Thoughts from the Loom

03 February 2022

Dressing the body: Replacing 'Fast' with 'Past'

Dressing the body to express ourselves is a primal human instinct that goes back thousands of years. But if our ancestors rose from the dead today, they would...

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01 February 2022

The Better Business Act: A New Contract Between Business and Society

Where the responsibility lies in overconsumption is ambiguous. We are in a dizzying back and forth between focusing on consumers, for buying and then businesses, for offering products/services....

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31 December 2021

B The Change in 2022 and Beyond!

For far too long now, business has been built off the backs of the many to benefit the few. Some may think this is how it’s always been,...

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22 December 2021

A change of mentality: The greatest Xmas gift of all this year…

For a day that is rooted in spending quality time, like so many things, capitalism has made us go bonkers to spend lots of money on a lack...

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07 December 2021

Models: The Power & Responsibility of Imagery

There is a responsibility that comes with putting imagery out into the digital world. Yet a lot of brands turn their heads from this because portraying a specific...

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24 November 2021

BOLLOCKS TO BLACK FRIDAY

There’s a big difference between what we want and what we need. Sadly, that’s been distorted heavily and caused us to feel like we need lots of things...

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16 November 2021

Face It – No Health on a Dead Planet

Our ‘Mask of Integrity’ is a facemask made from 100% natural wool fibers, designed to tailor the best possible fit for the wearer and a zero-waste design from...

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16 November 2021

Why Heritage Craft IS sustainability

Heritage craft is defined as “a practice which employs manual dexterity and skill, and an understanding of traditional materials, design and techniques, and which has been practised for...

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28 September 2021

Tart-A-n POLITICAL

Tartan and politics today. What’s our stance? Let’s talk about it. Politics in Scotland is nuanced and complicated, sadly it has been for centuries and still is today....

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20 September 2021

Making Sense of Eco Anxiety

Aye, it’s real. Not just a new branch of moaning invented by the ‘snowflake generation’....that's what the big polluters would conveniently like you to believe. No, eco anxiety...

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01 September 2021

#RepealIt Ethical Receipts: Why the Delay? Justice to the craft, not just a number

When we launched our #RepealIt campaign at the beginning of July, one of its aspects was ‘Ethical Receipts’. Originally these were to be included on every Prickly item...

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25 August 2021

Learning How To Be A Sustainable Rebel: Our Top 5 Favourite Instagram Accounts

The fight to change consumer & brand behaviour in the fashion industry is one that can never be done alone. Over the past few decades, the glamourisation of...

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