Conscience: Garments without Guilt

What makes each one of us unique in this crowded world of over 6 billion people... is our CONSCIENCE. A DNA that defines how you, I and people we know live their lives and individual choices they make... that eventually impacts all of us on Planet Earth.

At Conscience we believe that there are enough believers like us who'd readily support our mission of creating a 'Guilt-free Ecosystem' that'll provide a global platform for all Ethical Businesses and consumers to engage in Responsible platform for all Ethical Businesses and consumers to engage in Responsible Commerce.

This shirt is made from handpicked cotton which stems out of an inclusive growth project which envisages striking a fine balance between the existing eco-system and the human populace, and a promise that conscience runs in every square inch of this fabric to the tag that brings you this message.

After all we must have conscience.

Operation Basis
We source fabrics only from a certified ethical producer. We are creating a base in South Asia before we look beyond that.

The ethical fabric is then imported to Sri Lanka where it is manufactured to the highest ethical facility certified as ‘Garments without Guilt.’’

1. Ethical Working Conditions
2. Free of child labour
3. Free of forced labbour
4. Free of discrimination on any grounds
5. Free of sweatshop practices

Fashion for Development
We use Bibi Russells fabrics for our collection as it empowers weavers of as it empowers weavers of Bangladesh.

Cotton Trail: Shortest Carbon Footprint (300km)
Our sourced cotton helps to adopt organic cotton cultivation of fine cotton to prevent chemical contamination of fragile forest reservoirs tracing the path from cotton farms to the foothills of animal reserve.

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Photos Copyright Conscience, Courtesy Stringhopper.

Stringhopper from Sri Lanka—Fit for Breakfast on a Yacht

I have a great friend from Sri Lanka by the name of Jerry, who told me numerous stories about his country, which I have yet to visit.

Sri Lanka used to known as Ceylon, at least before the Seventies, and is home to the Sinhalese, Tamils, and several additional ethnic groups.

The Sinhalese make up the majority of the population with 74%, while the Tamils are the largest minority.

Sri Lanka is rich in tea, coffee, coconut, rubber, and spices, as well as natural tropical beauty of its forests, beaches, and landscape.

Owing to its geographic location, this island has been a strategic naval position in the Indian Ocean, leading to multiple colonisations, such as by the Portuguese, Dutch, and British.

The Portuguese gave Sri Lanka the name Ceylon, or Ceilão, from the Arab name Serendib. In Sanskrit, however, Sri Lanka means ‘venerable island.’

Recently I met another great Sri Lankan, well, at least the menswear label, Stringhopper.

In Sri Lanka, a string hopper (indi-appa) is a spaghetti-like ball—often eaten for breakfast—that is made by forcing rice dough through a sieve and seasoned with curry and sambal.

Equally scrumptious, this ready-to-wear menswear label succeeds in capturing the Sri Lankan way of life—casual and carefree—and coordinates it for the international man, who enjoys a relaxing weekend on a yacht.

Garments are manufactured with organic cotton, as the design teams strives for zero waste.

Respecting child labour laws and workers rights, Stringhopper is emerging as an ethical menswear brand.

Photos Copyright Stringhopper.