Changing the future of footwear
We were tired of fast fashion companies run by billionaires putting profit first and promising to do right by 2030 so we put everything on the line to do it ourselves.
Endless late nights working, researching and developing, whilst also completing a degree saw us scrap hundreds of shoe designs, brand names and logos until we decided to commit to making Trash Planet a reality - by going on a 2,600km journey in a broken £200 car.
An (un)comfortable home for 5 days
It was January 2020 when we left university. We packed pretty much everything we owned into storage (that we didn't need for a while) and packed our car to the brim and drove all the way through France and Spain to get to our factory in Portugal. We took the exact journey shown on the map.
When we finally arrived in Portugal we had nowhere to stay (organised as ever) so hung around in cafe's for almost a week and stayed in hostels until we found somewhere to live.
A week or so later, we found a place to live and got to work...
Staying Home and Building Trash Planet During Lockdown
However, in just our second month we were put into lockdown due to COVID-19. As we'd driven to Portugal, we had no easy way back home. We couldn't catch a flight back and the ferries had stopped running.
So we worked from our tiny rented flat for the next 6 months until the restrictions were lifted... and finally launched Trash Planet from our tiny studio flat in June 2020.
We didn't feel it was right trying to build trash planet from thousands of miles away.
We still work with the same European suppliers and manufacturers today. Living in Portugal means we can work closely alongside them and ensure ethical working conditions.
"DROP 3" FUTURE FOOTWEAR
