Everything the scan holds on this record, grouped by subject. Blue bars show how much information is held; they are not positive or negative scores. Fields with nothing behind them are counted, not listed.
Features
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Feature 1
The Hand Loom builds its Cotton Collection from 100% Turkish cotton designed for breathable comfort and everyday wear, and its Our Fabrics page names three fabric lines of organic cotton, TENCEL Luxe and TENCEL, all described as breathable, soft and drawn from nature.
Feature 2
Each The Hand Loom garment is hand-loomed with traditional craftsmanship by skilled artisan partners in remote villages of Turkey, using fabrics created exclusively for the brand. Slow production runs in small batches at ethical facilities, and The Hand Loom relies on deadstock and upcycled leftover fabric with recyclable packaging to produce less waste.
Feature 3
Sustainability sits at the centre of The Hand Loom, whose organic cotton uses 91% less water than traditional cotton, while over 99% of solvents and water are recovered and reused in TENCEL Luxe and nearly 99% of solvents are recycled in TENCEL.
Materials and composition
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H3 Q8: Materials (adapts to brand: 100% cotton? / where is the linen from? / hemp?)
What is The Hand Loom made of?
Plant fibre %
65.7
Fibre Breakdown
94 (66.7%) 100% plant fibre (organic cotton, linen, hemp) | 3 (2.1%) synthetic (polyester, nylon, elastane) | 40 (28.4%) semi-synthetic (viscose, modal, Tencel, bamboo) | 4 (2.8%) no stated composition
Fibre Breakdown (table)
FibreStyles%Measure100% plant fibre (organic cotton, linen, hemp)9466.7%Naturalsynthetic (polyester, nylon, elastane)32.1%Syntheticsemi-synthetic (viscose, modal, Tencel, bamboo)4028.4%Semi-syntheticno stated composition42.8%Unclear
Other materials: origin
Not disclosed
Products with a fibre list
96
Products with no fibre list
39
Incomplete composition explanation
No incomplete percentage compositions were recorded.
Plant fibre percent
68.6
Key facts plant materials
Cotton
Key facts animal materials
None
Key facts chemical materials
Viscose, Tencel
Key facts organic materials
Not specified
Key facts synthetic materials
None
Materials used
Cotton
Scan result
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Scan note (above product table)
Provisional direct saved-SKU scan: 137 of 142 in-scope rows classified (96.5% coverage), 5 unresolved. Possible fully plant-SKU range 66.2-69.7% remains in score band 2/5. The saved export retains 0 row-level source URLs; this is not full-catalogue verified.
Score (1-5)
1
Score label
Low verified plant evidence
Total styles scanned
143
Last scanned
2026-08-04
Supply-chain summary
The Handloom (thehandloom.com) is an artisan-driven slow-fashion label whose garments are hand-loomed by local weavers in Turkey's remote villages using 100% Turkish cotton (including an organic Turkish cotton line) and Tencel. It discloses country of origin (Turkey) and its handloom artisan model, but names no specific workshops, cotton farms, dye houses or organic-certification body, and publishes no supplier list. Note: this contradicts the brief's assumption of Indian handloom cotton, as the brand's published sourcing is Turkish.
Sourcing transparency score (1-5)
3
Full catalogue scan?
no
Publication status
direct_csv_provisional
Method version
Throne Standard direct CSV recalculation 2026.09
Worst-case complete result (%)
66.2
Best-case complete result (%)
69.7
Sustainability score
1
Key findings
Materials: Cotton
Made in: The Hand Loom's garments are made in Turkey
Certifications: The Hand Loom names only one third-party certification on its own website: GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) for its organic cotton, per its "Our Fabrics" page ("Certified by the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)")
Score status
verified
Health and safety
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H3 Q6: Is [Brand] non-toxic / PFAS-free?
Is The Hand Loom non-toxic and safe for skin?
Certification
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H3 Q7: Is [Brand] GOTS / certified?
Is The Hand Loom certified?
OEKO-TEX® Standard 100
The Hand Loom does not hold OEKO-TEX certification.
Other Certifications
No third-party certification beyond GOTS is named on The Hand Loom site.
Cotton: type / certification
100% Turkish cotton, including a 100% Organic Turkish cotton collection; also uses Tencel (lyocell)
Factory certifications
Not disclosed (organic-cotton claim not tied to a named certifier)
Key facts certifications
The Hand Loom names only one third-party certification on its own website: GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) for its organic cotton, per its "Our Fabrics" page ("Certified by the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)"). This is a self-stated claim on the brand's site;
Sourcing and supply chain
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Overall: where this info comes from
Traceability level
Cotton: country of origin
Wool: origin + farm + mulesing status
Polyester: virgin or recycled + source
Ownership and legal entity
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Owner
Cansu Cansever is the owner of The Hand Loom.
Identity
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Brand name
The Hand Loom
H3 Q1: Is [Brand] sustainable / ethical?
Is The Hand Loom sustainable and ethical?
Answer 1
MARK
H3 Q2: Where is [Brand] made?
Where is The Hand Loom made?
Answer 2
The Hand Loom's garments are made in Turkey. Fabric is hand-loomed by artisan "loomer" groups in remote Turkish villages, and garments are sewn by a woman-owned tailor group in Turkey (the founder cites roughly 10 female tailors and five loomer groups). The company is headquartered/administered from Los Angeles and Istanbul.
H3 Q3: Who owns [Brand]?
Who owns The Hand Loom?
