro­ve the tracea­bi­li­ty of their pro­ducts, in order to offer grea­ter trans­pa­ren­cy to the con­su­mer regar­ding the ori­gin of the raw mate­ri­als and the place of manu­fac­tu­re of their products.