Jump The Hedges T-Shirt - Part I - Field Trip 👩🏻🌾
Two years ago I started a project which aimed to recognise each pair of hands that participates in the making of a t-shirt; a complete ‘farm to garment’ story 🌱
This seemingly simple task ended up being so much more complex & difficult than I ever could have imagined! 🤯
The first step was sourcing a traceable European grown fibre. After months of research I found a non GMO Greek cotton that is completely traceable back to the field it was grown in 🇬🇷
Known as Supreme Green Cotton, it is cultivated using an efficient drip irrigation system & is grown in collaboration with farmers ensuring security regardless of weather & market fluctuations 🤝
Already in Athens for a bootcamp with @fash_rev I hopped on a train to the home of cotton in northern Greece to see it all for myself 🚂
I managed to convince the factory manager to not only take me on a tour of the yarn factory but also of the neighbouring ginning factory & local cotton fields. Lastly I managed to convince him to let me purchase a tiny amount of yarn WAY below their minimum order quantity for my project 😝
You can watch the Instagram reel here.
