Brand name ÒVITAR by Guðrun & Guðrun – Company name Guðrun & Guðrun
Website gudrungudrun.com
Date of Creation 2002 // 2007 (Ovitar – kids line)
Country of origin Faroe Islands Country of production Faroe Islands (Norway)
Names of founders Gudrun Ludvig and Gudrun Rógvadóttir
Number of employees 6
Number of sales points 25 including Limonade, Pipsqueak & Zirkuss
Where do we find the brand online Own online-store and more to come for aw12.
Own e-store shop.gudrungudrun.com – from 2009
Company statement Slow clothing, sustainability
What makes your brand stand out Every hand-knitted piece is unique – all designs grow out from the silence and isolation of the islands…
How many pieces per collection 15 hand-knitted pieces, 40 on basic wool line, a handful of lambskin styles
Main materials Organic wool, lamb skin, cotton.
Trade show planning CPH KIDS, Playtime Paris
Plans in the future Hopefully more collaborations to come – for aw12 we are doing a collaboration with Wovenplay
we are developing the brand quite well in Europe at the moment. We will be looking more into US, Japan and Korea as well.
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