As designers at Divesangha we want to serve you, special people, ocean ambassadors.
We want to understand your needs & wishes and give you clothing that fit your lifestyle, aspirations and mission.
We're open to ideas, so do get in touch.
Why Divesangha...
You can walk along the beach and recognise a surfer or a skater, walk on any street on a snowy day and spot a snowboarder, be on your way to work and clearly identify a serious runner but when was the last time you were near the seaside and recognised a diver? Divers, as in scuba divers and freedivers, don’t seem to have a definite style and that’s exactly what we thought when we started Divesangha.
The Divesangha team is made of a bunch of designers based in London. Over the years we have pretty much designed everything, from mobile phones to vacuum cleaners, but the truth is that we spend a lot of time dreaming about sea adventures. We are motivated by passion, uniqueness, innovation and a crazy love for the sea and for diving.
We didn't start Divesangha because we thought divers and sea enthusiasts needed another cool t-shirt or another pair of funky shorts. We felt it was time for basic, easy to wear clothes that finally gave divers a proper identity and answered some specific needs. We call it "divewear" or "surface gear" and we designed it mixing fashion and sportswear, using functional fabrics and neutral colours.
. My heart sank and I honestly thought "we're doomed'. Microscopic bits of plastic have been found in the water we drink and apparently even in the air we breath (also in salt, German beer, sugar and honey). There's no escape. We thought we were suffocating the ocean with plastic but now we're discovering that our love for plastic could easily equal to an act of collective sabotage.
It's hard to say whether the problem we're facing right now is coming from all types of plastic but we can confidently say it certainly comes from
shed by our clothing. All kind of sportswear and a large part of everyday fashion are made with functional fabrics, mostly using high performance polyester and nylon yarns that are so advanced to give us fabrics that are lightweight, quick-dry, warm or cooling, moisture wicking, breathable yet waterproof, water repellant or super absorbent, hard wearing and yet comfortable and beautiful. They are called functional because their properties go beyond those of traditional textile, doing what cotton or wool can not do or doing it better. They are inexpensive as well. Essentially these super textiles are made of plastic and the fibres they when washed contribute to the problem. It's pretty straightforward.
The business viewpoint
If I consider the issue from the viewpoint of a business - for example in the drink & food industry and in the beauty industry, weighing up my options to replace plastic packaging - I’m confronted by a whole different scenario.
The single-use plastic packaging industry is not only massive, they also seem pretty convinced that their products are indeed eco-friendly. Try and Google “benefits of plastic” and you’ll see that some organisations actually list quite a lot of reasonably good points for plastic packaging: lightweight, doesn’t break or shutter, low carbon footprint, versatile, mouldable, hygienic, keeps food fresh, recyclable.
Plastic producers don't worry about anything else, they want to sell plastic to businesses and they reassure consumers that recycling is in place, putting our minds at rest. Who feels guilty once our PET bottle has been safely put into our green wheelie bin and we know that our council's waste management company will come to pick it up and turn it into a new bottle or something. We've done our bit and that’s enough.
