epekes

Behind the epe­kes brand is Mª Ánge­les Ruiz, a woman with exten­si­ve expe­ri­en­ce in the chil­dren’s texti­le indus­try, who deci­ded to cre­ate her own brand of local­ly and sus­ta­ina­bly pro­du­ced chil­dren’s clothing.

All her gar­ments are pro­du­ced by arti­sans, in a texti­le wor­k­shop a few kilo­me­tres from her wor­k­shop, in order to guaran­tee unique pieces with very care­ful fini­shes and deta­ils.

The aim of epe­kes is to cre­ate gar­ments that res­pect the pla­net and the people who inha­bit it, which is why they are com­mit­ted to sus­ta­ina­ble fabrics.

It uses top quality fabrics such as ECO­Ve­ro vis­co­se, obta­ined from sus­ta­ina­ble wood and cel­lu­lo­se from cer­ti­fi­ed sour­ces, and orga­nic cot­ton, with the quality guaran­tee of the GOTS and OCC­Gu­aran­tee® seal, which ensu­res that the cot­ton is grown under strict cri­te­ria of res­pect for the envi­ron­ment, human rig­h­ts and pro­fe­ssi­onal ethics. Do you want to know more abo­ut the bene­fits of orga­nic cot­ton? Find out here.

In addi­ti­on, the colo­ur of the­ir gar­ments is acqu­ired thro­ugh natu­ral dyes, so they guaran­tee that the gar­ment is free of che­mi­cals that are so har­m­ful to the sen­si­ti­ve skins of the lit­tle ones.

This natu­ral dye­ing pro­cess requ­ires less water, less time and less ener­gy con­sump­ti­on. All the­ir fabrics are cho­sen for the­ir low envi­ron­men­tal impact, thus meeting the­ir stan­dar­ds of cre­ating gar­ments that res­pect the pla­net and the people who inha­bit it.

The epe­kes col­lec­ti­on sco­res well in ter­ms of cir­cu­la­rity. The gar­ments are always mono-mate­ri­al. That means that a gar­ment is 100% made of one sin­gle mate­ri­al, no mixtu­res. This makes the clot­hes easi­er to recy­cle when you dis­po­se of them. Natu­ral mate­ri­als, such as cot­ton and wool, are biodegradable.

In addi­ti­on, as a futu­re pro­ject, they have the idea of inclu­ding a col­lec­ti­on ser­vi­ce on the­ir web­si­te to pre­vent gar­ments from ending up in lan­d­fil­ls, and to give them a second life, sel­ling the gar­ments aga­in at a che­aper pri­ce than the ini­ti­al price.

At epe­kes they are com­mit­ted to local and sus­ta­ina­ble pro­duc­ti­on, which is why each of the pieces in the­ir col­lec­ti­ons are made a few kilo­me­tres away from the­ir wor­k­shop in Mur­cia (Spa­in), thus guaran­te­eing ​“zero kilo­me­tre” in all the­ir productions. 

In addi­ti­on, it wor­ks with manu­fac­tu­rers and sup­pli­ers in Euro­pe. In par­ti­cu­lar, its main fabric sup­pli­er is from Spain. 

Cur­ren­tly epe­kes is a brand that does not use ani­mal-deri­ved fabrics – good news for ani­mal lovers!

Howe­ver, they are plan­ning to intro­du­ce meri­no wool. Howe­ver, they want to use meri­no wool from a sup­pli­er that wor­ks arti­sa­nal­ly and with res­pect for animals.

At epe­kes they beli­eve that sus­ta­ina­bi­lity is also abo­ut design cho­ices, so they cre­ate time­less, uni­sex pieces with soft, quality fabrics that last thro­ugh the seasons.

epe­kes is a tran­s­pa­rent brand!

COSH! was able to talk to the foun­der of the brand, and they pro­vi­ded us with infor­ma­ti­on abo­ut whe­re they make the­ir pro­duc­ts, the names of the­ir sup­pli­ers and even infor­ma­ti­on abo­ut certificates.