January 23, 2006

Hand crafted doggy duds for the socially conscious canine Socially Conscious Companion (SOCOCO), has launched an array of handcrafted accessories for the pet who wants to help the world and look fabulous while doing it. The company has directly employed local artisans from Cape Town, South Africa, to create a line of hand-crafted made dog charms. Not only that, but SOCOCO donates 10% of the gross revenue from every charm sold to an AIDS orphanage in Cape Town. SOCOCO isn't just canine couture - it's canine couture for a cause.
posted by regan 18 years ago
  • This isn't me being snarky, I really don't know and am curious: is 10% a pretty good percentage for this sort of thing? It seems low to me but as I said, I don't know how it works. . .
  • Don't have a dog so I'm not the targeted consumer, I suppose, but I do like the acronym SOCOCO as it makes me think of rococo. I remember someone who had dogs named Rococo and Baroque. Maybe it was my art history teacher? Hey, who knew there was a variety of frogs named rococo? Not me, though the name seems appropriate. Sorry for this derail so early in your thread, regan.
  • Rococo dog jackets would be pretty cool. All embroidered silk brocade & stuff.
  • My collie griws too much long fur to think of wearing haute couture.
  • What I want are doggy accessories that taste bad enough that the dog doesn't chew through them. My mom's new dog has chewed through 3 harnesses in 3 days. One wasn't even put on the dog - he ate it preemptively.
  • the dachshund's little better she loathes wearing a winter sweater and pulls her forelegs deep inside the armholes, trying to hide this ploy defeats me altogether she doesn't care to go for walks in nippy weather so whenever we have to venture out she ends ip tucked inside my coat I'm sure she'd find a heinous way to sabotage a jewelled collar or a designer blouse