Little by Little

Pro­duc­ti­on Locations

• Fabric pro­duc­ti­on: Belgium

Lit­tle by Lit­tle wor­ks clo­sely with the Bel­gi­an fabric manu­fac­tu­rer and pro­du­cer Lieba­ert, with whom the label main­ta­ins a clo­se busi­ness relationship.

Wor­king Con­di­ti­ons & Living Wages

The long-stan­ding part­ner­ship ensu­res con­sis­tent quality and soci­al res­pon­si­bi­lity. As the fashi­on label is cer­ti­fi­ed with the Made in Gre­en label, they guaran­tee that everyo­ne invol­ved in the enti­re sup­ply cha­in wor­ks under soci­al­ly res­pon­si­ble wor­king conditions.

Mate­ri­als

• Recy­cled polya­mi­de (sour­ced from pre-con­su­mer waste)
• Recy­cled elastane

Lit­tle by Lit­tle wor­ks exclu­si­vely with recy­cled polya­mi­de and elas­ta­ne from pre-con­su­mer was­te – was­te gene­ra­ted befo­re a pro­duct reac­hes the end con­su­mer. This inclu­des off­cuts or excess mate­ri­als from manu­fac­tu­ring. The logo on the texti­les is made from a reflec­ti­ve material.

Recy­cled polya­mi­de and elas­ta­ne are a more sus­ta­ina­ble opti­on for syn­t­he­tic fibres, yet they can still rele­ase micro­plas­tics into the ecosys­tem.
If you are inte­res­ted in the topic of recy­cled syn­t­he­tic fibres, you can read an arti­cle abo­ut recy­cled polyes­ter here.

Pac­ka­ging

The brand does not cur­ren­tly dis­clo­se what mate­ri­als are used for the­ir packaging.

Water Usa­ge & Chemicals

The part­ner, Lieba­ert, hol­ds nume­ro­us cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­ons, which under­li­ne its high stan­dar­ds in envi­ron­men­tal and quality mana­ge­ment: ISO 14001 for envi­ron­men­tal mana­ge­ment, ISO 50001 for ener­gy mana­ge­ment, ISO 9001 for quality mana­ge­ment, as well as REACH com­pli­an­ce for che­mi­cal mana­ge­ment. Addi­ti­onal­ly, the fabrics are cer­ti­fi­ed accor­ding to OEKO-TEX Stan­dard 100 for dyed and prin­ted fabrics and meet the requ­ire­ments of OEKO-TEX STEP and OEKO-TEX Detox to Zero. The­se cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­ons guaran­tee a more eco-fri­end­ly pro­duc­ti­on and res­pon­si­ble use of reso­ur­ces.

Cir­cu­lar Pro­duct Design

With the goal of recy­cling texti­les at the end of the­ir life, the com­pany deli­be­ra­tely avo­ids com­po­nents such as zip­pers, but­tons, and simi­lar elements.

Cir­cu­lar Busi­ness Models

Cus­to­mers can return pro­duc­ts and rece­ive a dis­co­unt vouc­her in exc­han­ge. Lit­tle by Lit­tle aims to forward the­se retur­ned texti­les to the­ir manu­fac­tu­rer to be recy­cled.
Did you know that Lit­tle by Lit­tle used the lef­to­vers from the­ir first col­lec­ti­on for the win­ter collection?

Dis­tan­ce & Com­plexity of the Sup­ply Chain

• Pro­duc­ti­on Loca­ti­ons: Bel­gi­um
• Headqu­ar­ters: Kon­tich, Belgium

The headqu­ar­ters is loca­ted in Kon­tich, in the pro­vin­ce of Antwerp.

Tran­s­por­ta­ti­on

The Bel­gi­an fabric manu­fac­tu­rer Mar­cel Lieba­ert, who also pro­du­ces texti­les for Lit­tle by Lit­tle, pro­vi­des a sig­ni­fi­cant advan­ta­ge in the sup­ply cha­in, as the tran­s­por­ta­ti­on of mate­ri­als to the pro­du­cer is eli­mi­na­ted. This not only ena­bles more effi­ci­ent pro­duc­ti­on, but also makes a sig­ni­fi­cant con­tri­bu­ti­on to redu­cing the envi­ron­men­tal foot­print. In a conver­sa­ti­on with the foun­der Tom, he told us at COSH! that tran­s­por­ta­ti­on is limi­ted to abo­ut 60 kilo­me­tres. 

Lit­tle by Lit­tle does not use any ani­mal fibres in its products.

Pro­duct Design

The com­pany offers both women’s and men’s pro­duc­ts, as well as uni­sex items and acce­sso­ri­es, and is limi­ted to a sum­mer and win­ter col­lec­ti­on each year. Dis­co­ver the stylish, high-quality shirts, leg­gin­gs, and soc­ks that are guaran­te­ed to accom­pany you for a long time.

Slow Fashi­on Processes

With just two col­lec­ti­ons rele­ased annu­al­ly — sum­mer and win­ter — Lit­tle by Lit­tle pri­ori­ti­ses tho­ug­h­t­ful design over fle­eting trends.

Tran­s­pa­ren­cy on Product

Every pro­duct comes with a cost bre­ak­down ava­ila­ble on the­ir web­si­te, making it easy for you to under­stand exac­tly what you’re paying for.

Tran­s­pa­ren­cy on Processes

Foun­der Tom sha­res the brand’s jour­ney towar­ds sus­ta­ina­bi­lity with refre­shing hones­ty. Whi­le ack­nowled­ging that no fashi­on pro­duc­ti­on is impact-free, he appe­als for the focus to be pla­ced on redu­cing the eco­lo­gi­cal foot­print as much as possible.