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Our 2021 Transparent Friday Manifesto

We hate Black Friday. We feel like it devalues the hard work and thought that goes into each and every garment put on planet earth.  In the run up ...

4 Reasons Why Fast Fashion Is Always A Bad Gift

Christmas is swiftly approaching, and many of us will classically leave our Christmas shopping until the very last minute. It's always stressful bu...

Why is Sustainable Fashion Important: Pros and Cons of Sustainable Fashion

Why is sustainable fashion important? There are so many conversations happening right now about the future of the planet, the disasters that we mig...

COP26 & rewiring the system

In time for the Global Day of Climate Justice this Saturday 6th November, we wanted to take the time to acknowledge the work being done from the gr...

Gifts that give: The Ethical & Sustainable Gift Edit

Choose gifts this season that make the world a little kinder. All Birdsong products are made for fair wages, in ethical conditions, which means eve...

Which Clothing Brands Are Ethical?

At Birdsong, we are aware of how damaging the fashion industry can be. Globally, big name brands are still using sweatshops, Nike, Adidas and ASOS ...

Fast Fashion 101: What Are Fast Fashion Brands?

From colonialism, extraction of resources, and widespread workers' struggles, the fashion  industry as it stands is in direct conflict with our pla...

Why We’re Voted the Best Ethical Women's Clothing Brand in the UK

At Birdsong, it has always been our goal to stay as green as possible, whilst maintaining our ethical status. We design clothes for remarkable wome...

AW21: Harvest Moon collection

For this collection, we created a joyful patchwork of our archival prints. We wanted to celebrate seven years at the forefront of sustainable fashi...

London Challenge Poverty Week....and why it’s necessary

What is London Challenge Poverty week? London Challenge Poverty Week has been running annually since 2018 and is held every year in the week around...

New Jewellery, Ethically Made for Fair Wages

At the beginning of September, our 2021 Jewellery Collection launched. If you missed it, here’s a quick recap. Play mix and match with our charms i...

Pollution? No Thank You!

For our latest campaign, we wanted to raise awareness of the deadly air pollution in our capital city. London suffers from traffic related pollutio...

Raise Wages Campaign

Here at Birdsong, we believe that making good clothes is reliant on good people, good working conditions, and good pay. We know that our garments c...

New Website, Same Birdsong

Last week we launched our new website with a lunch event. We invited some friends down to our studio, to try on some pieces from our new collection...

The Fashion Industry, as it stands

(from our 2021 Impact Report) From colonialism, extraction of resources, and widespread workers' struggles, the fashion industry, as it stands, is ...

Meet Our Makers: Liz & Georgie

The women who make the clothes we see on the high street everyday are hidden in the fashion supply chain, making it near impossible to track where ...

Behind the Scenes: SS21

Our new collection is a riot of colour. Made in super soft, sustainably sourced fabric, you can pick-n-mix cuts in different Fruit Salad hues. Fril...

Don't despair, agitate

 Don't despair, agitate - 4 steps to mitigate climate collapse Our thoughts on the latest Intergovernmental panel on climate change: IPCC’s 6th as...

A Brief History of the Statement T-shirt

At Birdsong, we make statement t-shirts and sweatshirts that are ethical and sustainable. ⁠⁠Our statement tees have been our bestsellers and cult f...

Pockets are a Feminist Issue

A brief history of pockets and why they're a feminist issue. We design pockets into dresses, skirts and trousers at Birdsong because we believe tha...

Design Story: A Sustainable Gingham

Our summer bestseller is bright and bold gingham, printed on the silkiest, softest of eco-fabrics. Here's how we dreamt up our designs, and worked ...

Behind the Scenes: Limited Edition Spring Drop

Taking you behind the scenes of our latest Limited Edition Spring Drop, and showing you part of our inspiration and process. Inspired by nature, fu...

Happy Pride Month

From our founding team, to the creatives we work with, birdsong has always worked within and alongside the queer community. As an ode to all our qu...

Ideas for a New Fashion Industry: A Manifesto

The conversation about sustainability in fashion often offloads responsibility onto consumers and their individual choices, missing structural chan...

Deeds not words: How to be a feminist brand

What do Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg have in common? They were both pictured wearing a feminist tee at the centre of a sweatshop scandal. With ‘this ...

