Thoughts from the Loom

26 August 2021

Our Label Law #1: What Difference Do Labels Really Make in Fashion?

The garment you’re wearing right now will likely have a label somewhere inside. Why? To inform you of The brand that designed it What materials the garment is...

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11 August 2021

Crude Oil: The hottest trend this season

It’s no secret that big oil companies are colossally responsible for global pollution. We think of the intense drilling into the Earth… the giant spills in the oceans…...

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11 August 2021

Like Sunbathing on a Sinking Boat: Repeal It Reflection

This week we had planned to write a press release about our Repeal It campaign.  It’s been live for just over a month and when we launched it,...

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01 July 2021

Repeal It - Reviews

Ever been online shopping, come across a garment listing and wish there was more information? Had a burning question but couldn’t bare having to send it to the...

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30 June 2021

Repeal It - Invest & Curate with Confidence

In the era of online shopping that we find ourselves in, the experience of finding the right thing can be a tricky one full of obstacles: Will that...

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30 June 2021

Repeal It - A Tag/Label with a Purpose

"The world has always gone forward when people have dared to have crazy ideas" Gioconda Belli One of our biggest aims as a business has always been to...

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30 June 2021

Repeal It - Plant A Tree & Build A Bog

Footprints. Sometimes they are a lovely impression of human presence – like steps along the sand of a beach. Sometimes they irritate us - like when the kids...

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30 June 2021

Repeal It - Ethical Receipts

Conversations with our elders about clothing are very important. They can tell us first-hand of the times where garments were not in abundance at the click of a...

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30 June 2021

Repeal It - A Pass it on Marketplace

When thinking about our ‘Repeal It’ campaign, we wanted to publicly address our responsibility as a maker to ensure that what we put out into the world gets...

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30 June 2021

Repeal It - What and Why?

AN OPEN LETTER FROM PRICKLY THISTLE SCOTLANDAn address to our toxic fashion addiction Why is buying sparkly plastic waste considered a status symbol?Why will we pay high prices for...

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30 June 2021

The Repeal of the Act of Proscription: 239 Years of Undoing Harm

“no man or boy, within that part of Great Britain called Scotland…will wear or put on the clothes commonly called Highland Clothes (that is to say) the plaid,...

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15 May 2021

What brands are truly promoting....

Well it has been a year of massive change in so many ways for everyone!  I wanted to write a few notes about the use of the word...

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