Monsoon started life in a small store in London's Beauchamp Place back in 1973 after Peter Simon, the founder of the company, completed an epic road trip around Asia. Our early collections were born from clothes made in Indian villages using vegetable dyes, hand-loomed cotton and block printing.

Whilst we may have grown in to a global company, with over 1000 stores, we remain committed to our hand-crafted bohemian roots. This is celebrated in the beautiful hand embroidery and embellishment that give many of our products that unique Monsoon look and feel. We are proud of our links with craftspeople and 'homeworkers' particuarly as this offers women, many of whom cannot work outside the home, the opportunity to make a living out of a craft related skill.

To help ensure safe working conditions and fair wages, we are working with suppliers and NGOs on projects to support craft communities. In particular, we are supporting SEWA, India's Self Employed Women's Association, to set up embroidery centres and community programmes in Delhi and Bareilly in North India.

We are also launching 'Boutique' - an exclusive on-line range of gifts, accessories and homewares, made with small scale community or fair-trade producers. Click here.

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