Our Conscious Shopping Manifesto

At Gingham Palace we want to contribute to your happiness, not only by creating unique garments in natural/recycled materials & in a creative & harmonic atmosphere, but by doing it so responsibly. We have seized the wake of a new fashion movement which has been brewing for a while: to stop the crazy fashion vicious circle.

Let us explain.

Why should we be selling bikinis in January & marking them down in June, just before most of us go on holiday? Same with presenting the new season coats in August, does this make any sense?

Why should we produce hundreds of thousands of units, even if we don’t know they are going to sell, therefore burning all the margins when having to discount these garments, or even worse, literally burning these items if unsold after a couple of years?

Why do brands have to produce 2, 3, 4 new collections each year, burning (again) the creativity powers of the design teams worldwide, spending tons of money & resources in this process & seeing these collections become old & unwanted after just a few months? Think about all that comes to play for each new collection: finding the inspiration & designing it, sourcing the materials, producing it, selling it, etc etc. all of this for just 6 months of life? Are we insane?

Our model is based on pre-order, and therefore we will produce what we know we will sell. We also won’t be selling our garments everywhere and by having control of our pieces, we have control over their prices (you won’t find GP’s garments cheaper anywhere else than here). All this ensures that no resources are wasted, fair salaries are paid to the suppliers & manufacturers, the creative teams don’t get burned & most importantly, we contribute to a better, more responsible, way of consumption!

When you pre-order a garment at Gingham Palace, you might have to wait just a bit for this item to arrive to you, but don’t they say all good things are worth waiting for?

At Gingham Palace we take sustainability very seriously and it is part of our DNA. This is our promise to you:

We will only use natural, recycled or stock leftover fabrics to produce your clothes.

We will use a pre-order model in order to avoid mass production & waste. By sourcing our raw materials & producing locally, we will aim to reduce as much as possible the carbon footprint during the production process.

We will try to provide with the best information so you know what you're buying, we will only offer standard shipping when we send to you, we will use recycled & recyclable packaging material & minimal packaging to reduce waste & we will always encourage to alter your goodies for a perfect fit!

We want to empower the people we work with & form a partnership. We will choose to work with small teams of highly qualified workers of the garment manufacturing sector (fabric suppliers, patron makers, cutters & seamstresses, hat makers, artisans etc. ) with whom we will forge a close relationship & to which honest wages will be paid. Locally.

Lastly, we will invest in innovation & creativity: the world would be an extremely boring place if we wouldn’t have creators, artisans & artists. That is why we want to preserve fashion & garment making as an art, ensuring creativity, handcraft is kept alive. 

For more information on our pre-oder model please see our FAQ section

*To read more about the Rewiring Fashion movement see: https://www.rewiringfashion.org/