Our Blog: Sustainable Stories

6 Ways To Have a More Sustainable and Plastic-Free Period

  Disposable menstrual products create lots of waste and can also be damaging to the environment. According to the Evening Standard, women in the UK use an average of 11,000 disposable menstrual pr...

Why We're Anti-Airbrushing and Pro-Ethical Marketing

According to a 2020 study conducted by the Women and Equalities Committee, 61% of all adults feel negatively towards their bodies. Whilst the circulation of flawless, ‘bikini ready’ bodies of mode...

Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality

As part of our commitment to being a business for good, we're working towards 5 of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. This World Environment Day, we're partnering with Treedom to further our c...

Our Tree Planting Initiatives as a Sustainable Business

  Trees play an essential role in counterbalancing carbon emissions. Given that the Fashion industry is responsible for 10% of annual carbon emissions (The World Bank), it’s never been more import...

How The Fashion Industry Contributes to Water Pollution

Water is a necessity - we rely on it to drink, wash and even for the underwear we wear! In the UK, we are guilty for taking a clean supply of water for granted, whereas 2 billion people around the...

How to Make Your Laundry More Sustainable, with Oxwash

  Do you ever think about how much water goes into washing your clothes? You’re not alone! 48% of people rarely or never think about the water they use whilst doing laundry according to research! ...

Introducing our New Navy Blue Collection

  We’re very excited to announce that we are expanding our range. You can now order your favourite Y.O.U styles in more sizes and in our beautiful new navy blue colour!  Shop Women's         |    ...

6 Tips for Wild Swimming This Summer

  I’ve been wild swimming - or just swimming as we’ve always called it - since i was a child. Jumping into water at any opportunity and spending hours in the sea, rivers or lakes whenever I could!...

10 Top Tips For Conserving and Saving Water

  This week is Water Saving Week in the UK, and we're sharing some tips from our favourite sustainable bloggers, activists and brands surrounding saving and conserving water!  Reduce your Shower T...

Our Circular Fashion Pledge - The Future of Sustainable Fashion

Y.O.U Underwear is going circular! We’re so proud to be one of 60 brands who have just pledged to implement circular business practices in 2020.  What is circularity in fashion? Circular fashion ...

A Tour of Our Underwear Headquarters!

We thought we’d take you on a quick behind-the-scenes tour of our underwear HQ and explain what happens to our undies once they arrive from our manufacturer in India. We’ve had lots of exciting ar...

India’s Covid Crisis: Here’s How We Can Help

  It’s been over a year since the start of the pandemic and Covid-19 continues to have a devastating impact on communities across the world. In the UK, we are very fortunate to be enjoying the eas...

How to Choose The Right Underwear Style For You

    Choosing ladies’ underwear can be tricky – there are over 20 different styles of knickers! At Y.O.U Underwear, we’ve chosen 4 styles which we know to be super comfortable and stylish. You just...

10 Fast Fashion Facts You Need To Know

Fast fashion is an approach to clothing production that favours fast-moving trends and low prices over environmental and social responsibilities. In the aim of rapidly producing high volumes of cl...

10 things to like about Y.O.U Underwear

  As a small business, hearing our customers feedback is so important to us! We’re proud to have over 100 5* reviews across our website, Etsy and Google. We recently received an amazing testimoni...

5 Ways to Preserve the Oceans, with Kanula

  We’ve teamed up with sustainable and ethical clothing brand, Kanula, to share five top tips on how YOU can help us in protecting and preserving the ocean and environment.  First thing’s first, c...

Where to Find Sustainable Brands Online

Finding ethical and sustainable products online can often be time consuming, especially if you’re not sure where to start. We’ve put together a list of some of our favourite online shops to hunt f...

Our 10 Favourite Ethical Fashion Influencers

Staying sustainable on Instagram can be tricky with constant Ads, the shopping tab and seeing all your favourite influencers promoting fast fashion! We’ve put together a list of 10 Ethical Fashion...

Our Trip to Steph's Packed Lunch on Channel 4!

We were so excited to be included in Channel 4's Steph's Packed Lunch, which aired on Tuesday 16th March. The theme of the week was ‘Giving Back’ and we were featured alongside two other businesse...

How Does Organic Cotton use Less Water?

The simple answer is yes! World Water Day 2021 is on 22nd March 2021, and to mark this occasion we thought we’d discuss some of the benefits of organic cotton in terms of its water footprint. Non-...