Here is an example, we commissioned an off-white linen pouch edged with black piping with a client’s logo in gold on a gleaming black custom printed label and finished off with a fine inner lining. It looked like it belonged on a yacht off St Tropez. Linen is such a pleasure to touch, but the pouch became even more special to recipients when they heard it was expertly sewed by a co-operative that has a team of women who’ve experienced violence or who are human trafficking survivors. The latter group are so grateful for work because they don’t have to put out their CV, they get to work at home, safely.
Inside the pouch was a gift of hand cream. The story behind the cream is a wonderful one set jointly in South Africa and Namibia. The company has its home in the Drakensberg but its story hails back to the owner’s mum’s childhood in Namibia where she interacted with the majestic Himba women. These women have remarkably silky skin enabled partially by Namibian myrrh which they harvest by hand in the desert. This fragrant ingredient is what was in the hand cream in an entirely natural formulation.