Why is Unfolded better & more sustainable?Updated an hour ago
Shopping with Unfolded creates a positive impact in 3 key ways.
The garment workers who make our clothes are paid a higher wage than traditional brands provide.
You help to fund schools in the communities where your clothes are made through our partners Pratham. These schools focus on kids who have dropped out of mainstream education and have fallen behind. They’re supported to catch up before re-entering mainstream education. The literacy rate in India is 74%, compared to 99% in the UK, and this is due to kids dropping out of school - this work addresses this.
Education programmes throughout India helping kids to learn to read and write.
And importantly - we are also a zero waste company!
Nothing sent to landfill - the fashion industry doesn’t sell 30% of what it makes, meaning many items are sent straight to landfill or just sent straight to recycling.
At Unfolded we only make after we start taking orders - removing the waste from the process and aligning supply to demand.
We design every item with your help, making sure we only make what you want!
We also carbon offset any emissions created in transportation.
Prices are up to 40% cheaper than traditional brands - we pass some of the savings created through removing the waste, on to you.
You help design every item - meaning they’re perfect!
Amazing sustainable fabrics - we’ve used decades of experience to ensure we find fabrics that you’ll love!
With some of the money saved by removing over production and waste from the process we pay garment workers higher wages and also fund kids living near our factories in India to learn to read and write.
This is done via the amazing Pratham charity, which runs schools and education programmes in India.
Pratham is a leading Indian Education charity, they were founded in the 1980s and have helped millions of children to learn to read and write using their educational support methodology.
This approach can significantly speed up the learning process and has won international recognition.
Every piece of eco-friendly clothing bought from This is Unfolded supports a child learning to read and write with leading Indian education NGO - Pratham.
Pratham powers This is Unfolded's education support in India. When you buy a dress from Unfolded, you support a child in education for 2 months, and a top funds 1 month of education. So far more Unfolded shoppers have funded thousands of children to learn to read and write, in the communities near where the clothes are made in India. You can read more about Pratham here.
We believe that empowering the communities with education fosters long term benefit and contributes to a better future for everyone. So thank you for being a part of creating positive change with your shopping!
Prices are up to 40% cheaper than traditional brands - we pass some of the savings created through removing the waste, on to you.
You help design every item - meaning they’re perfect!
Amazing sustainable fabrics - we’ve used decades of experience to ensure we find fabrics that you’ll love!
30% of new clothes made this year will never be sold, or worn! That is 26 billion items of clothing…
Creating those clothes generates 2% of the worlds greenhouse gas emissions. Making clothes that no one will ever wear!
By making clothes without the waste we’re much more sustainable. Our long term vision is to replace the current model for buying clothes for millions of customers - helping to significantly reduce the emissions generated buying clothes.
We only use sustainable fabrics, and we detail what fabric is used on each product in the description. We make conscious decisions whilst creating every style to reduce our environmental impact as much as possible.
We regularly audit our factory partners to ensure working conditions and environmental credentials are met. We also run spot checks on them. We have strong working relationships with them and they support our missions and goals to change the fashion industry.
We partner with factories that are already providing for some of the biggest brands in the world so there are plenty of checks and balances between us all to keep working conditions good.