A little bird told me to take a look at all the beautifully inspired bird imagery there was all over the catwalks for Spring Summer 2012 next season. I’m all for celebrating animal imagery in fashion, a positive spin on what can sometimes seem like a sea of fur and exploitation. But then with heavy [...]
Here at Frank & Faith we are very passionate about animal welfare and top of our agenda is helping out our wonderful friends at Compassionate Dorset. They are a voluntary animal welfare group promoting compassionate living – particularly for the benefit of farm animals – through local fundraising events and global creative projects. Their main aim is [...]
We don’t know if you already knew this but we are one of the 1,321 companies who donate at least 1% of their revenues to 2,312 environmental organisations worldwide. If you want to read more about this scheme you can at their website here. We wanted to share with you details about the organisation we [...]
We thought it was about time we introduced you to one of the two factories we work very closely with in Hinckley, Leicester. We are extremely passionate about ‘Made In Great Britain’ and we hope by the end of this blog post and these great photographs you will feel the same way too. Skinwear Ltd hasn’t got [...]
We spent a long time searching out and finally finding a Merino wool we were totally happy with. There are many organic Merino wool’s on the market, but none that could 100% guarantee us that the barbaric act of mulesing wasn’t being performed by any of the farmers who were ultimately supplying us with the [...]
With ethical fashion now becoming more established and recognised in the fashion industry and by the general public at large (fairtrade, sustainable and organic companies have now been trading for a number of years, their products are more accessible than ever and many trade shows have specific ethical sections) we thought we would give a [...]
There has been a lot of debate recently as to whether bamboo should be classed as an alternative Eco fibre or not. None supporters of bamboo say it shouldn’t be classed as Eco friendly because of the chemical process needed to convert the raw bamboo into a fibre. Chemically manufactured bamboo fibre is a regenerated cellulose fibre similar [...]