SHIPPING

IN A NUTSHELL: 

NORMAL BUSINESS & SHIPPING:

- CAPS ARE MADE IN SMALL WEEKLY BATCHES

- THE CUT OFF FOR EACH BATCH IS WED AT 12PM (MIDDAY/NOON)

- BATCHES LEAVE THE BUILDING, TWO DAYS LATER ON FRIDAYS 

- All caps are sent in a large letter box, so they should fit through the letterbox

After dispatch all customers get their tracking number emailed to them, so please check your email if your order is delayed or drop me an email or dm if you would like to double check it.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

All caps are sent Royal mail 24, to make sure caps can be tracked. 

Shipping for caps is £5.95, this includes both post and packaging.

COLLECTION FROM SALTS MILL

Local free collection is also available from my studio in Saltaire at Salts Mill. After you have ordered I normally get in touch to arrange when. Collection is available during the week, early evening and at the weekend.

Just select pick up at checkout. Please note caps ordered for collection are still made in the weekly batches, so if you order after wednesday at 12pm, it won't be made until the following week unless you get in touch and ask very nicely.. This is to ensure that all the stages of cap production are made at certain times, which helps to maintain costs 

You will always be emailed when your cap is ready for collection.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE/SEND OUT?

All the caps are made and sent in batches. This means more can be made at a time, they can be cheaper for you as a customer in the long run AND more importantly it means fabric buying and therefore waste can be kept to a minimum.

Why is fabric waste important? Because we're all about slow fashion and sustainability here. Controlling the whole system so it doesn't rely on funding or gambles and creating a better stronger future for all involved.

BATCHES

Batches are made up every week on tuesdays/wednesdays/thursdays/fridays, and then sent every week on a friday. 

For the latest dispatch date see the banner at the top of the page, but all you need to do is order by each wednesday at 12pm to get it added to that weeks batch.

Because the caps are made to order they are sent Royal Mail Tracked 24 so we can track them if needed & your hard earned pennies are not lost in the mail.

PACKAGING

All the caps are sent in large letter boxes, designed to get through the letterbox and minimise contact as much as poss.

The boxes used for the caps are made from card, so they are eco friendly & recyclable. The tape used to seal the box is recyclable and the caps are also packaged in compostable plastic sleeves to keep your cap as protected as possible in the mail.

 

So please pop your packaging in your recycling/compost if you have access to one.

Gift boxes are also available here for anyone ordering a cap as present. If you would like your cap sent in a gift box, then either add it to the cart with your cap choice and it will be automatically sent out in the giftbox. The giftboxes are plain white boxes, to encourage recycling and enable you to re-use them after purchase.

WHY CAN'T YOU SEND THEM OUT STRAIGHT AWAY?

The Capalog wants to be a part of the change in the fashion industry and the only way to do that is to change the system. We believe in slow fashion here and fast fashion has taken over a little bit and unfortunately that means that behind the scenes a lot of waste gets created. This is either from collections that are churned out each year, without guarantee of sale or unsold items. This has a knock on effect as bigger brands try to keep control of all their outgoings and still make a living from sales, which often leads to workers not being paid enough.

It's great when the unsold stock becomes a sale and you get a bargain, yay... 

BUT it's never as simple as that. There needs to be a better balance and we need to work towards that!

For one, workers who have to provide for their families rely on that wage. Not just here where they are being stitched, but throughout the whole chain, which goes right down to the weavers and suppliers.

And two as humans we're not predictable and why should we be? We're all individual & life isn't predictable either. So why spend lots of time making things that might sell? Would you work each week without a guaranteed pay at the end of the week?? At The Capalog we want to create a realistic system where no promises that can't be met are kept and also bring a little bit of respect for the craft & skill of making things back & well to make sure humans are looked after.

It is impossible to describe the whole situation on a shipping page, but for more info we strongly recommend checking out the movie "True Cost" (it was on Netflix). Or stay tuned as we talk about it more and see what we can do to shift the whole situation towards a better future!