About
Our journey
Establish in 2022, Decay Clothes is an online tattoo inspired streetwear brand based in the UK.
All designs are made in house by Sarah, the founder of Decay Clothes.
Our stock
Traditional retailers produce items before putting them up for sale, so they’re always manufactured in bulk to save money. In contrast, we only make products when an order is placed, limiting our stock to items that already have a buyer.
This lets us avoid the overproduction that is widespread in the rest of the industry. Unsold stock is usually thrown out or burned, with fashion retailers alone wasting 92 million tons of textile each year. In POD, waste mainly comes from items damaged during printing, and our rate of damages is consistent with the industry standard. We also keep our shipment rate low by taking all orders through a 3-step quality check before we ship them out.
Our fulfillment
We use Kornit printers to print Direct-to-garment (DTG), this is more sustainable than other more outdated apparel printing methods, such as screen printing. Not only does screen printing use a lot of water and plastisol inks that don’t biodegrade, but it’s also generally used for bulk orders, which leads to overproduction. In comparison, DTG printing is more eco-friendly because items get printed only when they’re ordered, and this method can be used for single-item printing.
Our packaging
Apparel products and beanies are generally packaged in post-consumer recycled (PCR) polymer mailers. And structured hats are packaged in corrugated cardboard boxes and shipped separately. If there’s more than one product, after putting each item in its own separate transparent polymer bag, we then place them all together in a PCR polymer mailer.
PCR plastics are made from items people recycle every day, like plastic bags and bottles. Most of our PCR plastics are made from shopping bags and wrapping films.
The amount of PCR in the packaging differs for each fulfillment location, but it’s at least 50% for the outside (white or grey) poly mailer bags and at least 30% for the inside (clear) bags used in multi-item shipments.
We know there’s still a lot left to do about our packaging footprint, and we’ll keep exploring greener options in the future.
Our shipping
Around 81% of our orders are delivered within the same region they’re fulfilled in. Having fulfillment centers close to our customers is good for both the business and the planet. Strategically located fulfillment centers allow for faster shipping times and lower shipping costs, and it also helps with reducing CO₂ emissions produced when transporting orders.
Products available in the same region are shipped together whenever possible. This helps our customers save money and is much better for the environment.