Cloud9 Fabrics

Ethical

The GOTS orga­nic cot­ton cer­ti­fi­ca­tion sets requi­re­ments for wor­king con­di­tions and fair wages at the pro­duc­tion sta­ge. Sin­ce Cloud 9 works with this cer­ti­fi­ca­tion they can gua­ran­tee ethi­cal wor­king conditions. 

Whe­re the fabrics are desig­ned depends on whe­re the desig­ner lives, usually it is in the Uni­ted Sta­tes, Cana­da or the Uni­ted King­dom. Then the fabrics are made and dyed or prin­ted in South Korea and Pakis­tan, this is reflec­ted in the GOTS ins­pec­tion cer­ti­fi­ca­tes, the­se cer­ti­fi­ca­tes are atta­ched for each collec­tion on the web­si­te. On tho­se cer­ti­fi­ca­tes the­re are also names of the last pro­du­cer of the pro­duct but it is unclear what this pro­du­cer was used for and how many sup­pliers the­re are. One of the cer­ti­fi­ca­tes sta­ted that the untrea­ted cot­ton comes from India, it is not clear if all the cot­ton of this brand comes from the­re. In any case, it means that the tex­ti­le has tra­ve­led qui­te a dis­tan­ce around the world befo­re ending up under your sewing machi­ne.

Cloud 9 says they work clo­sely with fac­to­ries that are com­mit­ted to ethi­cal and res­pon­si­ble beha­vior. By this they mean that the fac­to­ries res­pect the rights of all indi­vi­duals, are com­mit­ted to sus­tai­na­ble social com­plian­ce and feel res­pon­si­ble for the envi­ron­ment.

Materials

In addi­tion to wor­king exclu­si­vely with GOTS-cer­ti­fied orga­nic cot­ton, Cloud 9 also uses envi­ron­men­tally res­pon­si­ble dyes to print and dye their textiles.

Circular Economy

The brand itself does not work with recy­cled fabrics but becau­se all fabrics are made of 100% cot­ton (a mono mate­rial the­re­fo­re) they can be easily recy­cled. So they can get a second life when your child has out­grown the home­ma­de pants and you your­self can’t see a way to reuse them. 

Slow fashion

Cloud 9’s collec­tions are desig­ned by desig­ners with back­grounds from all over the world, yet they have something in com­mon, the prints are play­ful, color­ful and time­less. Throughout the fabric collec­tion the­re are fun mes­sa­ges con­tai­ned, such as in the ‘‘Uni­ver­sal love’ collec­tion, which is all about giving each other strength and sup­port. This collec­tion was desig­ned by Eli­za­beth Olwen, a Cana­dian pat­tern desig­ner living in Portugal.

For an orga­nic cot­ton fabric with an ori­gi­nal print on it for your next sewing pro­ject, check out Cloud 9’s fabrics. You can order from the local mer­chants below clo­sest and with the sma­llest trans­por­ta­tion footprint.