Repose AMS

Unfort­u­na­te­ly, litt­le is known about the count­ries whe­re Repo­se AMS pro­du­ces its coll­ec­tions. 84% of the 2021 sum­mer coll­ec­tion were ethi­cal­ly pro­du­ced in Por­tu­gal but no infor­ma­ti­on is lis­ted for the other pro­ducts. It’s the­r­e­fo­re very dif­fi­cult to cor­rect­ly assess the con­di­ti­ons in which their clot­hing is produced. 

The Repo­se AMS web­site does sta­te that 70% of the coll­ec­tion is made from GOTS-cer­ti­fied (Glo­bal Orga­nic Tex­ti­le Stan­dard) orga­nic cot­ton. In addi­ti­on to respect for the envi­ron­ment, the GOTS label does also ensu­re cer­tain working con­di­ti­ons. We assu­me the­r­e­fo­re that a lar­ge part of the Repo­se AMS coll­ec­tion is pro­du­ced in ethi­cal con­di­ti­ons.

The majo­ri­ty of the coll­ec­tion is made from orga­nic cot­ton, mea­ning less water and pesti­ci­des were used at the gro­wing stage. The GOTS label also gua­ran­tees that no harmful che­mi­cals were used in pro­duc­tion and that the pro­duct was made in good conditions. 

The Repo­se AMS coll­ec­tion also uses other sus­tainable mate­ri­als, such as Ten­cel made from wood pulp. Unfort­u­na­te­ly, the brand does also offer less sus­tainable pro­ducts, such as a dress made from a blend of poly­ami­de and viscose.

If an item of clot­hing is 100% com­po­sed of natu­ral mate­ri­als such as (orga­nic) cot­ton and free of harmful che­mi­cals, then it is biode­gra­da­ble. Seve­ral Repo­se AMS items are the­r­e­fo­re biode­gra­da­ble, and con­tri­bu­te to the over­all cir­cu­la­ri­ty of the brand. 

The com­pa­ny has also star­ted a cir­cu­lar pro­ject aiming to give child­ren’s clo­thes a second life. Par­ti­ci­pa­te in ​‘Rel­oved’ by brin­ging in old clo­thes – you’ll get a vou­ch­er in return and Repo­se AMS will resell your clothes.

Their coll­ec­tion is desi­gned in the Net­her­lands and some of it is pro­du­ced in Por­tu­gal. Unfort­u­na­te­ly, this is no gua­ran­tee that Repo­se AMS has a short chain. Due to a gene­ral lack of infor­ma­ti­on about the ori­g­ins of the pro­ducts and mate­ri­als used, it is dif­fi­cult for us to assess their sup­p­ly chain. For exam­p­le, it is pos­si­ble that their cot­ton is from Chi­na and their meri­no wool from Aus­tra­lia as the­se are the lar­gest pro­du­cing count­ries of the­se materials.

Some items in the coll­ec­tion are made from meri­no wool. They are cer­ti­fied by OEKO-Tex which gua­ran­tees that no harmful che­mi­cals are pre­sent in the final pro­duct but, unfort­u­na­te­ly, does not speak to the wel­fa­re of the ani­mals… OEKO-Tex does not gua­ran­tee that the wool is mulesing-free.

Repo­se AMS is com­mit­ted to qua­li­ty in order to gua­ran­tee the long life of its pro­ducts. Its Rel­oved pro­ject also ensu­res Repo­se clo­thes can live mul­ti­ple lives with seve­ral children! 

Repo­se AMS offers a modern ver­si­on of seven­ties style children’s clo­thes resul­ting in shirts, dres­ses and more, in colourful prints, crea­ti­ve colour palet­tes and ear­thy tones. Their tim­e­l­ess designs and high qua­li­ty mean their clo­thes will stay beau­tiful for a long time.

Unfort­u­na­te­ly, the brand does not score very well on trans­pa­ren­cy, as the­re is litt­le infor­ma­ti­on available about the count­ries of ori­gin of the mate­ri­als and the loca­ti­ons of production.