SeventyOne

All clot­hing is pro­du­ced under fair wor­king con­di­ti­ons and with res­pect for people and the envi­ron­ment.Only GOTS-cer­ti­fi­ed fac­to­ri­es in Tur­key are used for the knitwe­ar, whe­re soci­al con­di­ti­ons are also monitored.

The col­lec­ti­on is desig­ned in Bel­gi­um; for pro­duc­ti­on, the brand wor­ks with manu­fac­tu­rers in Bel­gi­um, Roma­nia, Tur­key, Chi­na and the UK. Than­ks to Seven­tyO­ne’s code of con­duct, all pro­duc­ti­on wor­k­shops must com­ply with ethi­cal and safe wor­king con­di­ti­ons. Unfor­tu­na­tely, the­re is no inde­pen­dent par­ty moni­to­ring here to con­firm this. 

The mate­ri­als that Seven­tyO­ne uses are unfor­tu­na­tely not all natu­ral yet, but the brand alre­ady made big steps towar­ds a more sus­ta­ina­ble appro­ach. For exam­ple, Seven­tyO­ne’s knitwe­ar line con­sis­ts of 100% GOTS cer­ti­fi­ed cot­ton. The retro car­di­gans with but­tons are made in Tur­key and are ava­ila­ble in four dif­fe­rent colors. Than­ks to its time­less design, the col­lec­ti­on is not seaso­nal and is not a part of the sale rac­ks. As a result, the brand com­bats overstock. 

For dre­sses and tro­users, the brand expe­ri­men­ted with dif­fe­rent semi-natu­ral mate­ri­als such as Lyo­cell and Ten­cel, made from FSC-cer­ti­fi­ed wood pulp. But the col­lec­ti­on also inclu­des skirts made of polyester.

To ensu­re the gar­ments are used for as long as possi­ble, Seven­tyO­ne offers a resa­le opti­on. Do you have a retro dress in your clo­set that you no lon­ger wear? Then you can bring it in to one of the­ir boutiqu­es or send it by post. In exc­han­ge, you will rece­ive a vouc­her that you can spend at one of the four Seven­tyO­ne shops. The retur­ned gar­ments are resold in the resa­le depart­ment sto­res’. This way, your second-hand piece effor­tle­ss­ly gets a second life and you can shop with a voucher! 

Seven­tO­ne does not have an imme­di­ately short sup­ply cha­in as the brand wor­ks with many dif­fe­rent manu­fac­tu­ring part­ners in dif­fe­rent countries. 

Most of the col­lec­ti­on con­ta­ins no ani­mal mate­ri­als, and is the­re­fo­re vegan!

Seven­tyO­ne also has some leat­her sho­es and boots in the col­lec­ti­on. Beca­use we do not know whe­re this leat­her comes from and what the living con­di­ti­ons of the ani­mals are, we can­not give a com­ple­te pic­tu­re of ani­mal welfare.

Seven­tyO­ne’s retro clot­hing is ins­pi­red by fashi­on tren­ds from days gone by. The clot­hes are the­re­fo­re ​‘time­less’ in that they do not fol­low fast-chan­ging tren­ds as fast-fashi­on cha­ins do. The col­lec­ti­ons are also not seaso­nal to avo­id over­stock, and the­re are no sales promotions.

Unfor­tu­na­tely, not much infor­ma­ti­on is known abo­ut Seven­tyO­ne’s pro­duc­ti­on part­ners and mate­ri­als. This disa­dvan­ta­ges both the tran­s­pa­ren­cy sco­re and the other sus­ta­ina­bi­lity themes.