Our Blog: Sustainable Stories

Self Love Unleashed: Meet the Speakers Kickstarting an Empowerment Revolution!

We learned so much from each and every person who hosted a talk or ran a workshop at these events and who inspired us, and so many others, to reconnect with our self worth and take up space!

A Magical Weekend at Camp VC: Come Behind the Scenes with Self Love Revolution

From motorbikes to kayaking, to archery at Camp VC, the Self Love tour continues with underwear photoshoots.

Plastic Free July: Simple Swaps, Big Impact

These brilliant brands are showing the big polluters how easy it can be to eliminate plastic from everyday items. Take a look at our round up of some of the simple but impactful swaps you could make.

A Summer of Love: The Self Love Revolution Tour is Here!

Summer is here and we’ve got big plans! As you might have seen from our recent adventures at The Big Retreat in Pembrokeshire, Y.O.U Underwear are on tour this summer to help spread self love up an...

From Fire Hose to Fashion: The Story Behind Elvis & Kresse's Upcycling Mission

Kresse and her partner Elvis were inspired to set up their eponymous brand after a chance encounter in 2005 with the London Fire Brigade.

Every Body is a Summer Body: A Guide to Confidence and Self-Love

While we rush to embrace the sunshine, many of us can feel daunted by the shift to lighter, shorter clothing and a pressure to be looking “beach body ready”.

Mend It May: Breathing New Life into your Clothes

During Rosie Leech's Visible Mending Workshop in the Y.O.U Oxford shop, we discovered the art of taking the time to give perfectly good clothing a second chance.   

Visiting More of Oxford's Best B Corp Businesses (Pt.2)

Follow along to discover Oxford's top B Corp businesses!

Visiting Oxford's Best B Corp Businesses

Follow along with us to visit our favourite B Corp shops in Oxford...

Are your Cleaning Products Impacting your Hormones?

On top of the environmental consequences, many of the chemicals found in regular cleaning products can also have negative effects on our health.

5 Top Places to Visit in Oxford

The City of Oxford is the perfect location for a day out or weekend away. Combining awe-inspiring historic landmarks with quaint cobbled streets and beautiful gardens, there is no shortage of thing...

Amazing Women 2025: Meet our model Kate

With all of our photoshoots, we aim to create an atmosphere where everybody feels comfortable and models are able to enjoy themselves and the process. We caught up with one of our previous models t...

What a Weekend! Women Unleashed with Y.O.U Underwear

For International Women's Day this year, the Y.O.U Team was involved in an action-packed 2-day event hosted at the Bullring in Birmingham.

Amazing Women 2025: Lou Featherstone - Self Love Coach

We’ve been building up to it for quite a while now but International Women’s Day is nearly here! This Saturday 8th March is the big day and, as you may have seen, we are teaming up with the inspira...

Bridget's Back: An Ode to Big Knickers.

Everyone’s favourite chaotic, relatable, warm-hearted heroine is back!  The iconic Bridget Jones has returned to our screens and has already smashed UK box office records with the best-performing o...

Amazing Women 2025: Meeting Maria from Smalls For All

Here at team Y.O.U we've really been looking forward to International Women's Day 2025. We wanted to take this opportunity to catch up with some of the women we really admire and find out more abou...

The Eco-Friendly Brands we're loving this Valentine's Day

It's nearly Valentine's Day! We know that Valentine's Day can feel like another holiday designed to get you to buy unnecessary items and feel inadequate if you haven't spent enough.  But for every ...

Sustainable Spring Cleaning

January is often the season for a bit of a refresh after the Christmas period of eating and entertaining. This might mean some clearing and sorting out and a good deep clean of the house. So if thi...

Y.O.U in 2024 - What a Year!

2024 is coming to an end! We can't believe how quickly this year has gone by and it's been another fantastic one in the world of Y.O.U. Whilst the past year globally has been a turbulent, and at ti...

How Important are Small Businesses for the UK Economy?

This weekend on the 7th of December it will be Small Business Saturday! So we’re taking a look at why small businesses are so important and some of the best ways to celebrate them, this Christmas a...