Our Makers: Bernard
OUR KNITWEAR MAKER.
Bernard is our incredibly talented Knitwear Maker based in Guangdong. Bernard and his team specialise in beautiful lightweight intricate, organic cotton knits suitable for our warm Australian climate.
High quality craftsmanship and excellence in garment production meant that Bernard was encouraged to start his own business in 2009. We began working with Bernard in 2017 to create our Brooklyn, Taylor and cult Cardamon shorts and, more recently our popular Gardenia knit range.
Bernard is audited annually by BSCI, their last audit was on the 16th September, 2020
What we love about Bernard:
Incredibly talented knitwear maker.
Specialises in ligh-weight, intricate organic cotton knits suitable for our warmer climate.
Strengths:
Investigates and develops a wide range of sustainable fibres for our knits, including organic cotton, hemp, non-mulesed wool. Small-scale. So, very adaptable to work with us.
Fave collection:
Gardenia
Fave Fibre:
Super soft, lightweight trans-seasonal organic cotton
| Bernard is audited annually by BSCI | |
| Collections | Knitwear, Sugar, Venus |
| Tier One Traceability | |
| Factory Owner | Bernard |
| Location | Dongguan, China |
| Auditing Body | BSCI |
| Audit Rate | C, Acceptable |
| Age of Factory | 30 years |
| Youngest Employee | 25 years |
| Gender of Employees | 42 male, 52 female |
| Last audited | 3/11/21 |
| Last Arnhem Visit | February 2019 |
| Tier 2 Traceability | We have visited the factory |
| Tier 3 Traceability | Weyet to visit the yarn mill |
| Tier 4 Traceability | GOTS certified |
| Tier 5 Traceability | GOTS certified |
