Regional and creative: sustainable shopping in Kassel

In a nutshell:
How bed linen becomes stylish boxer shorts

Since 2015, the Kassel-based fashion label soki has transformed old bed linen that would otherwise probably end up in an old clothes collection into unique boxer shorts, which are now delighting increasing numbers of customers. Kira Kamm, owner of soki and a trained tailor, also brings out two collections of clothing made of organic cotton in a casual style every year. Alternatively, you can also have your new family outfits tailored from old bed linen – either from your own bedroom or from soki’s large stock of bed linen.

But why bed linen? “There is an incredibly wide variety of colours and patterns, which have a completely new effect as boxer shorts,“ explains Kira. “Grandma’s flowery bed linen will suddenly become a fashionable item of clothing that will not only delight men!” But bed linen also has other advantages: “Due to its size, a duvet cover is easy to work with – we can generally make four to six boxer shorts out of a single duvet cover. The used bed linen also has the advantage that it has already been washed umpteen times, which means that it is guaranteed not to contain any harmful substances anymore.” Almost “standard” conditions for fashionable clothing with a distinctive look.