Protest in Print didn’t start with a business plan. It started with one shirt I made for myself to wear to a festival, I had no idea the journey it would take me on.

It was an old army surplus shirt, mapping the often-overlooked inequalities women have faced throughout history. Witch burnings. Women denied basic rights. And the one that still gets me: marital rape only became illegal in the UK in 1991. Not history, that is within my lifetime!

I wore it thinking it might spark a few conversations. It did. And then some.

That was the moment it clicked, clothing doesn’t have to be about looking good, maybe it can do good. It can say something. It can challenge people. It can quietly (or not so quietly) drop truth into everyday spaces where it might not otherwise go.

So I kept going.

Protest in Print grew from that one shirt into what it is now: one-off pieces made from reclaimed army surplus, deadstock and good quality secondhand clothing, each one carrying a story, a fact, a moment we shouldn’t ignore. Things that are hard to unsee once you’ve read them.

Because honestly? I can’t donate to every cause I care about. I wish I could. But I can make things. I can start conversations. And if those things I make also raise money for the causes that matter then even better.

That’s the idea behind it all.

It’s about using what we’ve got. Turning creativity into something that actually does something. Making clothes that don’t just get worn, but get noticed, questioned, talked about.

Wear the message.

Start the conversation.

Change the story.