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Celebrating our 1st round around the sun
Today marks a significant milestone for Vestya Shop as we celebrate our first round around the sun since launching in the 23rd of March 2023.
Over the past year, we’ve worked tirelessly to bring our vision of sustainable, eco-friendly fashion to life. It hasn’t been an easy journey but despite the challenges and uncertainties, we’ve remained steadfast in our commitment to promoting conscious consumerism and raising awareness about the environmental impact of the fashion industry. What sets us apart is our unwavering commitment to sustainability, transparency, and ethical practices at every step of the way.
Sustainable Principles
We prioritise eco-friendly materials, water-conserving printing techniques, and ethical manufacturing practices to minimise our environmental footprint.
Transparency
We believe in transparency and accountability, from our supply chain practices to our pricing model. We strive to educate and empower our customers to make informed choices about their purchases.
Community Engagement
We’re passionate about building a community of changemakers who share our values and vision for a more sustainable future. Through collaboration, education, and advocacy, we aim to inspire others to join us on this journey.
As we embark on our second year, we’re committed to expanding our reach, growing our impact, and continuing to innovate in the world of sustainable fashion. We would love you to join us in our mission and help us spread the word by sharing our story, products, and mission with your friends, family, and social networks. Every mention, like, and share helps us reach new audiences and spread awareness. You can also get involved, Whether you’re an artist, designer, influencer, or sustainability advocate, there are many ways to collaborate with us and contribute to our community. Reach out to learn more about partnership opportunities and how you can make a difference with us.
Wishing all a… New Year
We want to take this opportunity to thank all our friends and supporters who have helped us in photoshoots, bought from our shop or shared our link. Thank you for being a part of this journey with us!
Wishing all a…
New Year
Winter Solstice
˟͙‧̩̥·•̥̩̥͙·‧̩̥‧·͙̥̣*̣̥ We’re wishing everyone a peaceful and grounding Winter Solstice ˟͙‧̩̥·•̥̩̥͙·‧̩̥‧·͙̥̣*̣̥
To celebrate this special time, we’re delighted to announce that we’ve released a website update with exciting new features thinking of you! Our Homepage now includes categories sections showcasing our product types, styles and collections, we hope these will help you find exactly what you are looking for! We have also updated the About page with Artists and their own shops.
In our Shop front you can now explore our catalogue using different filters to customize your search on the left side bar. Additionally, there are clickable variations below each product which allow you to choose and preview colors and sizes straight from that page. Also, when you rollover the product you’ll find the very handy “Add to Wishlist” and “Add to Compare” buttons.
Try it all out and enjoy customizing our designs!
Test it below
Creative Nature Nurturers Call Out
This #EarthDay we wish to call out all nature lovers and creative minds to help us raise awareness about the environmental issues of the fashion industry. We care deeply for the earth’s health and want to create a collection of new designs with the theme NATURE NURTURERS.
If you are an artist, illustrator or graphic designer, submit your artwork by filling up the form HERE.
All images should be at least 2000px wide, 150DPI, transparent background .PNG. All copyrights will be kept by the author who will receive 50% of each sold item with their art. The rest of the profit is shared with the shop, fees and our carbon offset partners. Read more about it HERE.
Movimento Gaio, Carbon Offset Partners
Movimento Gaio is a non profit association of water & oxygen planters, working on the conservation and repopulation of native trees in Serra da Freita, Aveiro, Portugal.
In August 2020 we joined them in one of their forest surveillances and also helped watering one of their regeneration land projects. It was a beautiful and humble experience to see their dedication, learn from them and we really recommend you getting involved in their initiatives if you’re around!
When we decided to open an online clothes shop, we knew how important it was to think about carbon offset ways, so that our business is aligned with our ecological values. We then decided that a simple and effective way to do it would be to donate 15% of each sale’s profit to a trustworthy organisation working on environmental preservation and regeneration. Because we aim to foment circular economy, we chose an association close to us and our heart, so for the next 12 months, each item you buy from Vestya Shop will help Movimento Gaio thrive and grow 💚
Who are we and why did we open a clothing shop?
