It’s always good to know who you’re getting into bed with.

Our Story

We’d had enough of overconsumption and hustle-culture. So we dreamt up a way to do things differently. Find out more about us below.

Meet the founder

I’m Sophie, the founder of Leisurely. I started out in fashion production, sourcing clothing for everyone from new sustainable brands, to massive consumer goods corporates. I’ve always loved the technical side of things and perfecting a product, but after a while I started to get burnt out from the hectic pace of the fashion industry, and found it harder and harder to justify producing more clothes when there’s already such an excess of them.

After taking some time out going right back to source exploring cotton fields, alpaca farms, factories, and artisans across the globe, I came back home to the UK armed with a bunch of sustainable fabrics and ideas and set to work building Leisurely.

No matter the location I found the same conversation kept coming up. I wasn’t the only one finding modern life too fast-paced, feeling disconnected from nature, and craving some simplification. How frequently do we all feel too tired, too busy, and spread too thin?

By taking the time to slow down and get the rest we need, we can make more space to live the lives we dream of.

Our mission

The softest sheets + slow down consumption + sustainable production + improve your sleep

Our value chain

Everything we own goes on a journey before it reaches our homes, and that includes our TENCEL™ bed sheets. Explore our value chain here as we attempt to illustrate the ecosystem of our bedding sets from forest to bedroom.

Step One: Raw Material & Yarn Production

TENCEL™ is made from sustainably sourced wood and so the first step in our value chain is sourcing that wood. The wood is sourced from FSC and PEFC certified forests to ensure protection of ancient woodland, maintain biodiversity, and protect forest communities.

Step One
Raw material & yarn production

Source
Lenzing (Austria)

Considerations

Communities and workforce

Climate impact

Biodiversity

Land use

Certifications/ Accreditations

PEFC

FSC

Canopy Green Shirt

Photo of the forest where the Tencel fibre begins life

Photo of factory worker showing the white Tencel fibres ready to spin into yarn

Photo showing the beginning of Tencel spinning process

Step Two: Sheets Manufacturing

The yarn is then sent to the factory in Portugal ready for production. Our partner factory is vertically integrated, which means they do every step from weaving, dyeing, sewing, quality checking and finally packing.

Step Two
Weaving, sewing, packing

Source
Lameirinho (Portugal)

Considerations

Communities

Employee safety

Energy use

Resource use

Water use

Chemical use

Certifications

Oeko-Tex

Lenzing certification