What we can actually claim

The fibers

Cotton and jute. That is the whole line.

• 100% cotton — The Everyday Tee, The Soft Layer, The Easy Trouser
• 95% cotton / 5% spandex — The Quiet Sweatshirt. The stretch is why it holds its shape instead of going shapeless at the cuffs.
• 90% cotton / 10% polyester — The Weekend Trouser. It’s a brushed fleece; the small amount of polyester is what keeps the brushing from flattening out after a few washes.
• 50% jute / 50% cotton — The Long Quiet

Every percentage above is the one sewn into the garment.

We don’t claim organic certification, because we don’t hold one. We don’t claim recycled content, because there isn’t any. If that changes, this page changes first.

Where it’s made

In India, through FDH Textile Impex, in small batches. Cotton has been understood there for a long time — not as a commodity, but as a relationship between fabric and body.

When you’re done with it

We looked seriously at taking worn pieces back and shipping them to India to be recycled into new fiber. The math doesn’t work. Freight across an ocean costs more — in money and in fuel — than the recovered fiber is worth. Building a program that reads well and doesn’t add up isn’t something we’re willing to do.

So the honest answer is simpler: when an FDH piece has finished its life with you, pass it on where you are. A local charity resale shop — Goodwill and others like it — puts a wearable garment back into use immediately, with no ocean in between.

Pieces that come back to us and can’t be resold go the same way, locally, rather than into a bin.