Xirena

PRO­DUC­TI­ON LOCATIONS

• Accor­ding to the web­si­te, the pro­duc­ts are manu­fac­tu­red in Los Ange­les, USA. Deta­iled infor­ma­ti­on is not available.

WOR­KING CON­DI­TI­ONS & WAGES

XíRE­NA sta­tes that it manu­fac­tu­res in Los Angeles. 

Spe­ci­fic infor­ma­ti­on abo­ut how clo­sely XíRE­NA wor­ks with pro­du­cers, whet­her regu­lar visits take pla­ce or whet­her long-term part­ner­ships exist is not publi­cly ava­ila­ble. The­re is also no infor­ma­ti­on on the com­pany’s own pro­duc­ti­on faci­lity, the num­ber of sup­pli­ers or spe­ci­fic measu­res to ensu­re com­pli­an­ce with ethi­cal stan­dar­ds. The brand does not men­ti­on any certifications.

MATE­RI­ALS

• Cot­ton
• Recy­cled cotton
• Polyes­ter
• Cash­me­re
• Silk
• Lyo­cell
• It is possi­ble that other fibres are used.

Ove­rall, the mate­ri­al por­t­fo­lio pri­ma­rily con­sis­ts of natu­ral fibres. 

XíRE­NA does not pro­vi­de any infor­ma­ti­on on the ori­gin of the mate­ri­als or on sus­ta­ina­bi­lity-rela­ted certifications. 

PAC­KA­GING

The­re is no infor­ma­ti­on on the pac­ka­ging mate­ri­als used.

WATER USE AND CHEMICALS

XíRE­NA does not pro­vi­de any infor­ma­ti­on on envi­ron­men­tal­ly rele­vant measu­res such as water con­sump­ti­on, the use of che­mi­cals, dye­ing or ble­ac­hing pro­ce­sses or the rele­ase of micro­plas­tics. The­re is also no men­ti­on of cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­ons in the area of envi­ron­men­tal mana­ge­ment. It is not known whet­her the com­pany uses water- or che­mi­cal-saving pro­ce­sses or which dye­ing met­hods are used.

CIR­CU­LAR PRO­DUCT DESIGN

The col­lec­ti­on inclu­des items made purely from natu­ral fibres as well as styles that use mate­ri­al blends.

The­re is no evi­den­ce of a cir­cu­lar take-back programme. 

Cir­cu­lar pro­duct design or design stra­te­gi­es to extend the lifes­pan do not appe­ar to be part of the brand strategy.

CIR­CU­LAR BUSI­NESS MODEL

Accor­ding to its web­si­te, XíRE­NA does not offer a repa­ir ser­vi­ce. A take-back ser­vi­ce for worn or dis­car­ded clot­hing – for reuse, repa­ir or recy­cling, for exam­ple – is also not part of the busi­ness model.

The brand also does not imple­ment any other cir­cu­lar busi­ness models such as ren­tal, resa­le or modu­lar repair.

DIS­TAN­CE & COM­PLEXITY OF THE SUP­PLY CHAIN

• Los Ange­les, USA
• The headqu­ar­ters are loca­ted in Los Ange­les, California

TRAN­S­POR­TA­TI­ON 

• As both design and pro­duc­ti­on appe­ar to take pla­ce in Los Ange­les, the inter­nal tran­s­port dis­tan­ce wit­hin the sup­ply cha­in is quite short. Howe­ver, the­re is no infor­ma­ti­on on which tran­s­port met­hods are used.
• The brand does not pro­vi­de any spe­ci­fic infor­ma­ti­on on ship­ping logis­tics, the means of tran­s­port used or CO₂ offsetting.

• Silk
• Cash­me­re
• It is possi­ble that other fibres are used.

The brand pro­vi­des no infor­ma­ti­on on the ori­gin or cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on of the­se fibres. The­re is also no infor­ma­ti­on on cer­ti­fi­ca­tes. As such, the­re is no tran­s­pa­ren­cy regar­ding ani­mal wel­fa­re, the use of che­mi­cals or the ori­gin of the fibres.

PRO­DUCT DESIGN

XíRE­NA pro­du­ces women’s appa­rel. The ran­ge inclu­des modern shirts, blo­uses, dre­sses, tro­users and tops in a casu­al, Cali­for­ni­an-ins­pi­red style.

SLOW FASHI­ON PROCESSES

XíRE­NA pro­du­ces seve­ral seaso­nal col­lec­ti­ons per year. The­re are no refe­ren­ces to cus­tom items or pre-orders.

PRO­DUCT TRANSPARENCY

XíRE­NA’s pro­duct pages con­ta­in basic infor­ma­ti­on such as the mate­ri­al com­po­si­ti­on, care ins­truc­ti­ons, deta­ils on the fit and the size and heig­ht of the model. In addi­ti­on, the pla­ce of pro­duc­ti­on is usu­al­ly sta­ted as ​‘Made in Los Angeles’.

The tra­ce­abi­lity of the pro­duc­ts rema­ins limi­ted. The­re is no infor­ma­ti­on on spe­ci­fic pro­duc­ti­on sites, sup­pli­ers or indi­vi­du­al pro­duc­ti­on steps. Alt­ho­ugh cus­to­mers are infor­med that the pro­duct was made in Los Ange­les, they can­not tra­ce whe­re exac­tly or under what con­di­ti­ons the­ir spe­ci­fic item of clot­hing was manufactured.

PRO­CESS TRANSPARENCY

XíRE­NA only pro­vi­des very limi­ted infor­ma­ti­on abo­ut its manu­fac­tu­ring pro­ce­sses and sup­pli­ers. The­re is a lack of spe­ci­fic infor­ma­ti­on on the pro­duc­ti­on sites invol­ved, the ori­gin of the mate­ri­als or soci­al and envi­ron­men­tal stan­dar­ds wit­hin the sup­ply chain.

An annu­al sus­ta­ina­bi­lity or soci­al report is not publi­shed and the­re are no dedi­ca­ted pages with com­pre­hen­si­ve insig­h­ts into eco­lo­gi­cal, soci­al or ethi­cal cor­po­ra­te prac­ti­ces. The tran­s­pa­ren­cy of the brand is the­re­fo­re limi­ted overall.