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Gyllstad was founded by Ulrika Gyllstad
Our namesake brand Gyllstad was born from Ulrikas long-held dream of creating a collection that truly reflects her love for prints & colours. After years in the fashion industry, Ulrika felt a growing desire to create products with long lasting value. Timeless pieces for you and your home, to wear and use for a long time, not just for the season. Her passion for print design had begun already back at Beckmans College of Design in the late 1990's. In the spring of 2014, her dream and vision became reality with the launch of Gyllstad.
Our cotton
The GOTS-certified cotton we use is sourced from Turkey, where our yarns are produced, at Topkapi Iplik spinning mill. They have been around since 1972, and produced their first GOTS-certified cotton yarns already in 1999. The yarns used for our Gyllstad fabrics are all combed, this is done to get rid of any short cotton fibers. The combing of the cotton yarn makes it strong, with a smooth and lustrous surface.
Our Swedish fabrics
Our fabrics are woven at Berghems Väveri in Sweden. They are a family owned business that's been around since the 1950's. For our production they work exclusively with the GOTS-certified cotton from Turkey. We've worked very closely together with Berghems since 2017. Lennart, the weaving master, took on the challenge of producing our weaves according to Ulrikas design and quality criteria, even though we were quite small at the time. We treasure our long and close cooperation with Lena and Lennart, the owners of Berghems Väveri, and we are so happy to be able to produce our fabrics here in Sweden.
Our printing
Our printing is performed in Estonia on the island of Kreenholm in Narva. The textile factory, also called Kreenholm, was founded in 1857 and was later bought by a Swedish company. We have worked with Kreenholms printing facility since 2017, and we're happy to have them just a short trip away from Stockholm. One of the highlights of Ulrika's work process is to work together with the skilled staff on getting all details and colours right for our prints. All the pigments used in our printing process are GOTS-certified.
Our manufacturing
After printing, our fabrics are sent on to our sewing factory Gevatex in Tallinn, the capitol of Estonia. We have worked with Gevatex since the start of Gyllstad, and actually Ulrika had been working together with them even before - ever since 2006. We know each other very well by now and can totally trust that we will get the high quality we expect with every single delivery. We are very happy to have both our printing and sewing facilities this close. Here - Ulrika is visiting Gevatex talking to seamstress Olga. She and her colleagues know our products inside and out and have produced hundreds of thousands of our bags, cases and cushions so far.
Today
Since our start in 2014, Gyllstad has grown steadily, bringing Ulrika’s designs to happy customers and homes around the world. Today, our tight-knit team, continues to create new prints, woven fabrics and products for you and your home. Our passion for what we do is just as strong today as it was from the start. Our aim is and always will be to design products for you to love and live with for a long time.
With lots of love from us - Ulrika, Fanny, Siri, Sara & Sonja
Our manifesto
Our production stays within the EU, allowing us to work closely with our producers.
We create objects you'll love and use for years. This belief guides in every step of our design process.
We don’t spice up our prices to allow for constant discounts or create a sense of haste. We believe that you will choose what you love, when you're ready.
Life’s simply too short for dull things.
From the first sketch to the final stitch, we work closely with craftsmen that we trust – to get every detail just right.
It won’t hurt. Promise.