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Blue Sky Clothing Co.
Locally Designed, Fair Trade and Eco-clothing
Blue Sky Clothing is committed to making women feel good about themselves and save the planet one garment at a time. The owner and designer, Marilyn Cobban, believes in helping women to feel comfortable and beautiful without compromising the earth. Their process of making the garments is beneficial to the environment, as well as to all the people involved. With two small manufacturing groups: In Bali, Indonesia, with the help of talented batik artists, they hand-make the fabrics of our own design. In the Sichuan province of China, the bamboo is organically grown and processed. Since the dying minimums in Canada are too high for our small company, they cannot make their own prints or fabric. Choosing to work overseas has everything to do with creating unique fabric and design, and nothing to do with labour costs. Most of the sewing is done in the homes of our production teams, where they work the hours of their own choosing. Many of the sewers have been working with Marilyn for the 16 years that Blue Sky Clothing has been in business.Links
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Mon - Sat: 9am - 6pm
Sun: 10am - 5pm
Address
1533 Lonsdale Ave
North Vancouver
V7M 2J2
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