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Honest Basics

Berlin label founded by former fast-fashion professionals to make sustainable basics affordable; its T-shirts, sweaters, jeans, underwear and socks are GOTS-certified organic cotton, made ethically and transparently. via brand about page ↗

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Origin

🇩🇪 Germany

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City

Berlin

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Founded

2018

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Company

Micro 4 people

Blog: two full-time and two part-time product developers/buyers (third-party profile: 5 employees)via research ↗

Owner

Independent

Sole proprietorship of founder Jan Hogenboom (impressum)via research ↗

Price

€ €13–€50

median €25 · T-shirt €28 · typical range of 62 products

Ethics

3.6 / 5

average of 2 sources ↓Good On You: Good

Quality

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no sources found

Reviews

★ 3.5 / 5

average of 1 source ↓13 reviews

Newsletter

Subscribed

Certifications

OCS ↗GRS ↗amfori BSCI ↗OCS · factory level ↗GRS · factory level ↗amfori BSCI · one factory ↗

Ratings

Ethics

3.6/ 5

Weighted average of 2 sources

Good On You 4.0
rating organisation · counts 64%
Good (4/5) ↗ · 2025-12 · autoPeople: Good · Planet: Good · Animals: Great
MoralScore 2.8
journalism / NGO report · counts 36%
56/100 ↗ · 2026-10 · autoGeneric score over 10 categories (environment, social, ethics…) · sector: Habillement

Quality

No independent quality test or expert review found.

Customer reviews

3.5/ 5

Weighted average of 1 source · 13 reviews

Trustpilot 3.5
open review platform · counts 100%
3.5/5 ↗ · 13 reviews · 2026-10 · low weightfrom search snippet; company does not invite reviews

Each source is averaged first, then sources are weighted by reliability: audits, lab tests and verified-buyer platforms count most, rating organisations and expert reviewers less, brand-run reviews and community opinion least. Review scores also weigh by how many reviews stand behind them, and anything older than three years fades.

Verification

Imprint: sole proprietorship of Jan Hogenboom, Dresdener Str. 36A, 10179 Berlin. Transparency page lists ~10 partner factories, all in Zhejiang, China (stored 2 sites is too few); no GOTS/Fair Wear. Founding year 2018 from third-party sources only.

Sourcing & ethics

Budget organic/recycled basics brand run by a small Berlin team. Production has moved to Asia: the current transparency page lists ~10 named factories in Zhejiang, China (earlier production was in Bangladesh via an agency, GOTS-certified). Materials certified OCS/GRS; a BSCI audit rated one sewing factory 'C: Acceptable'; no Fair Wear membership. Strong factory-level transparency but not European production.

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