Ethics & Sustainability.

Below is an outline of the initiatives and processes which we take as a brand to be as ethical and sustainable as possible in all aspects of our business. You can read about each of the initiatives in more detail below in our ethos outline. 

All Maem Disko pieces are currently made from one or a combination of the following fabrics. The choice of fabric will depend on the garments and this will be clearly identified in the description of each garment.

Deadstock Fabric - end-of-line, mill overruns, cancelled orders or designer excess. These fabrics are typically deemed a waste product in the fashion industry and would usually end up as landfill. This choice comes with such limited accessibility in terms of fabrics, and thus no guarantee that pieces will be able to be restocked.

Repreve ™ Certified Recycled Fabric - Repreve is the leading, most trusted fibre made from recycled materials including plastic bottles. Their process embeds properties like wicking, adaptive warming and cooling, water repellency, and more at the fiber level. For reliable, durable quality.

Read more about Repreve here

Read more about TENCEL here

All Maem Disko garments are handmade ethically in an all female, family fun manufacturing business,  These ladies are paid not only well above minimum wage but above a fair living wage! These ladies are extremely skilled and deserve to be compensated fairly for their talents.

Because of the costs associated with the ethical production, the prices of our garments must be adjusted accordingly otherwise we would not be able to continue as a business.

We understand the difficulty with the costs associated with shopping from sustainable slow fashion brands and we want to provide the most affordable alternative possible, to encourage consumers to switch from fast fashion brands.

We will never be able to compete with their price point as we are not prepared to grossly underpay the ladies who make our pieces, however we try to price our pieces as low as feasibly possible!

We only have extremely small quantities made and usually operate via a pre-ordering system where customers place their order and then the garments are made after to avoid any textile waste. 

All maem disko orders are packaged using recycled tissue. We don't include swing tags on any of the garments to save paper and both our shipping labels (purchased from Noissue co) and our mailers (Heropack) are completely biodegradable and can be put in the compost!

All Australian orders will be shipped with Australia Post. We pay an extra fee per parcel so that our parcels are all Carbon Neutral! These fees are to support carbon offset programs which help to reduce our environmental footprint.