Our Blog: Sustainable Stories

Ask Me Anything......Again!

Last year, we invited our Positive Pants Club (that's you lovely lot!) to quiz our Founder & CEO Sarah with your top questions about running a sustainable business. After a busy few months of C...

Three little-known facts about Y.O.U

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, hopefully you already know just how passionate we are about underwear being universally available to people in all communities, but how well do you really k...

Our guide to a tasty Veganuary

Are you vegan curious or have you already converted to a plant-based diet? The start of the year (Veganuary instead of January) - is the perfect time to explore some alternative dietary choices th...

Best of Y.O.U in 2022!

In this last blog of the year, we're celebrating the moments we're most proud of in 2022, and sharing a sneak preview of what's to come in 2023 - including the launch of our fibre-to-fibre recyclin...

Christmas Eco Gifts - Organic and Ethical for under £20! 🎄

Help is here! If you need last minute eco-friendly gifts, you could find JUST what you're looking for below - we've got eco gifts from £10 to £20 including organic cotton hair scrunchies, organic c...

Have an Ethical Christmas - Support a Small Business

Christmas is fast approaching, and it’s the perfect time to highlight Small Business Saturday to help kick start or top up your gift shopping this Saturday 3rd December! Small Business Saturday UK ...

Turning Black Friday GREEN!

It's that mayhem time of year again! Today is known as "Black Friday" - the start of the Christmas shopping season when retailers slash their prices with sky high discounts to woo us and make us fo...

Are we doing enough to lessen climate change?

We’re halfway through COP 27 – the UN Climate Change Conference which is underway in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt and the world is watching! As it enters the final week, (6th – 18th November) this blog i...

Ask Me Anything!

We're committed to growing our Positive Pants Club and a great way to do this is with transparency and trust - so we invited our customers to quiz our Founder & CEO Sarah with your burning ques...

The Best Things Come in Threes

There is a saying "Good Things Come in Threes" and that certainly rings true for Y.O.U Underwear! This week (18th October 2022) sitting proudly on top of our shop counter are these three wonderful ...

Why Hygiene Week and Period Poverty Matters

Struggling to pay for pads, tampons or other period products each month is shockingly a stark reality for many. And so National Hygiene Week (October 3-9th) was a big red flag reminder for Y.O.U to...

Underwear, Fast Fashion and our Mental Health

Monday 10th October marks World Mental Health Day - and this blog is all about shining a light on the relationship between fashion and our mental health and what makes us happy. How can shopping fo...

Our Light Pink Mission

A heads up that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month – a cause very close to our hearts. In the run up to that, we want to talk about why breast cancer awareness is so important, the work we do...

Growing our Positive Pants Community

Growing our Positive Pants Community At the heart of the Y.O.U brand is our strong belief that a fashion business can be a force for good, especially when run in an environmentally and social respo...

A historic week in our new shop

This last week has been bittersweet, from starting an exciting new era with the opening of Y.O.U Oxford, our new shop, to mourning the great loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.  Remembering her...

What is Circular Fashion?

Today we want to talk about circular fashion, and what we're doing to ensure our underwear don't end up in landfill, and can be turned into something useful! What is Circularity in Fashion? Circul...

What is Zero Waste fashion?

An estimated 350,000 tonnes of clothing go into landfill in the UK every year! Circular and Zero Waste fashion is all about finding ways to keep these materials in the useful cycle for as long as p...

International Day of Indigenous People - Supporting Maasai Girls

Tomorrow, August 9th 2022, is the UN's International Day of Indigenous People. Our Mara collection is inspired by, celebrates and gives back to an Indigenous community in Kenya, called the Maasai. ...

Introducing Leiho: Reducing Homelessness in the UK

Socks are almost as essential as underwear, so we wanted to give you a sustainable option that gives back - just like we do! Our sustainable marketplace is the place that we have curated our favou...

An Eco-Friendly Guide to Visiting Oxford

Oxford was recently ranked the second most sustainable city in the UK! As it's the place where Y.O.U Underwear was founded, and where we have our Oxford Covered Market Shop, we wanted to share some...