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What's the palava pantry?

A while ago, we started asking ourselves one big question - How do we make more from making less?

This February, we have been making the most of what is in our pantry. Learning to make the delicious English dish, “bubble and squeak.” If you don’t know already, this is a dish made from leftovers. It takes all the things you don’t know what to do with and puts them together to make one exquisite, balanced meal.

So, this February, we're clearing out the pantry, looking at our own leftovers, and asking ourselves what can we do with what's in the jars...

Dresses

Knitwear

Tops & Blouses

Pieces coming Back

We do not sell everything off at the end of a season.

We do not subscribe to hard and fast seasons, we give some pieces the space to be sold in the future rather than rushing them out of the door.

Some Palava pieces simply take longer to find the right person, and being from a past season does not make them any less valuable.

When does waste stop being our responsibility?

The answer is it doesn't. A piece of clothing doesn’t have to have just one story. We know clothing goes on to lead many lives.

We don’t believe a garment’s life ends when it’s damaged or no longer loved. If it’s broken, it can be repaired. If it’s tired, it can be cared for.

We have tried to solve this with our Pre-Loved scheme, where customers sell pieces back to us to be worn again. Our workshops focus on using materials we already have. Our mending schemes, where we connect people with repair specialists. Our sample sales, where imperfect garments are sold rather than discarded.

And when it finally does reach the time it can't be worn any longer? They are all designed for this, ready to go back to the soil.