Hi, my name’s Hadrian. I believe it's important to leave everything in a better way than I found it. It doesn’t matter if it’s leaving a hotel room tidy after a stay, fixing the brakes on a borrowed bicycle or hopefully improving our lives in some way.
During 7 years running a fashion brand with my girlfriend I was lucky enough to meet many entrepreneurs & leaders. I found all of them warm, open & generous. These were people prepared to go against the grain & take risks because they believed so strongly in what they were doing. Not only did they want to improve their own lives but they wanted to improve other people’s lives too.
I realised that if I can support people like this then I’m helping bring positive change into the world. That’s when I decided to create URBAN GILT, a brand for the entrepreneurs & leaders making an impact in the world.
Something else I learned while working in fashion is that it’s an industry long due an overhaul. That’s why it’s so important for me to improve the impact clothes have. I’m always looking for ways to improve things but right now URBAN GILT uses sustainable fabrics like organic cotton, we only use suppliers who look after their workers & eco packaging to reduce landfill. It’s a start but as long as there’s constant small improvements I know it will lead to big changes.