From the very beginning we made the decision to make our products locally, in the UK. This helps us avoid any unnecessary air miles and offer you full transparency of how your piece is made.  

A collaboration from start to finish, we work hand-in-hand to combine traditional craftsmanship with innovation to ensure each and every piece is made with careful design and meticulous attention to detail.

At the beginning of our journey we found one of London’s last bag-makers and although we have grown and expanded our manufacturing outside of London too, we have been supporting their craftsmanship ever since. Most of our products are still made by hand in London.

Choosing to manufacture locally opposed to overseas was an easy decision to make. Not only allowing for complete transparency, it ensures every product’s carbon footprint is kept to a minimum.

…and we’d be lying if we said we didn’t enjoy the walk to visit them too!

Every member of the BEEN London team shares the intention to have a real, measurable impact on the fashion industry by proving that waste can become beautiful.

 Sharing our love for innovation and enthusiasm to work with new (and sometimes unusual!) recycled materials, we feel very lucky to have our workshop as our extended BEEN London family. 

We make our bags to last, we make them to be repairable and we make them recyclable. Like you, we don’t want them going into landfill.

We work closely with our workshop to offer lifelong repairs to all of our bags when they need a little TLC a few years down the line.