Katharine Hamnett

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Using Fashion to make a better world
Katharine Hamnett is a fashion brand founded in Britain in 1979 by designer Katharine Hamnett. It focuses on womenswear and menswear and has been known since the 1980s for slogan T-shirts featuring oversized lettering. The brand’s motto is “Using Fashion to make a better world,” and its mission is to produce as ethically and environmentally consciously as possible. It has presented collections using organic materials through lines such as KATHARINE E HAMNETT.

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to produce ethically and as environmentally as possible made products, alleviating poverty, and preserving traditional skills.

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2008
2008 Sub-brand
KATHARINE E HAMNETT JEANS
Clothing

A denim-only line using organic materials

KATHARINE E HAMNETT JEANS is a denim-only derivative line reintroduced in 2008 as “Kathari

KATHARINE E HAMNETT JEANS is a denim-only derivative line reintroduced in 2008 as “Katharine E Hamnett Jeans,” based on the jeans line Hamnett had offered from 1994 to 2002. The relaunched line features archive-inspired designs and collections using 100% organic materials, including a presentation at Tranoï at the time of its announcement, and puts the brand’s environmental and ethical policies into practice in the denim field.

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2026.03.20

NEIGHBORHOOD

A renewed collaboration confirmed in 2026. Joint messagewear that brings political messaging, such as Katharine Hamnett’s “NOT WAR,” to NEIGHBORHOOD’s black and military-style apparel.

2022.10.15

NEIGHBORHOOD

A 2022 joint collection, “Nonviolent Resistance.” It combines Katharine Hamnett’s political slogans with NEIGHBORHOOD’s military and workwear silhouettes, offering items including MA-1 jackets, shirts, sweatshirts, and T-shirts.

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