Fast Fashion - Clothes have never been cheaper

Environment and sustainability are on everyone's lips, and in our opinion they should be, as the clothing industry is the fourth largest environmental burden in Europe. Fast Fashion is the big culprit. In fact, clothing has never been cheaper than it is today and that is unfortunately not a good thing. In the fashion industry, it is said that the seasons are no longer 4 times a year, but 52, one for each week. Environmental costs, low quality and poor working conditions make it possible to produce clothing at a fraction of what it should cost.

We want more clothing joy

Quality, employee welfare and sustainability naturally have a longer lifespan, and then it has the bonus that it provides greater clothing enjoyment. Therefore, it always pays in the long run to buy good quality, even if the price here and now is higher than prices on fast fashion. For the small vintage style brands we lead, it is important that they take into account one or more things that we stand for, and we would like to explain a little more about that here. So you can decide for yourself what is most important to you when you try to be part of the fight for a better environment and better conditions. It can be difficult to see what is best for the environment, and whether what is best for the environment also takes into account other important things such as working conditions, place of production, and animal welfare. Therefore, we try to tell a little about this, even if we can not get all our brands involved.

The joy of the unique piece of clothing

No overproduction - no waste 
Our regular customers want to know that we only take a few items home of each, and unfortunately it happens that customers go disappointed from here because their size of a particular vintage dress was sold out and cannot be ordered home again. It can perhaps be comforting that this is actually the core of our and many of our brands' production ethics, namely that there is no overproduction, but that only what is ordered from the dealers, us! In this way, we all help to reduce the huge overproduction of clothes that ends up in landfills every year. In addition, you ensure yourself a beautiful piece of vintage clothing as there are certainly not a lot of others who have either.

Sustainability and fair trade from our vintage brands 

The core values ​​of most of ours retro and vintage style brands is one or more of the following; small production, sustainable materials / sustainable production such as water-saving printing, ecology, working conditions, European production (or for our American brands; production in the USA), durability- expensive materials that last! 

 Our brands pretty much all have a limited production. Several of them only produce what is ordered from the retailers and to the brand's own online shop. Virtually all brands are trying to find ways in which they can improve in terms of the green footprint that clothing and shoe production leaves behind in the world. 

New at Mondo Kaos: Swedish Stockings

Innovative sustainable socks from Sweden  
Swedish Stockings is a brand that specializes in producing socks, tights and tights from surplus production and plastic. A big culprit in environmentally friendly production is of course all the fabric waste that is wasted. Swedish Stockings takes them and uses them in the production of their socks. But it does not stop there; their new innovation tights are made of PET bottles, and then Swedish Stockings uses your old nylon socks to make fiberglass tanks which are used for industry. 

You can hand in 3 pairs of nylon stockings (or more) at Mondo Kaos and get 10% on your purchase of Swedish Stockings - then we will send them up to Swedish Stockings so that they can be included in their production. 

The socks are of the highest quality made in Italy at an emission-free factory.

EUROPEAN PRODUCTION OF YOUR VINTAGE CLOTHES

It is important for us to make sure that the brands we sell go a lot into fair trade and employee welfare. They all work closely with the textile factories and the finished product (unless they do it "in house") to ensure the high standard of both material quality and the final result.

Very Cherry vintage style clothing designed in the Netherlands produced in Poland.

The House of Foxy - Made locally in England and in Europe 

Asia - under controlled proper conditions

Brands like Zoe Vine and Unique Vintage are among those who have chosen to have production in Asia. However, there is still full focus on employee welfare. The clothes are produced in Vietnam and China, respectively, under proper and secured conditions, and under strict supervision, so that the employees have the best conditions.

Organic cotton and environmental heroes 

Palava - Organic cotton made in Europe

Our international brands with sustainability in focus 

Heart of Haute - family business with the environment in mind

A brand that, in addition to employee welfare and local production, also has a different approach, is Heart of Haute. They have been thinking about how to reduce water consumption, which is one of the biggest environmental sinners when it comes to clothing production. By printing the clothes with digital prints, it means no washing and no chemicals are flushed out into the environment. Teresa and Mandy who are the women behind Heart of Haute produce all their clothes in a small sewing studio in LA, assisted by two seamstresses. 

The road to a greener future 

So why are we writing all this? This is to draw attention to the fact that we ourselves must also make a choice towards a greener future and new buying habits. If we want to support the brands that are trying to make a difference, we must also look at the overall picture. 

It is clear that for small brands it is also about finding a way to make a sustainable production and still keep the prices reasonable. Therefore, it is difficult from the start to make both fair trade, locally produced, organic and small batches at a reasonable price. So it is important to keep in mind that not only do you buy from small retailers who sell sustainably produced goods, but you also help them to continue to follow the sustainable path. With Mondo Kaos we focus on selling vintage style brands that have these core values, but which also retain the high quality and of course the look that we want to sell and that we know our customers want to find with us.

We are always ready to guide you to a sustainable wardrobe, and answer your questions in the store, we look forward to your visit. 

 Love, 

 Team Mondo Kaos ❤