SUSTAINABILITY
Our ethnic awareness, global footprint and zero waste contribution.
We try to continually improve aspects of ourselves, our footprint & affect on the world, one step at a time.
Starting with each model, lovingly & carefully created for the range by Spanish Fashion Designer EPR. She draws from a lifetime of Sun, Beach & Moda, work & passion. Growing up between the pulsing fashion powerhouse of Madrid & the vibrant Islands of & around Ibiza in the Mediterranean, EP launched on a decade long journey of living in exotic locations around the Globe to search out unique styles, traditions, fabrics & finishings along with vintage techniques such as crochet & macrame from different heritage, which along with her fiery Spanish eye & culture, pushes straight into the collection & development of iconic styles to live above fashion moments & become treasured items in your personal collection, helping further towards zero waste & longevity of love & use.
Cultural conscious
We are certainly reactive to this.
Your beautiful swimsuit has been exquisitely hand crafted by native artisans on the tropical island of Bali. In an environment of sunshine, palm trees, abundance of colour in everything from spices to dress, smiling faces, rich mystic culture & music, steeped traditions, stunning beaches, sunsets and crystal clear waters. A place where time is not as important as the life path you follow.
The construction of your swimsuit occurs in tiny batch runs, in small villages surrounding the Island’s city of Denpasar by local people working happily from their homes. Quite probably with incense burning in the background, local music crackling out from an old fm radio & hot jasmine tea brewing. This way we avoid factory scenarios and truely support many local families and the culture surrounding them without interrupting their lives. A dependable network such as this has taken quite some years and work to develop.
We all try continually to minimalise any waste in materials, replace paperwork with online notes & recycle what we can of course.
Quality control is stringent, everyone we work exclusively with takes pride in their workmanship. Each piece is carefully examined and only finished pieces of the highest standard are accepted to our warehouse. Minor imperfections due to hand work are accepted as characteristics of authenticity but the artisans & seamstresses are masters of their craft and it’s hard to fault them.
By purchasing Silkana swimwear, you have contributed to supporting these families, their continuing culture & many smiles including those of the small suppliers of each component that goes into our swimsuits, which in turn offers them stability and the time they invest in their incredible traditional lives and culture, truely a world heritage & treasure.