Profession / role:

Director

Company / organisation:

Avitas Earth Ltd

My primary role in relation to fashion is:

Entrepreneur

I am looking to discover or buy

Advice re: sourcing fabrics in the UK/EU - interested in cooperative working to establish textiles manufacturing esp knitted fabric -

About me / About business or organisation:

Early stages of start up designing, instructing manufacture and retailing of male fashion items using natural and organic fabrics particularly hemp, organic cotton, nettle fabric and wool. Overall aim is set up a factory in UK manufacturing garments The ethos is to set up sustainablly and with social and environmental responsibility

Career history / Company history:

Former teacher so a career change to self-employment
Long interest in different environments and their textile art including vegetable dying techniques.
Company is a start-up so laying foundations