B-Corp® certified

De Bonne Facture becomes the 10th B Corp® certified apparel company in France.

We are proud to announce that De Bonne Facture is now B Corp® certified. The B Corp® Label is an international CSR certification that is highly demanding and attests to a company's sustainable commitment to social and environmental issues.De Bonne Facture becomes the 10th B Corp® certified apparel company in France. Only around 200 French companies have been able to obtain this label.

Design

The style of a garment is key to its durability. Our approach is influenced by industrial design and its principles of technicality and functionality: pure lines that last through seasons, focusing on materials, and working on manufacturing details. Our goal is to make the garment qualitative enough to last in time, also ensuring its marks of use give it more character.

Fabrics

We work with a selection of natural fabrics, mainly cotton, linen and wool for main fabrics, and horn, corozo and mother-of-pearl for accessories. Some metallic pieces are used for zippers and buckles. We are constantly looking for alternatives to viscose for our linings, that we use as little as possible, preferring pure cotton pattern maker canvas.

We implement different types of actions to improve or ecological and social impact.

Production

Attention to production is at the core of our philosophy. The choice of our ateliers for their manufacturing specialties in industrial areas with proven culture of craftsmanship preserves know-how on territories that are strained by outsourcing. It is a social aspect of sustainable development that contributes to society and economy, by connecting territories, industries, and people. The approach of “made by” in which we are engaged is born from this philosophy: on every piece, the name, locality and history of the atelier that made it is mentioned on a hangtag.

Traceability

Our commitment to traceability in our supply chain translates by information requests as systematically as possible towards our fabric suppliers. The transformation steps between the cultivation of the plant, in the case of cotton or linen, or the farming of the sheep, in the case of wool, and the finished fabric, are numerous and complex. We gather the most information we can to develop an enhanced traceability of our raw materials. Some certifications we work with, like the GOTS standard, ensure a good traceability of transformation processes, both on environmental and social issues.

Care

The way a garment is cleaned and maintained has a measurable impact on its lifespan and ecological footprint. We encourage our customers to wash their clothes only if necessary, favouring washing at the lowest temperature possible according to the care instructions, and for dry cleaning, to go to ecological dry cleaners if they can. The advantage of the natural fabrics we chose to work with is that they do not reject microfilaments of plastic in used waters when machine-washed.

GIVE

Quality garments are meant to be passed on, giving them to a person who is dear to you, or to someone who may need them.

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Repair

We encourage our customers to repair and mend their garments, by going to their local specialist or learning to make small alterations by themselves.

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Recycle

We are aware that the life cycle of clothes sometimes brings them to have another life in second-hand shops. We also advise our customers to recycle their clothes or give them to associations.