Remarkable Women: Lucy Parsons

This #InternationalWomensDay we’ll be taking a look back at its historical origins, and women throughout history who’ve fought for the rights of ot...

Remarkable Women: Jayaben Desai

This #InternationalWomensDay we’ll be taking a look back at its historical origins, and women throughout history who’ve fought for the rights of ot...

Remarkable Women: Ma Moe Sandar Myint

This #InternationalWomensDay we’ll be taking a look back at its historical origins, and women throughout history who’ve fought for the rights of ot...

Remarkable Women: Clara Lemlich

This #InternationalWomensDay we’ll be taking a look back at its historical origins, and women throughout history who’ve fought for the rights of ot...

What’s happening in Myanmar?

In the run up to #InternationalWomensDay we're talking about the women who lead movements for better conditions for us all. We couldn't run the ca...

Sustainability 101: Organic vs Regular Cotton

 There’s a debate in the fashion world about the uses of cotton. You may think that as a natural fibre, cotton is inherently sustainable, but that ...

A social business gift guide

We're really proud and passionate about being a social business. ⁠⁠If you want to support more humane, thoughtful and kind means of economic recov...

Remarkable Women Report Q4

Welcome to our quarterly round up of all the remarkable women in the Birdsong family doing their best to make this world brighter and better. Nyome...

The Gift Guide

When you buy eco-friendly, fairly made gifts from us, you also gift our makers with a Living Wage income. Whether that Ruhela who makes our shoes ...

Sustainability 101: What's the deal with Recycled Polyester?

We hand pick all of our materials, with ethics, function, and feel in mind. Four our latest collection, we've decided to give you a choice between...

Overcoming Fashion FOMO

 have a confession: I used to be addicted to fast fashion. It all started when I went to university. Having a student loan at my dispersal and att...

Sustainability 101: The Slow Shopping Guide

As you may know from the latest version COVID-19 government report into disproportionate deaths, Bangladeshi folks are twice as likely to die than ...

Birdsong 2020 Impact Report

Note from our founder: We founded Birdsong based on our experiences working with marginalised women on the frontline, in women's organisations in t...

the stay at home report

We founded Birdsong in 2014 as believers in taking action - against exploitation in the fashion industry, and the climate devastation it’s wreaked...

Remarkable Women of the NHS

Since day one at Birdsong, we've known that our customer base was made up of remarkable, caring and hard working women. It was no surprise to lear...

top COVID-19 tips from a scientist

It's handy having an infectious diseases scientist in the family at this time. Our founder shares the top tips from her sister, who has been patien...

The lowdown: A rundown of what’s happening to the fashion industry amidst COVID-19

Today we’re giving a round up of all the bad business practises which are unfortunately, now coming out in the wash of a global pandemic. But to s...

UPDATE: How to help/Hope in the dark

Latest Coronavirus Update - 24th March Due to the government lock down and social distancing measures, our workshops and warehouse are now closed...

Sustainability 101: The Valentine's Day Self Gifting List

Who says you have to wait until next year to get the finer things in life bought for you? Treat yourself to some ethical treats if you don't get wh...

The Action Report: Q1 2020

We founded Birdsong in 2014 as believers in taking action - against exploitation in the fashion industry, and the climate devastation it’s wreaked ...

Sustainability 101: The Gifting List

For the festive season we’ve compiled The Gifting List, for everything you need for a sustainable celebration. We know that women want more from t...

Hello Soho: Our Social & Sustainable Concept Store

Our cult pop up shop is launching again in time for the festive season, this time in Soho.⁠ ⁠ Expect the best in social, sustainable & womxn l...

Sue by the sea

Birdsong's co-founder Sophie revisited her hometown on the North East coast to shoot her mother in this season's latest offerings. 

It’s Birdsong’s Fifth Birthday

Thank you so much for getting us this far.  Alongside our external achievements this past twelve months, (being named in the Forbes 30 Under 30, no...

Is XR’s boycott the only way to reform the fashion industry?

At Birdsong, we’re all for revolution. We believe wholeheartedly in the wider aims of Extinction Rebellion: humans have taken too much from the ea...