issue no. 07
BENEATH THE CANOPY fall / winter
by SIZ
organic, ethical and sustainable fashion
recycled paper
BENEATH THE CANOPY fall / winter
organic, ethical and sustainable fashion
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in this issue About Us All you have to know about SIZ and the process behind the clothes. The Concept Get to know more about what inspired this collection. We think you’ll find it interesting! The Fabrics All of our materials are sustainable (of course!). A variety of organic cotton and sustainable fibres like lyocell. We also use upcycled deadstock. Collection All the looks from main Fall/Winter collection, Beneath the Canopy.
About us Hello everyone! We’re Raquel and Sofia, we’re twins and best friends. We’re also co-founders and designers of SIZ. Yes, we can be siblings and co-workers at the same time! We always loved to arts and fashion and when we were children, besides dancing all the time, we used to draw together for hours. Although it was just a hobby for a time, we later studied plastic arts, then fashion design and later styling and fashion production. We love fashion, and we love our planet as well, so creating clothes is not enough for us, we always have sustainability in mind when planning our new collection. If you’re still thinking about our brand name, let’s get through it, then. As you can imagine it's not easy to choose your brand's name. We knew that we wanted something personal, but not our names. Something small and easy to say. So, when a friend suggested SIZ, we loved it. SIZ, like short for "sister" but with a twist: the Z is a reflection of the S, they look alike but are still different, like us.
In this new collection we’re talking about the terrible problem that is the deforestation due to production of palm oil. This concepts, then inspired us in terms of form, color, feelings… it’s a beautiful mix! Other important thing is the fabrics. Yes, the colors are a big deal, but the touch is the most important! We love swatches and when we get to see them all together! We search for the most sustainable fabrics, either organic cotton, linen, lotus or hemp, or other options like deadstock that we rescue from Portuguese factories. This can be even more sustainable because we’re not creating more material and we’re preventing these pieces of “trash” to go to landfills. We also use sustainable fastening! Other sustainable practices we do at SIZ are: sustainable tags (made of t-shirt off-cuts) organic cotton labels, compostable mailers, reused boxes, using leftovers as strings. And one important one, we chose a seamstress that is a 5min walk from us. So, it means we don’t need to drive to check our clothes, to give her new fabrics or zippers or even to get the finished clothes.
Some pieces are made in our small studio as All our collections aim to transport you to a well, where we work surrounded by cactus special place, where you can reflect. We need and books. We love to be creative, to work something to inspire us to create, right? And from the planning the collection, through what better then something that can inspire the making process to the campaign you to? Inspire you us all to be better, in shooting! little actions? We already talked about climate changes and what we can do about We do everything with love and we hope it, the new nomads and new feelings of you feel it! society, plastic overconsumption and its pollution effect on the ocean, and lastly, Know more about SIZ production and Sofia and Raquel at siz-online.com about Glacier Melting.
listen the collection playlist
the concept
beneath the canopy
A collection inspired by Crown Shyness, a natural phenomenon that occurs among trees and can be observed in tropical forests. It is a reminder that - even when apart - we all live under the same canopy. Many dangers threaten our beautiful jungles, among them deforestation. Jungles only only take up 7% of the earth’s surface but they are vital to the planet and our existence. They store and capture more carbon than any other habitats on land. They cool our planet. And it is the habitat with the most diverse range of flora and fauna on the planet. Today the biodiversity of jungles is in danger. Orangutans are our closest ancestor. They share 96.4% of our DNA and are highly intelligent. In the last four decades the lowland jungle that orangutans depend on have declined by 75%. This is mainly because of palm oil plantations. Today we have replaced 27 million hectares of jungle with palm oil trees. We must to do something!
the fabrics Using only premium sustainable fabrics, in this collection you can find the most soft and beautiful ones, like TENCEL™ , organic cotton jerseys, or cotton canvas and viscose, both deadstock fabrics.
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This Fall drop breathes the jungle spirit, with earthy tones and pops of orange and green; a mix between soft and flowy fabrics and silhouettes, safari styles and beautiful details. Like all the previous collections, this one was created slowly and consciously in SIZ studio and by local seamstresses.
premium pieces made in local atelier
limited edition
labels 100% organic cotton
tags 100% made from t-shirts off-cuts
made with sustainable fabrics (organic or deadstock)
for every piece you buy we plant a tree
we ship in compostable packaging
we wrap your pieces in repurposed paper or a gifted totebag
GUINEAN DRESS
simplicity
SANTA ELENA DRESS
DAINTREE TROUSERS
HEART OF BORNEO JACKET
- 100% tencel Discover this fabric that is a real friend of the environment and is cool at the same time!
KINABALU SKIRT
WALLACE BLOUSE
perfect
details that matter - wooden buttons - sustainable zipper - soft tencel shirt - trousers made with deadstock viscose fabric
match MONTEVERDE SHIRT, VALDIVIAN TROUSERS
the statement jacket
YANODA TRENCH
PAPUA DRESS
a soft
toutch
SUNDALAND BLOUSE
TONGASS SKIRT
same style 3 colours
CHOCO-DARIEN BLAZER
featured in
”SIZ, the Portuguese Ethical and Sustainable Brand You Must Know” - ELLE
“With a foundation in ethical and sustainable design, they create light and airy separates and dresses that ground fantastical aesthetics with flattering, practical silhouettes.” - GARTMENTORY
Sofia and Raquel, Founders and Designers
organic, ethical and sustainable fashion
Special thanks to OnWay Models, Iolanda Almeida, Marie Sztana and The Congruence Project
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