Thoughts from the Loom

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 May 2021

A Highlanders Honour....

I love nothing more than being asked questions, after all I like to ask lots of questions too.... Lately one of the most common questions has been around...

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17 January 2021

We don't analyse you....

A huge bug bear of mine is the whole 'analysis' craze for literally everything....  Where many in the modern world think the key to everything is in the...

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17 November 2020

Bollocks to Black Friday....

It’s that time of year where we see people crazed with the prospect of an unmissable ‘deal’ or offers they simply cannot seem to turn down. All in...

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19 September 2020

Single issue solutions....

It's funny how for many years of your life your were 'glamoured' by the latest thing, that was cleverly marketed with that single issue solution.  It was direct...

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05 September 2020

Innovation or Destruction....

Our journey started way back in 2015, which seems like a lifetime ago.  We, as a team of now 10 die hard rebels, have changed so much in...

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05 July 2020

Behind the mask of integrity....

The face mask.... debated around the world for months.... and that to me is precisely the problem, it was only debated, for too long!   On day 1...

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17 June 2020

How a tartan rebellion has become material rebellion....

The question is how material are you?  All answers are correct, we all have the freedom of choice. But I ask, with your answer and thinking about the...

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31 May 2020

Identity, inclusiveness, pride, solitude and a way of life....

Together we form the human fabric of the planet....

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