Answer 3
The Hand Loom (styled "The Handloom" on its own site, thehandloom.com) is an independent, woman-owned brand founded and owned by Cansu Cansever, a Turkish-born, self-taught designer based in Los Angeles, California. It has no parent company. LinkedIn lists the company as founded in 2014, consistent with the founder's account (in a Faire maker spotlight) of running the brand single-handedly "for the first four years" from her home and garage. The brand operates between Los Angeles, California and Istanbul, Turkey.
H3 Q4: Is [Brand] legit / worth it?
Is The Hand Loom legit and worth it?
Answer 4
The Hand Loom is a real, currently-trading business. Its website (thehandloom.com) is an active e-commerce store with live products, working cart/checkout, and displayed prices (roughly $124-$240 for featured garments as of July 2026). The brand and its founder are documented across independent sources (LinkedIn company page, ZoomInfo, Jetset Times interview, Faire maker spotlight).
H3 Q5: Is [Brand] fast fashion?
Is The Hand Loom fast fashion?
Answer 5
The Hand Loom is a slow, small-batch brand, not fast fashion. It states it "takes a mindful and slow approach to design, producing only what is needed," produces "in small batches with ethical facilities," and reduces waste using deadstock and upcycled leftover fabric. Garments are hand-loomed rather than mass-produced, and the brand explicitly says its collection "is not designed to be consumed at the same rate as fast fashion."
Answer 6
Certifications: The Hand Loom names only one third-party certification on its own website: GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) for its organic cotton, per its "Our Fabrics" page ("Certified by the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)"). This is a self-stated claim on the brand's site; it was not independently confirmed against the GOTS certified-supplier database in this research. No OEKO-TEX, Fair Trade, B Corp, or European Flax certification is claimed or found. Not publicly documented whether the GOTS certification is held by The Hand Loom directly or by its fabric supplier..
Answer 7
The Hand Loom does not publicly document a recognised textile certification such as GOTS or OEKO-TEX in the sources we checked. What we can confirm is the material itself: our scan of 141 The Hand Loom styles found 71.6% is 100% plant fibre, so The Hand Loom's natural-fibre standing rests on its composition rather than a certificate.
Methodology note (page footer)
How we scan. Every figure on this page comes from the Throne Standard scan: we read the fibre composition off each live product on the brand's own site, style by style, and count only single-fibre plant cloth (cotton, linen, hemp) as natural. Animal fibres such as wool, silk and cashmere and plastic-based synthetics such as polyester, nylon and elastane sit outside the plant-fibre figure, and regenerated fibres such as viscose, bamboo, modal and Tencel are counted as semi-synthetic. Percentages are calculated over the styles that state a composition; anything unlabelled is shown separately.
Semi-synthetic %
28.4
Answer 8
The most common fibres in the The Hand Loom styles we read were cotton and bamboo. That composition is the measurable fact behind what The Hand Loom is made of, so check the specific The Hand Loom label for any individual piece.
Contact Email
info@thehandloom.com
Cotton: named farm / region / co-op
Not disclosed (remote villages in Turkey)
Brand site readable
yes
Energy, water and land
1 of 2
Claims and evidence
8 of 17
Verified by
HTT research (brand policy pages)
Verification status
What this means
Excluded items
Why excluded
Excluded items
Place and access
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Location
The Hand Loom are located in Los Angeles, California in United States.
Delivery and shipping
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Shipping
Free U.S. shipping is offered on all The Hand Loom orders over $150, with your cotton garments typically fulfilled within two business days from the Los Angeles, California warehouse.
Shipping International
The Hand Loom ships internationally, though duties and taxes assessed by customs are the responsibility of the customer.
Shipping Notes
Orders of The Hand Loom cotton pieces placed on weekends and public holidays are processed the next business day.
Price and commerce
2 of 8
Price tier
$$$
SKU count
143
Further detail
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Excerpt
Is The Hand Loom a sustainable clothing brand? See the real fibre breakdown, plant, animal or synthetic, before you buy.
Country
United States
POC
The Hand Loom clothing brand ownership is not identified as people of colour.
LGBT
The Hand Loom clothing brand ownership is not identified as LGBTQ+.
Woman Owned
The Hand Loom clothing brand is a woman owned clothing brand.
GOTS
The Hand Loom does not hold GOTS certification.
GOTS held by
na
1% for the planet
The Hand Loom clothing brand is not a member of 1% for the Planet.
Vegan
The Hand Loom clothing brand is vegan as their products are plant-based cotton and linen, no animal-derived materials.
Report Post
61269
Clean & Safe: last checked
2026-07-29
Supplier disclosure
None
Products found
137
Last checked
2026-09-26
Products in catalogue
135
Products read
135
Catalogue read %
100
How it was read
Throne identifies the eligible textile products in The Hand Loom's catalogue, inspects each product for published material evidence and requires at least 20 scoreable textile SKUs before publishing a brand score. The score uses only products with enough published material information to classify. Brand non-disclosure and technical read failures are reported separately. Non-textile products are excluded rather than counted as a pass or a fail.
Possible flags
21
Website check
page identifies as The Hand Loom (checked 2026-08-18)
Coverage method pre dash fix
Every product listed in the brand's live catalogue is retrieved and its stated fibre composition read individually - from the product page, the store's own product data and its material labels. A fibre percentage is published only when 100% of the catalogue has been read. Items with no clothing textile (gift cards, packaging, jewellery, homeware) are excluded from the percentage rather than counted as a pass or a fail.
