About us

THE COMPANY

OUR STORY

Welcome to Bedford Street, where timeless elegance and sustainability in one destination.

We are a sustainable brand located in San Sebastian (Basque Country, Spain). We sell a curated selection of preloved and vintage treasures, as well as our in-house line of sustainable basics.

01 SLOW BASICS

our in house line of sustainable essentials

02 SECOND HAND

a curated selection of apparel and accessories from premium and luxury brands

03 VINTAGE

a curated selection of vintage treasures

We believe in circular fashion and our main goal is to help our community to build their most sustainable closet.

We love timeless designer and vintage treasures that make our style casual and fun. We believe in less stuff but with a story, unique pieces that are full of second chances.

preloved FW22

We provide high quality vintage and preloved clothing from a variety of brands, and source rare and iconic pieces that you’d struggle to find anywhere else. When buying pre-owned you are extending the lifecycle of pieces and it reduces their carbon footprint. 

We source the items from our community and second hand enthusiasts like you. We select and check every single item we list on the website. We sell items in great condition from a selected amount of brands, excluding fast fashion brands that do not share our philosophy “Embrace Slow”.

Each product is unique and of the best quality. We only sell what we love hence the commitment of our curation team to only open the door to relevant pieces.

Our sustainable collection is made from organic and recycled materials, reducing the waste and keeping fashion circular. You can look good while doing good and being kind to the Earth.

The name Bedford Street comes from our favourite TV show in the 90s/00s, Friends. Our style and the style of the pieces we sell are inspired by this TV Show. Monica´s apartment was located in Bedford Street, and that is how we named our brand!

 

OUR PLANET NEEDS US

Carbon footprint

- Buying one vintage clothing saves the CO2 emission equivalent to taking half a million cars off the road in a year. 

Water consumption

- It takes 2700 liters of water to make a t-shirt and 3000 liters to make a sweater. That is how much we normally drink over a 3 year period.

Waste

- 37 kg of clothing you toss each year. That's equivalent to the weight of 42 laptops.

Closet

- 80% of your closet goes unworn. Keep it simple, casual and timeless. Buy smarter.

Buying pre-loved

- Extending the life of clothing by a further 9 monts would reduce carbon, waste and water footprints by around 20-30% each.

Company motto

- Less stuff, more meaning. Embrace slow.

 

VISION AND MISION

OUR PROGRAM


SUSTAINABILITY – Climate change is the biggest problem facing the planet. We take a sustainable approach in everything we do and we believe that circular fashion is the future. We learn and improve while we grow and we focus on efforts that have the best impact for out planet and people.

QUALITY – All of our products  go under rigorous authenticity and quality checks before listing them online. Clothing in the past was created to last forever, so when buying vintage, you buy products that are timeless. 

ENVIRONMENT – Fashion industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world. Let's be kind to the Earth and let's start making better choices when shopping. Reuse, reduce and repurpose. Our mindset needs to be “buy to resale” rather than “buy to discard”. 

We are part of the cluster GK Green Fashion promoting sustainable practices and green fashion in the industry. 

We have also been verified by Ethical Time as a Real Sustainable Fashion brand.

PEOPLE – We make sure that everyone that works in or for the company works with the best and most ethical conditions. Having a circular business, we work on having the less impact in the people living in this planet too.

ANIMALS – Second hand it’s a more ethical alternative to fashion that includes animal derived materials. We work hard to leave the world with the less impact possible on the planet, animals and people. We take a stand in favor of promoting animal welfare and protecting animal rights. 

PACKAGING – Our packaging is 98% recycled and we are working to be 100% recycled by 2024.