ETHICAL & SUSTAINABLE KNITWEAR
Established in Sri Lanka, Elegant is committed to becoming the leading ethically sustainable sweater manufacturer for customers who want to make a difference with their brand’s reputation.
With hands-on management by the ownership of Elegant International, our customers receive personal attention from senior management that ensures the most productive working relationship possible.
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Latest Technology
We have invested in the latest computer knitting technology to create any possible design from the finest gauge cashmere through to coarser gauge organic cotton sweaters.
Ethical Sustainability
We are fully audited to the highest Ethical compliance under Sedex for
- Labour Standards
- Health & Safety
- Business Ethics
- Environmental protection.
Training for excellence
We invest in the skills development of all our Team to achieve a sense of excellence in all we do. This means our customers can have the confidence in Elegant to deliver a quality product every time.
Latest Technology
Ethical Sustainability
- Labour Standards
- Health & Safety
- Business Ethics
- Environmental protection.
Training for excellence
WORKING WITH
ELEGANT
- Ethical manufacturing with high social standards and certifications
- Quick turnaround
- Low minimum order quantities
- Large stock service of standard yarns
- Diverse range of knitting gauges: 3 – 18gge
- Expertise working with a large range of raw materials – especially noble fibres, GOTS and OEKO-TEX
Our Blogs
What is GOTS certification?
Today consumers are becoming more focussed on where their garments are being made and the origin of the raw materials that have been used. Sooner or later the term GOTS certified will be seen on a hangtag of an organic garment and the natural question arises – what is GOTS? “GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) […]
Oekotex – is your garment making you sick?
Consumers are now very aware of ‘greenwashing’ whereby garments are marketed as being environmentally friendly without any verification. However there is a more serious issue at stake other than just being ‘green’ – the garment must be safe. How can a consumer know if the garment is not contaminated with lead or a even carcinogenic […]
Metal contamination in garment production – a critical issue
There are many quality control issues that need to be in place to ensure a manufacturer will be able to produce a garment that not only meets the customers specification, but also the customer’s legal obligations to the end consumer. The most common legal obligation is for the garment to free from any toxic chemicals […]
Do you really know where your garments were made?
Since the collapse of Rana Plaza in 2011, consumers around the world have been shaken awake, and are now demanding to know where their garments were really made. This has put pressure back onto sourcing companies and ultimately the boardroom of garment brands to seriously review their practices and be answerable to their customers. Ethical […]
What does Organic mean?
It seems that everywhere we look there is every iteration of ‘organic’ food available. Organic coffee, organic beer, organic beef, organic vegetables of all persuasion. For most consumers, food is a very personal matter, and the difference between clean green fresh food vs processed packaged groceries is a stark contrast. Whereas the veracity of fresh […]
Diversity in the workplace – women technicians make sense
To increase diversity in the workplace should not be a matter of ticking boxes to meet some social status quota, it should be a natural occurrence within a respectful corporate culture.When the workplace environment is healthy, then opportunities flow to those of ability regardless of gender, race or creed. It is sad to say that […]
