Bamboo

Easy on the plastic now

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Life without plastic pretty is hard to imagine now. Well, thanks to BBC journalist Christine Jeavans it’s about to get a little easier as she’s given up buying or accepting anything which contains or is packaged in plastic for the month of august.
It’s an interesting and important idea, and one that’s close to our hearts. [...]

Welcome to the world bamboo fans!

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Get the bamboo ready, for there may be pandamonium!
Why? Well, there’s a few more hungry bamboo lovers just come into the world : )

Sweat buckets?

Monday, July 7th, 2008

That’s OK, as our socks are made from Bamboo remember, which is the fastest growing plant this world of ours has to offer thanks to it’s amazing natural absorbency qualities. Here’s a nice little video that shows as much, with the thread on the left being 70% Bamboo/30% Cotton and the thread on the right [...]

Retail sales rise by 3.5%, but who benefits?

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Despite the forecasts, retail sales rose by 3.5% in May, which is the strongest monthly growth since January 1986. Now, imagine if every single one of those retail sales also gave a gift for free to someone that really, really needed it?
Well, we have friends who’s mission is to actually make that happen, and they’ve [...]

The beauty of bamboo

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Our launch collection will be made almost completely from bamboo since it’s just so suited to socks!

It’s far softer than cotton, and way more breathable

It has fantastic wicking capability to keep your feet dry all day long

The fibres thermo-control properties keep you naturally warmer in winter and cooler in summer

Bamboo is naturally anti-bacterial and anti-fungal [...]