Worn Again Ethical Trainers

The trainer business isn't pretty. From finding the materials, to the treatment of the people who put them together, to transporting the finished product - making shoes is one of the most resource-intensive, polluting and toxic industries there is. So, making a perfectly ethical trainer isn't easy.

But Worn Again is working - step-by-step - to show that it can be done - and that people want it to be done. And the fact that you're reading this page means it might just be possible.

The first thing we addressed was the ingredients. Our original Worn Again collection kept old men's suits, car seats, granddad shirts and prison blankets from ending up in landfill. And since then, we've been discovering more and more unexpected things that can be made into fantastic trainers: coffee bags, fireman's trousers, jeans...