Manifesto
What we stand for.
At CARPASUS, we take inspiration from adventure, the arts, nature, and urban living. Based in St. Gallen, Switzerland, we design premium shirts and contemporary menswear that merge timeless style with lasting durability and a deep respect for nature. Crafted from eco-friendly materials like organic cotton, linen, and recycled fibers, each piece is thoughtfully made to bring vitality and joy to your wardrobe while reducing its environmental impact.
We’re not just creating clothing; we’re driving a movement to reshape the fashion industry. From advancing a circular fashion economy and partnering with small-scale organic cotton farmers in Tanzania and India to collaborating with Europe’s finest weaving mills and artisans, our commitment is to build a fashion industry that leaves a positive legacy for future generations.
At CARPASUS, we believe every choice matters. Together with our customers and partners, we’re creating a future where fashion makes a meaningful impact – one shirt at a time.
Why we started CARPASUS
The struggle to find shirts that were both eco-friendly and uncompromising in style and quality inspired our founder René to start CARPASUS.
Our Core Values.
Authenticity
CARPASUS celebrates the individuality and unique style of each and everyone. We design clothing that allows people to express who they truly are, blending timeless craftsmanship with personal flair. Authenticity means empowering our
community to feel confident in their own skin and embrace their distinct stories.
Integrity
Integrity is at the heart of every CARPASUS decision, from ethical sourcing to fair labor practices. We believe in doing what’s right, not just what’s easy. By prioritizing long-term impact over short-term gains, we strive to do business that leaves a positive impact for our customers as well as the planet and the people behind our products.
Lust for Life
We celebrate the joy of life—because there is so much to experience. We love traveling, exploring nature, discovering new cities, and drawing inspiration from art, music, and more. With our clothing, we want to bring joy and inspire you to embrace life, explore new places, meet fascinating people, and venture into the unknown.
Quality and longevity
In order for our clothes to be worn for a long time, we rely on high quality standards in the selection of raw materials, fabrics and manufacturing partners. We work with the best weaving mills and manufacturers in Europe in order to offer you shirts and other items that will accompany you for a long time.
Eco-consciousness
We only use low-impact natural materials for our collections - such as organic cotton, recycled cotton, linen or wool. Our suppliers meet the highest environmental standards when processing these materials. To keep the transport routes shorts our fabrics as well as our items are manufactured in Europe. In fact most of our fabrics and garments are produced in the North of Portugal.
Timeless design
We pay attention to timelessness in the choice of fabrics, color designs, patterns and cuts. Our products stay in fashion for a long time.
Make a Difference.
We want to show that there are alternatives to the often inhumane and environmentally harmful practices in the fashion industry, and to re-raise awareness of the origin, history and quality of the clothing we wear every day, right on our skin. Our aim is to make a contribution to an economic system that respects people and the environment and offers future generations the same opportunities as we find today.
Problematic Industry.
Hardly any other industry depicts the evolution of our economic system, production technologies and our consumer behavior, as exemplary as the clothing and textile industry. Clothing has become a mass consumption good. The production of clothing today is distributed globally which often entails long transportation routes and scattered supply chains. It is is enormously resource intensive. Polyester is the most used fiber in the industry. Growing cotton conventionally requires a lot of water, fertilizers and chemicals. Millions of people around the world are working day in, day out to make, design, sell, or grow the raw materials for our clothing. The high use of natural and human ressources entails various environmental and social challenges. The drying-out of the Aral lake due to the overuse of pesticides, landfills full of clothes, polluted rivers caused by contaminated waistwaters, the collapse of the Rana Plaza building, inhumane working conditions and low payments are symptoms of a unhealthy approach to fashion consumption and production.
More than a buzz word.
We believe in doing business that respects our planet and preserves opportunities for future generations. Our shirts and menswear are designed to make you feel good and do better to the planet and the people who make them.
We use high-quality, low-impact raw materials such as organic cotton, recycled cotton, linen and wool. These materials are processed in adhering high environmental standards. We source from European manufacturers to keep transport routes short and to maintain manufacturing skills. We support small scale farmers in India and Tansania. We offer repair and take back services. We ship in reusable bags. We constantly question ourselves and re-think our processes. That’s what sustainability means to us.
