Community Clothing Summer Dressing and The World’s Only Plastic Free Swimming Shorts

Harriet Field
5 days ago
2 min read

Community Clothing will launch what the brand believes to be the world’s only 100% plastic free swimming shorts.

Almost every pair of swimming trunks sold in the world today contain some plastic, even if it’s just the thread, and the great majority are made from 100% plastic material. A third of ocean microplastics are synthetic fibres from our clothes but Community Clothing’s new all natural 100% biodegradable plastic free swimming shorts will help keep plastic out of the sea.

The plastic free swimming shorts will launch initially in navy and blue on xxx, priced at £xxx.

In addition to the new swimming shorts, Community Clothing’s range of classic summer shorts are handmade in the UK in high quality pure cotton fabrics.

The Pleated Shorts are available in classic navy or olive with a relaxed fit, while the Classic Shorts have a regular fit and are available in navy, stone, RAF blue, olive and salmon red. Both are made in a 100% cotton twill and cut & sewn in Blackburn, UK.

Community Clothing’s innovative plastic free sportswear collection features a heavy weight sports short, a short and long lightweight sports short and running shorts. The construction is entirely plastic free, made from 100% organic cotton with cotton drawcord and thread and a cotton & natural rubber woven elastic.

Community Clothing’s focus on natural fibres makes the non-seasonal collection perfect for warmer temperatures. Alongside the summer shorts are simple cotton t-shirts, polos and shirts, cotton trousers and classic denim jeans that create a timeless and easy to wear capsule - good all year round but perfect for summer travels.

About Community Clothing

Community Clothing is a British clothing brand and social enterprise founded in 2016 by award-winning clothing designer and judge on BBC One’s The Great British Sewing Bee Patrick Grant. Community Clothing does good things for people and communities in the UK, creating jobs where they’re needed most.

The mission is simple; to sell great quality clothes at prices people can afford; to make these clothes in the best British factories from the finest natural materials; and by doing this to create work and support skilled jobs in regions of the UK that need them most. In short, Community Clothing sells great quality clothes, at affordable prices and consequently creates loads of fantastic jobs in places that really need them.

To date Community Clothing has created nearly half a million hours (and counting) of work and supported 1,926 jobs. Community Clothing has a network of 48 partner factories all over the UK, located predominantly in the Northwest, Yorkshire, the East Midlands and South Wales.

Community Clothing has developed a unique business model that keeps costs super low, enabling the brand to produce clothes in the very best UK factories from the best materials, and still sell them at affordable prices. The unique business model utilises off-peak production, creates seasonless, brilliant basics, supports ultra local supply chains and promotes radical simplicity.

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