One defining feature of fashion today is a disconnect between brands, buyers, and the many pairs of hands who make their clothes. Designers often don’t know where their raw materials come from or who farms, spins, and sews their textiles. This absence of human connection allows the exploitation of both people and the planet to slip by unnoticed.
Ōshadi is building our own self-sufficient supply chain, rooted in ancient wisdom and artisanry. Each fabric tells the story of those who helped to make it a reality. We go beyond certifications to offer a truly transparent model that inspires a respectful relationship to the lands and hands behind every product.
Regeneratively grown materials
We help our partners leave a positive impact on the planet. We grow cotton and indigo on our own farm using restorative practices, putting nutrients back into the soil and increasing its ability to capture carbon–in turn improving the biodiversity of the ecosystem around us.
Radically transparent process
Every step of the production process is carried out by our collective. We employ local people on their own terms instead of navigating different suppliers and middlemen, meaning we can uphold the highest ethical and environmental standards. You’ll know exactly where your materials have come from and who made them, so you can share these stories with your customers too.
Fairly distributed profit
The true cost of fashion production all too often falls on those lowest down the supply chain, including farmers, mill workers and artisans. At Oshadi, we are redesigning this system from the ground up. Our farmer-first format lets the farmer decide the price of the cotton, rather than the buyer. From there on, we can make sure all profit is distributed fairly.
Our collaborators
Christy Dawn
Californian fashion label Christy Dawn was the first to use our entire seed-to-sew supply chain to create its special ‘Farm-to-Closet’ collection. The brand was designated 24-acres of land through our land allocation scheme, on which our team of farmers grew the cotton before it was ginned, spun, naturally dyed, woven and block printed by our team of experts and artisans.
This has now grown to 125 acres, and all the cotton textiles we make for the brand are made using 100% of our own regenerative cotton. Together, we sequestered 2323.59 tons of carbon last year, and the brand described the resulting collection as having “‘reciprocity stitched into every seam.”
Our partnership with Christy Dawn was born from a shared vision to create garments that give back more than they take from the Earth. The Californi...
Richard Malone
Our collaboration with designer Richard Malone has seen us both grow and evolve, illustrating our mutual belief in working together for a better tomorrow. When Oshadi debuted its first collection at Paris Fashion Week in 2016, it was Malone who expertly crafted our artisanal fabrics into functional, contemporary designs. Yet our reciprocal way of working has seen Oshadi create beautiful textiles for Malone’s own show pieces too. We worked closely on his award-winning collection for the International Woolmark Prize in 2019, consulting on the regenerative supply chain at the heart of the story.
Our collaboration with designer Richard Malone has seen us both grow and evolve, illustrating our mutual belief in working together for a better to...
Stella McCartney
We worked with British designer Stella McCartney for the Commonwealth Fashion Exchange in 2018 - a special project with cross-cultural collaboration at its heart. At the centre of this creation was peace silk, a mindful fibre indigenous to India, harvested from empty cocoons after the silkworms have grown out. The silk was handwoven and naturally dyed by artisans from our collective before being crafted into couture for the exhibition at Buckingham Palace.
We worked with British designer Stella McCartney for the Commonwealth Fashion Exchange in 2018 - a special project with cross-cultural collaboratio...
Story MFG
We worked with the team at Story MFG to start their new brand, Gentle Fullness, producing 2000 units in its first season. We lived the product development process as a collaboration in every sense, from pattern creation to the development of custom fabrics that were woven and dyed by our collective, and custom recycled jersey for tees and sweatshirts.
We digitally printed tees, dyed fabrics and garments, helped to make sustainable water repellent finishes, and sourced sustainable trims including recycled nylon and cotton zips, and elastic made from natural rubber. Everything was created by us, together, through to final sewing of both their woven and knitwear collection.
Creating together with Story MFG has broadened our creative boundaries as we apply our artisan production methods to the brand’s bold, playfully co...
Let’s work together
If you’re a brand or designer looking to do things differently, we’d love to hear from you. Please get in touch and tell us about your project, and we’ll arrange a consultation.