CharlieMary’s collections are both sustainable and ethical. The brand collaborates with a small number of manufacturers who offer safe and pleasant working conditions to their employees. This permanent collaboration gives CharlieMary more control over production.
For part of their production, CharlieMary collaborates with Makers Unite. This is a studio in Amsterdam that combines sustainable production with social employment. Through this organisation, people who have emigrated to the Netherlands can easily find work in the textile and fashion sector.
Another Dutch organisation CharlieMary works with is Loop A Life. This Dutch company processes post-consumer materials into new yarn and fabric. A Portuguese manufacturer then produces the clothes.
The European Union has strict labour rules and laws. This leads us to assume that CharlieMary’s production takes place in fair and safe working conditions.
CharlieMary also works with a manufacturer in Turkey, Kopenhag Studio. Kopenhag Studio works with five small, local workshops. Here, mainly deadstock materials are processed into new collections. This manufacturer also puts an emphasis on ethical production in their work. By working with small local workshops, Kopenhag Studio aims to provide more traditional craftsmanship employment opportunities.