Ecouture Stories

Welcome to Ecouture Stories – A glimpse into the Ecouture Collective. Here, we share stories about design, materials, and processes—and introduce the designers we invite into our community. Meet the people behind it all. ...

Ecouture

07/06/2025

Copenhagen, News

Become part of Ecouture Collective

A creative community for environmentally conscious designers Ecouture Collective is a community of designers and craftspeople who share a desire to create beautiful products and works of art with the environment in mind....

Ecouture

18/03/2026

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Design, Fashion, Attitude

Visiting sewing factories in India - How your clothes are made

Have you noticed our new productions from India? In 2024, Johanne Helger traveled to India on behalf of Ecouture to make new contacts and find the right partners. We care a lot about ...

Johanne

27/11/2024

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Fashion, Environment

The history of nylon stockings: Why tights need to be repaired and recycled

The Age of Nylon: From Wonder Invention to Environmental Problem Anyone who has seen Matador will remember the scene from the final episode of the series where businessman Mads Skjern offers entrepreneur Agnes Jensen a job in his dryer.

Johanne

17/11/2024

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Guides, Attitude, Environment

Mother's Day

What a great day to celebrate all the amazing mothers who have given us life, love and some of our little quirks! Mother's Day was invented in the United States in 1872 by American author and women's suffrage advocate J...

Johanne

11/05/2023

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Design, Attitude, Environment

Earth Day: The story behind it and my advice on how to take part in the green revolution

Happy Mrs. Mother Earth's Day! There are countless anniversaries. But today we're focusing on something a little more serious in my opinion - Earth Day - which is slowly gaining ground in Denmark. H...

Johanne

22/04/2022

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Copenhagen, News

The magical story of Ecouture's new premises at Gråbrødretorv

A place finds you before you find it. Right in the heart of Copenhagen. In a building dating back to 1732. A new story begins—here’s the story of how I stumbled upon these beautiful old premises on Gråbrødretorv. I was looking for a...

Johanne

19/01/2022

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Attitude, Environment

7 easy tips: How to save the environment when doing laundry

Almost half of a garment's environmental footprint is left at home At Ecouture, we have taken 60% of the responsibility for minimizing the environmental footprint of our clothes. The other 40% is up to you, according to several studies...

Ecouture

18/03/2021

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Attitude, Environment, Textiles

Why your cotton clothing should always be organic

We've said it before, but it can't be said too often. Conventional, non-organic cotton is a piece of shit. For example, organic cotton farming emits up to 94% less greenhouse gases than a conventional product...

Helene Liliendahl

27/03/2019

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Design, Guides, Costumes, Environment

Step by step: Sew sleeves on dresses like grandma did

When our grandmothers were young, they sewed sleeves into their clothes. That was really good thinking! Sleeves protect your clothes from underarm sweat - avoiding sweat stains - and washing your clothes can be drawn...

Johanne

05/07/2018

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Fashion, Environment

Re-desing: Make your own upcycled silk tie skirt

My interest in sustainable and ecological design started at the very beginning of this millennium. At the time, I was teaching re-design at the Ecological Production School. The realization of how polluting the textile industry is...

Ecouture

15/02/2016

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Design, Fashion

Behind the production - Visit to the sewing factory in Bulgaria

Ecouture uses only European sewing workshops in Poland, Bulgaria, and Lithuania, respectively. In this blog post, you will visit the Pronto Moda sewing workshop in Bulgaria. I have just been there. The European ...

Ecouture

28/09/2015

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