Scarves and Stuff by Solange

Nice to meet you, Solange

Thanks to her grand­mother and mother, Solan­ge Cools got the knit­ting micro­be from an early age. What was a hobby as a young girl has now beco­me her job. Solan­ge star­ted her brand in 2015 and sin­ce then she makes hand knit­ted and time­less scar­ves, tops, car­di­gans,… She also has a small inte­rior collec­tion with coar­sely knit­ted cushions and bean­bags. Scar­ves & Stuff is warm, sus­tai­na­ble acces­so­ries that are desig­ned and made from need­le to thread by Solan­ge Cools.

All natural

In order to make her brand as high qua­lity as pos­si­ble, Solan­ge only uses the best and most natu­ral mate­rials. The­re are gar­ments made of natu­ral mate­rials, such as cot­ton, orga­nic cot­ton and flax. The ani­mal mate­rials are alpa­ca, mohair, cash­me­re, merino wool, shee­p’s wool, vir­gin wool and silk. She also works with lef­to­ver fabrics and threads.

Where and who?

Solan­ge gets all her knit­ting yarns from Lang, a Ger­man family busi­ness with a fac­tory in Italy. Here the emplo­yees get a fair wage and they also work in good wor­king con­di­tions. The ori­gin of her yarn can also be tra­ced back to the country whe­re the ani­mals are bred. Her wool comes from Peru, Scan­di­na­via and England.

“I attach great impor­tan­ce to the deon­to­lo­gi­cal basis within the pro­duc­tion pro­cess. This is a wor­king method that is often hard to find with the big pla­yers. If I can use my brand to rai­se awa­re­ness among a youn­ger gene­ra­tion, then I have suc­cee­ded in my mis­sion,” says Solan­ge. Solan­ge still makes the gar­ments her­self with the help of her mother. 

Circular?

The gar­ments are usually knit­ted from the same natu­ral fabric. That makes it very easy to recy­cle the pie­ce. Yes!

Short/​overall

A uni­que swea­ter that is hand knit­ted as well. Who does­n’t want that in their clo­set. Are you going to a wed­ding or gala soon and would you rather have a cus­tom-made swea­ter? No pro­blem, Solan­ge makes it hap­pen for you!