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It's not like us to talk about ourselves, and by us we mean Canadians, but we felt like after the CANADA 150 year we would share some of our Canadian touch points beyond being Canadian and based in Vancouver, BC.  All of our production happens in Canada - that includes our neckties, bow ties, French Knots, pocket squares and suspenders. Even our packaging... every recyclable custom box is printed with 100% post consumer waste in Canada.  Good, skilled people you'd like are part of what makes Cursor & Thread products such high quality - from BC to Quebec, Alberta to Ontario. While everything Cursor & Thread is now made in Canada, with partner retailers around the world, we have an amazing selection of 25...

Before we sold our first piece of handsome, we officially pledged 1% of profits to go to the planet through 1% for the Planet. We were first inspired by reading Patagonia founder's, Yvon Chouinard, book entitled The Responsible Company. Patagonia is a founding member of 1% for the Planet, but there are many more. There are more than 1200 company members from 48 countries who donate 1% of profits to over 3300 different non-profits, totalling over 100 million dollars going back to the earth (and we don't even account for half of that). Check out our official 1% profile and those of our 1199 other friends there.