Clothing & Accessories

Indilisi works with Fair Trade groups like Thanapara Swallows in Bangladesh who craft beautiful, sustainable clothing with maximum traceability. This ensures the highest quality fabrics, creates sustainable job opportunities for artisans, and allows you to have confidence in the background of the clothes you buy from us.

Indilisi founded by Safia Minney MBE, has been working with Thanapara Swallows for over 30 years. Located in Bangladesh they make beautiful, hand-crafted clothing and home textiles that are environmentally friendly and provide fair prices and work opportunities to artisans. “We run development programs through our NGO to promote literacy, education, health and women’s rights awareness” says Santo Haque, the Handicrafts Manager. “Products are all made by hand using organic cotton, and artisans are well-trained in a range of traditional skills like handweaving, appliqué work, embroidery and tailoring. Thanapara Swallows Development Society is an active member of the World Fair Trade Organisation and a Fair Trade Certified Company as on garment manufacturing. Children’s day care and primary education activities are being carried out with productive children, including fair wages, improved working conditions, transparency and accountability, child labor avoidance, gender equality and timely training.