Ask Ann: Where are Your Towels Made?
Our beautiful waffle weave towels are made of 100% Natural Cotton in Pakistan.
Why Pakistan? Kumy is originally from Pakistan, and we lived there for the first five years of our marriage. (I had a wonderful experience living there and I still feel homesick for it sometimes!)
Because we had good connections there, in 1994 we talked a friend who was a towel manufacturer into working with us to develop chemical-free, Natural Cotton robes, towels and shower wraps.
It had been surprisingly difficult to find a towel manufacturer who would be willing to give up the chemical processing that they had worked so hard to attain. Giving up the chemicals felt like a step “backwards”.
But our manufacturer persevered, and figured out how to get the greatest softness and strength out of 100% Natural Cotton without using chemicals. We’re proud to have been among the first companies helping encourage eco-friendly manufacturing in Pakistan.
We believe that giving people a reason to go to work, and to feel pride in making something useful and beautiful is a much better way to make a difference in a country than anything else we could do. Of course we wanted to do a little more, and that’s why we promote The Citizen’s Foundation, a local NGO that helps educate children in Pakistan. READ MORE
Why Pakistan? Kumy is originally from Pakistan, and we lived there for the first five years of our marriage. (I had a wonderful experience living there and I still feel homesick for it sometimes!)
Because we had good connections there, in 1994 we talked a friend who was a towel manufacturer into working with us to develop chemical-free, Natural Cotton robes, towels and shower wraps.
It had been surprisingly difficult to find a towel manufacturer who would be willing to give up the chemical processing that they had worked so hard to attain. Giving up the chemicals felt like a step “backwards”.
But our manufacturer persevered, and figured out how to get the greatest softness and strength out of 100% Natural Cotton without using chemicals. We’re proud to have been among the first companies helping encourage eco-friendly manufacturing in Pakistan.
We believe that giving people a reason to go to work, and to feel pride in making something useful and beautiful is a much better way to make a difference in a country than anything else we could do. Of course we wanted to do a little more, and that’s why we promote The Citizen’s Foundation, a local NGO that helps educate children in Pakistan. READ MORE