Sea Me Happy

Mer­ce­des Schwi­thal and Noé­mie Moe­re­els are the mother-daugh­ter duo behind Sea Me Hap­py. Noé­mie has always tra­ve­led and has a pas­si­on for adven­ture. During her tra­vels, she was inspi­red by the colors of the jungle and the sto­ries of her fel­low tra­ve­lers. The Bel­gi­an clot­hing brand Sea Me Hap­py was born. This cheerful bohe­mi­an brand lets women shi­ne, both at home and on vaca­ti­on. The colorful coll­ec­tions are not only sty­lish but also sui­ta­ble for every body type and gen­der. The uni­que batik pie­ces, over­si­zed dres­ses, bag­gy pants, and tunics make for the per­fect sum­mer outfit

Ethics

80% of the Sea Me Hap­py coll­ec­tion is hand­ma­de in Bel­gi­um. In this way, the brand wants to sup­port the local Bel­gi­an eco­no­my. The other 20% is made by small fami­ly busi­nesses whe­re workers are trea­ted with respect and recei­ve a fair wage for their work. 

Materials

The t‑shirts, sil­ky blou­ses, bree­zy pants, and long dres­ses are available in dif­fe­rent colors and con­sist of one mate­ri­al. This makes recy­cling easy, once they are bey­ond repair. 

Sea Me Hap­py uses dif­fe­rent sus­tainable varie­ties of vis­co­se. A plus, sin­ce the pro­duc­tion of regu­lar vis­co­se, requi­res a lot of che­mi­cals. We see dres­ses made of Eco­vero vis­co­se, a sus­tainable vari­ant of the manu­fac­tu­rer Lenzing. For some blou­ses and dres­ses is work­ed with modal. This fabric comes from beech wood, a more envi­ron­men­tal­ly fri­end­ly alter­na­ti­ve. Per­fect for beau­tiful sum­mer dres­ses, becau­se the fabric feels sil­ky soft but does not stick. Ide­al for a hot sum­mer day. 

We’­re glad Sea Me Hap­py is choo­sing sus­tainable varie­ties of vis­co­se to do their part. 

Sea Me Hap­py men­ti­ons that they pre­fer GOTS cer­ti­fied fabrics, but we see no men­ti­on of this in the pro­ducts. So we doubt whe­ther the cot­ton is orga­nic or not. At COSH we always pre­fer orga­ni­cal­ly grown cot­ton: no che­mi­cals, no GMOs, and a com­mit­ment to safe working conditions.

Animal Welfare

Good news, the colorful pas­tel clot­hing is also sui­ta­ble for vegans! The sil­ky soft fabrics feel like silk, but are made of the plant-based modal and are the­r­e­fo­re an ani­mal-fri­end­ly alternative. 

Due to the fact that this Bel­gi­an brand works main­ly with plant-based fabrics, no micro­pla­s­tics are released that could harm ani­mals and the environment.

Circular Economy

For clot­hing brands, an avera­ge of about 17 to 22% of the fabric is was­ted and thrown away during the cut­ting pro­cess. The lef­to­ver fabric at Sea Me Hap­py is dona­ted to sewing work­shops and schools whe­re stu­dents learn to sew. In this way, less new fabric has to be purcha­sed over­all and the fabric lef­to­vers can still be used. 

The brand also takes the envi­ron­ment into account when ship­ping and pre­fers paper bags and boxes as much as pos­si­ble. This is bet­ter for the envi­ron­ment than pla­s­tic packaging.

Short Supply Chain

By pro­du­cing clo­se to home in Bel­gi­um or at small fami­ly farms in Euro­pe, Sea Me Hap­py suc­ceeds in redu­cing the pro­duc­tion chain.