Journal

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2023 - EXCUSES, REASONS AND JUSTIFICATION

It's International Women's Day 2023. This year we wanted to talk about "perception". Others’ perception is their "reality" and this is why per...

KALOPSIA IS A WORD OF GREEK ORIGIN THAT REFERS TO THE DELUSION OF PERCEIVING THINGS AS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THEY ACTUALLY ARE. IT'S A WORD THAT HAS...

PROPOSALS TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE FASHION UNVEILED ON GLOBAL RECYCLING DAY (THURSDAY 18 MARCH 2023) Proposals for new measures that will ramp up ...

Kalopsia’s Managing Director Adam Robertson got invited by Shirley-Anne Somerville from the Scottish National Party on the 2nd of February 2023 t...

Kalopsia Collective moved from Leith to a larger premises on Gardeners' Street in Dunfermline in 2021. HRH The Princess Royal, President of UKFT...

From hosting Zero Waste Scotland’s Circular Economy launch, as part of The Scottish Government’s strategy: Making Things Last campaign in 2016 ...

This year we are focusing more on regenerative practices within our Assemble manufacturing. This applies to our management techniques and manufact...

IS DONATING YOUR UNWANTED CLOTHES THE BEST SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION? It’s the time of the year, it's a new year, a new start. A time when many of ...

As someone with a disability that is hard to spot from the outside, I'm often asked about the challenges presented by the “invisible nature of...

Did you know that 75% of the 60-70 million garment and textile workers around the world are women? When we talk about the abuse of workers’ rights...

WE ARE TRULY OVER THE MOON TO SHARE THE NEWS THAT WE AT KALOPSIA, TOGETHER WITH THE HELP FROM SCOTTISH COMMUNITIES FINANCE, ARE LOOKING TO RAIS...

Engagement with the wider industry has also been a key part of what we do. The lack of communication in fashion and textiles is one of the key t...

In 2016, back when we started manufacturing full-time, the world was a very different place. One thing was the same though, starting a textile ...