Vestya Shop is an artist-run, print on demand shop based on sustainable principles and created to help us all become more conscious creators and consumers. It was created and is currently run by Diana Matoso aka Ds WAY, an artist designer who from an early age developed awareness for environmental matters.
Our main motivation for opening a wear shop was the realisation that the Fashion industry is responsible for 8-10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and the difficulty in finding alternative solutions. Other problems we identified and try to answer:
- How can we buy new clothes in a sustainable way;
- Where to buy directly from artists and support their art;
- How can we reduce the fashion industry carbon emissions;
- What can be a greener alternative for expensive slow fashion clothes;
- How can we decrease the amount of online order returns by customers;
- How to find and acquire affordable, customizable clothes (size, colour, shape…).
We aim to create a brand that is not only a shop but also a platform for the discussion and promotion of sustainable alternatives in the clothing industry where eco-friendly items can be customised and acquired. For this, we:
- Created a print on demand online wear shop, where only ordered products are produced;
- Work with certified sustainable manufacturers and high quality eco-friendly materials only;
- Offer shipping carbon offset to minimise the impact of deliveries and possible returns;
- Offer an array of all inclusive products, sizes and colours for customization ;
- Keep transparency and honesty about supply chain and practices;
- Produce some collections in small batches or on a pre-order basis;
- Offer artists & designers a platform for their art sales;
- Promote sustainability and conscious consumption.
In the long term, we aim to further develop a circular economy by creating proactive social groups, searching for local producers, expanding our catalogue to sell upcycled items and work with other artists and designers. If you wish to get involved, please get in touch!
What is Print on Demand and why do we use it?
Print on Demand (POD) is a production process whereby products are made to order using digital print technology. This allows affordable customised high quality products to be created only when ordered, reducing drastically the amount of waste from created but not sold products and also the extra transport of stock as the production company will do the shipping straight to the client who ordered it.
Before digital printing technology was introduced, there were many constraints in the manufacturing of individual quantities as industries were set up for mass production, but with the advancement in digitization, technology and eCommerce, the concept of small series and print on demand business model arose.
So all the products you see in our shop are actually mockups and will only be produced if you or someone orders it. This allows us to offer you many colours and sizes possibilities so that you can buy something almost tailor made for you, while hopefully reducing the amount of items returned.
Also as they are handled, placed and printed individually, they’re actually unique original piecesOne of the few downsides of POD is the delivery time, when you submit an order, it can’t just be picked off the shelf and shipped to you, it must be printed first and printing takes time, and as we say “Time takes Time” and hence it’s called slow fashion.
We choose to use Print on Demand in our shop to help make a difference in the fashion industry, by creating an alternative to the mass production of clothes which is responsible for 5% to 10% of the global greenhouse gas emissions.
We believe that with this system, our creations aren’t generating as much waste or using as much unnecessary natural resources and as we source for responsible partners and eco-friendly products only, we trust we’re helping to spread a more conscious production & consumption systems while making an impact on changing our habits for more sustainable ones.
With print on demand, we also don’t need to own a warehouse or physical shop, manage inventory nor shipping, this reduces our expenses therefore allowing us to reduce the prices charged for our products. As the production and shipping process is taken care by our trusted partners, we have more time to share our passion for nature and art and focus on doing what we love and are best at 💚🌈 🌻🎨📷🌲✏️
Sign Our Newsletter before Open for 5% Off
We’re excited to start the countdown for our opening on 23.3.23 and to share the good news, we’re offering a 5% discount for everyone signing up to our Newsletter before the launch date. Head to our website, scroll down and enter your email, you’ll receive your coupon and 6 months to use it! Feel free to spread the joy by liking and sharing this post with your friends 👍🎉👕✨💚
