Welcome to 2010. It’s a lovely round number isn’t it? This year will see Frugi / cut4cloth turn 6. We’ve been born, gone to pre-school, started ‘big’ school and we’re now in year 2 so to speak. Since Lucy and I started Cut4Cloth in 2004, organic cotton clothing has emerged from the fringes to become [...]
Posted in Cut4Cloth, Planet Frugi
Tags: 1% for the planet, gear farm, kurt jewson, organic baby clothes, organic cotton clothes, pan uk
Dear all We’re all of a quiver here at Frugi towers today. We’ve just been told, by the company that helped us with our re-brand from Cut4Cloth to Frugi – Absolute design, that we’re up for UK retail brand of the year at the benchmark awards That’s pretty cool. Well done Absolute, and well done [...]
Posted in Cut4Cloth, Ethical Clothing, Planet Frugi
Tags: Absolute, benchmark, brand, design, Frugi, retail, UK, year
It’s a tricky thing, this being green and environmentally friendly. On a day-to-day level we can all turn off light bulbs, use Eco-friendly washing powder and washable nappies or Eco-disposable nappies on our babies. Clothes, however, seem to be a slightly different matter. You see, when it comes to buying clothes we are torn by [...]
Posted in Cloth Nappies, Cut4Cloth, Ethical Clothing, Green, Black and White, Organic Cotton, Planet Frugi
Tags: Baby Clothes, Frugi, organic, organic baby clothes, organic clothing, organic cotton clothes
Act Now, an organization in Cornwall promoting broadband to business, have used us as a case study in ecommerce. We’re flattered, so thanks guys! Below is a copy of what they’ve said. In 2004, Kurt and Lucy Jewson left their jobs to focus on creating a new business, inspired by their baby’s bottom. They [...]
Posted in Cut4Cloth, Planet Frugi
Here, on planet Frugi, we sell our wonderful organic cotton clothes both to shops and direct to our lovely customers. As we wholesale our baby clothes to retailers, it means that when you pop down to your local high street you may well see some smiling Frugi customers in one of our brilliant stockists. Cheekily [...]
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Tags: wholesale baby clothes
When Lucy first had the idea to start a company selling clothes that would fit over cloth nappies, I must admit that I was a little dubious. I would go so far as to say that, right at the very start, I humoured her somewhat saying things like, “Yes darling, that’s a great idea. You [...]
Posted in Cloth Nappies, Cut4Cloth
Tags: Cloth Nappies, Cut4Cloth
Just to put your minds at rest…Cut4Cloth is still going strong under our new name, Frugi. Since the collection was growing rapidly to include clothes for older children (we’re going up to 6 years this Autumn) and breastfeeding tops for mothers, we felt that the name Cut4Cloth was a bit restrictive and that we had [...]
