Journal

EARLY MOTHER’S DAY SHOUT OUT

KALOPSIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FAMILY BUSINESS - OUR FOUNDATION ARE BUILT ON IT AND WE ARE REALLY PROUD TO BE PART OF A LONG HERITAGE OF FAMILY-RUN SCOTTISH COMPANIES.  For us, one of the critical thi...

SUPPORTING WOMEN IN BUSINESS SHOULD START AT HOME

It's two days since International Women’s Day and I always feel like this is a good time to reflect. Not only on the achievement of the amazing women we have heard so much about over the last few ...

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2023 - EXCUSES, REASONS AND JUSTIFICATION

It's International Women's Day 2023. This year we wanted to talk about "perception". Others’ perception is their  "reality" and this is why perceptions matter when we are celebrating the achiev...

BEAUTY, DELUSION & POWER

KALOPSIA IS A WORD OF GREEK ORIGIN THAT REFERS TO THE DELUSION OF PERCEIVING THINGS AS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THEY ACTUALLY ARE. IT'S A WORD THAT HAS A CERTAIN POETIC QUALITY TO IT, CONJURING UP IMAG...

GOVERNMENT UNVEILS PLANS FOR WASTE (TEXTILES) PREVENTION PROGRAMME

PROPOSALS TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE FASHION UNVEILED ON GLOBAL RECYCLING DAY (THURSDAY 18 MARCH 2023) Proposals for new measures that will ramp up action on fast fashion and hold manufacturers acco...

KALOPSIA ATTENDING BUSINESS IN PARLIAMENT CONFERENCE

Kalopsia’s Managing Director Adam Robertson got invited by Shirley-Anne Somerville from the Scottish National Party on the 2nd of February 2023 to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Hosted joi...

PRINCESS ANNE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED KALOPSIA'S NEW OPERATION IN FIFE

Kalopsia Collective moved from Leith to a larger premises on Gardeners' Street in Dunfermline in 2021. HRH The Princess Royal, President of UKFT, visited Kalopsia Collective on 17th January to o...

INNOVATIVE TEXTILES MANUFACTURING

From hosting Zero Waste Scotland’s Circular Economy launch, as part of The Scottish Government’s strategy: Making Things Last campaign in 2016 to talking at the British Antarctic Survey in Camb...

TOWARDS A MORE REGENERATIVE FUTURE

This year we are focusing more on regenerative practices within our Assemble manufacturing. This applies to our management techniques and manufacturing methods which will improve productivity. But...

TEXTILES WASTE DISGUISED AS SECOND-HAND

IS DONATING YOUR UNWANTED CLOTHES THE BEST SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION? It’s the time of the year, it's a new year, a new start. A time when many of us have a good clear out of our wardrobe. Many of ...