The Simple Folk
July 18, 2026
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The Simple Folk sustainability review: the real plant fibre percentage and natural score, tested by label to the Throne Standard. See the data.
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| Brand | 0PrimitivaYou’re viewing |
5The Simple Folk | 5Where Does It Come From? | 5Momotaro Jeans | ＋ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre score | 0 / 5 | 5 / 5 | 5 / 5 | 5 / 5 | |
| Plant fibre | 0% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Synthetic | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Styles scanned | 0 | 116 | 89 | 44 | |
| GOTS | — | — | — | — | |
| Cotton origin | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | India | Zimbabwe (many flagship models… |
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Primitiva is described as a small hemp and eco clothing brand, but no accessible official transparency source could be verified. The candidate domain primitiva.store resolves but returned SSL certificate and proxy errors on every fetch attempt, and Primitiva was not found on Good On You, Wolf & Badger or Open Supply Hub. As a result, no published supply-chain, fibre-origin or factory facts could be confirmed for Primitiva. All fields for Primitiva are therefore recorded as Not disclosed pending a reachable primary source.
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DOCUMENTED FACTS (verified from the brand's own live site and Facebook): Primitiva makes all garments from linen; manufactures in Medellín, Colombia by women; uses natural dyes on some pieces; ships in compostable corn-based (not plastic) bags; is a small, slow-production brand (about 17 products) founded in 2018 by an unnamed environmental-engineer founder; currently trading on soyprimitiva.com.
Primitiva garments are made in Medellín, Colombia. The brand states on its homepage under "MANO DE OBRA LOCAL" (local labour): "Todas las prendas son diseñadas y fabricadas por mujeres en Medellin, Colombia. No en China o Bangladesh" (All garments are designed and manufactured by women in Medellín, Colombia. Not in China or Bangladesh). All pieces are made in linen; the brand also uses natural plant dyes (tea, turmeric/achiote, eucalyptus per product/brand copy) on some items. Specific mill/fabric sourcing (where the linen fibre/fabric itself originates) is Not publicly documented.
Primitiva is an independent, founder-owned small clothing brand based in Medellín, Colombia, with no parent company evident. Its own "Sobre Primitiva" page tells the founder's story in the first person but does not name her: she is described as an environmental engineer who took pattern-making/sewing courses, studied design in Buenos Aires, returned to Colombia in 2015, ran her own plus-size womenswear brand, staged "the first plus-size runway at Colombiamoda 2017," and then combined environmental engineering with fashion to create Primitiva. Multiple sources and the brand's own materials date the launch of Primitiva to 2018. The founder's actual name is Not publicly documented in any source I could verify (an earlier automated summary produced the name "Natalia Franco," but that name does NOT appear on the brand's site or in any independent source, so it is treated as unverified and excluded). No parent company or corporate ownership is publicly documented.
Primitiva is a real, currently-trading legitimate business. Its primary storefront, soyprimitiva.com (a Shopify store, domain created 2018-05-29, on a healthy renewal through 2027), returns HTTP 200 and its live product feed shows 17 products with 16 in stock and inventory data timestamped the day of research (updated 2026-07-15), indicating active operation. Its Facebook page (facebook.com/soyprimitiva, "PRIMITIVA | Medellín," 967 likes) corroborates the brand independently. NOTE: a separate/secondary English-language domain, primitivaclothing.com (registered only 2025-07-12), is currently NON-functional: it returns NXDOMAIN because the registrar has placed it on "clientHold" status, and it has zero Wayback captures; that specific domain is down, but the underlying brand remains live and trading via soyprimitiva.com.
Primitiva is a slow-fashion, small-batch brand, not fast fashion. It explicitly markets itself as "PRODUCCIÓN LENTA, LOCAL Y CONSCIENTE" (slow, local and conscious production) and offers a small range of basic linen essentials (about 17 SKUs in its live catalogue) designed for longevity and a capsule wardrobe, made by hand by women in Medellín rather than mass-produced offshore. This positioning is a self-described marketing stance, but it is consistent with the documented facts (single-material linen line, local manufacture, very small product count, made-to-last basics).
Certifications: Primitiva holds no third-party certifications that I could verify. The brand does not claim GOTS, OEKO-TEX, Fair Trade, B Corp, or European Flax anywhere on its site (soyprimitiva.com), Facebook page, or in press coverage found. Its "Moda Consciente" page lists lifestyle/consumer advice (buy local, compost at home, eat less meat, buy in bulk) rather than any accredited certification. A B Corp directory query returned no genuine listing for Primitiva. Certifications: None publicly documented..
Primitiva holds the following certifications: Primitiva holds no third-party certifications that I could verify. Beyond any paper certification, our scan of 13 Primitiva styles found 100.0% is 100% plant fibre, which is the measurable material fact behind Primitiva's claims.
Primitiva's linen is European flax, confirmed in the product data we scanned, and linen is the dominant fibre across Primitiva's range.
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