BY BROWN

All coats are eco­lo­gi­cal­ly and ethi­cal­ly manu­fac­tu­red with cer­ti­fi­ed part­ners in Euro­pe.

This 100% Euro­pe­an pro­duc­ti­on ensu­res pro­per wor­king con­di­ti­ons under Euro­pe’s strict labo­ur regulations.

BYBROWN rain­co­ats are desig­ned and sam­pled in the ate­li­er in Ams­ter­dam and manu­fac­tu­red by a family-run busi­ness in Por­tu­gal, Pafil. The per­so­nal rela­ti­on­ship that BYBROWN has esta­bli­shed with Pafil sin­ce 2014 is inte­gral to the label’s DNA. They also work with a Polish fac­tory some­ti­mes. ​“BYBROWN wears the­ir part­ner­ships with pri­de, the same way the­ir cus­to­mers wear the­ir coats.” Rick Immer­ze­el, sales and mar­ke­ting at BYBROWN.

The coats are made with pre­mi­um blu­esign® mate­ri­als. Mate­ri­als cer­ti­fi­ed by blu­esign® are free of har­m­ful chemicals. 

An intel­li­gent, tec­h­ni­cal mem­bra­ne safe­gu­ar­ds a bre­at­ha­ble, water­pro­of and com­for­ta­ble expe­ri­en­ce. Addi­ti­onal­ly, some coats have a detac­ha­ble lining that keeps you warm down to ‑15ºC. The lining is made from 100% cer­ti­fi­ed, recy­cled Ger­man PET from the sup­pli­er Freudenberg.

The three-laye­red S.Cafe mate­ri­al is made of 34% was­te, com­bi­ning recy­cled cof­fee gro­un­ds and cer­ti­fi­ed recy­cled PET bot­tles (polyes­ter). Soun­ds inno­va­ti­ve, yet it’s also very fun­c­ti­onal, as S.Cafe dri­es fast, has odo­ur con­trol and offers UV pro­tec­ti­on. The Sin­g­tex mem­bra­ne pro­ves dryness with a 10,000mm water column, and the sur­fa­ce repel­len­cy is fur­t­her incre­ased with a spe­ci­al DWR coating.

This coating con­ta­ins che­mi­cal flu­oro­car­bon com­po­un­ds (PFC/C6), which unfor­tu­na­tely come with har­m­ful by-pro­duc­ts for the envi­ron­ment. Howe­ver, it doesn’t con­ta­in PFO­AS or PFOS. BYBROWN admits this on its web­si­te, and they are rese­ar­c­hing and deve­lo­ping more envi­ron­men­tal­ly fri­end­ly pro­duc­ts for the future. 

As well as the mate­ri­al, tec­h­ni­cal design is also seen in the heat-fused pro­tec­ted poc­kets, ther­mal sealing and laser cut fini­shing with inno­va­ti­ve design featu­res like tailo­red capes, stre­amli­ned hoods, extra mobi­lity-ins­pi­red gussets and 2‑way bon­ded water­pro­of zips.

The hang tags are made from recy­cled paper, and the texti­le labels are made from 100% recy­cled polyester.

In ter­ms of lon­ge­vity and exten­ding the life­ti­me of a gar­ment, BYBROWN does well. BYBROWN’s pri­mary con­cern is desig­ning excel­lent rain­co­ats; that says eno­ugh, doesn’t it? If something’s dama­ged, like if a but­ton bre­aks or a seam comes loose, BYBROWN will always try to fix it for you. 

Besi­des, BYBROWN has cir­cu­lar plans for the futu­re! As the­ir cur­rent coats are neit­her biode­gra­da­ble nor easily recy­cla­ble beca­use of blen­ded mate­ri­als, they’re now wor­king towar­ds using only recy­cled polyester. 

BYBROWN aims to run an enti­rely cir­cu­lar sup­ply cha­in, pro­du­cing all its coats from recy­cled polyes­ter and repla­cing PET with recy­cled texti­le was­te. Beca­use the gar­ments will be 100% made of polyes­ter, it’s effi­ci­ent for recy­cling! After imple­men­ting that, they want to intro­du­ce a take-back recy­cling ser­vi­ce to clo­se the loop entirely. 

All coats are eco­lo­gi­cal­ly and ethi­cal­ly manu­fac­tu­red with Euro­pe­an-cer­ti­fi­ed part­ners, keeping the sup­ply cha­in short.

BYBROWN is a vegan brand, never using ani­mal-deri­ved ingre­di­ents or mate­ri­als in the­ir coats. The­ir linin­gs con­sist of polyes­ter ins­te­ad of down feathers.

All the deta­ils of BYBROWN’s rain­co­ats are per­fec­tly tho­ug­ht thro­ugh, leading to a cut­ting-edge and tec­h­ni­cal design that can stand the test of time. BYBROWN’s rain­co­ats have a unique yet mini­mal design that will never go out of fashi­on! The brand doesn’t intro­du­ce a new col­lec­ti­on every six mon­t­hs. Ins­te­ad, the­ir col­lec­ti­on is con­ti­nu­ous, with fur­t­her cuts and colo­urs being drop­ped peri­odi­cal­ly in limi­ted quan­ti­ti­es. Desig­ner Mela­nie Brown desig­ns orga­ni­cal­ly and demo­cra­ti­cal­ly, and the cli­ents’ opi­ni­on influ­en­ces cer­ta­in design aspects. 

In ter­ms of lon­ge­vity and exten­ding the life­ti­me of a gar­ment, BYBROWN does the­ir best to make this hap­pen. If something’s dama­ged, a but­ton bre­aks or a seam comes loose, BYBROWN offers a repa­ir ser­vi­ce on the­ir web­si­te and will always try to fix it for you.

Some coats are spe­ci­al­ly engi­ne­ered for cycling in the rain; the­se have the sha­pe of a cape and are meant to be worn over your regu­lar out­fit. It’s also pac­ka­ble, so you can unroll it whe­ne­ver it starts pouring unexpectedly! 

BYBROWN is tran­s­pa­rent; the name of its leading manu­fac­tu­ring part­ner is lis­ted on the web­si­te, and the same is true for the recy­cled PET sup­pli­er. Howe­ver, the brand could impro­ve tran­s­pa­ren­cy by infor­ming us and the con­su­mers abo­ut the pac­ka­ging mate­ri­als and tran­s­por­ta­ti­on methods.