Philip Charles Gamett
Phil is Managing Director and Co-owner, Continental Clothing Company. He co-founded the business in 1994, and immediately it became a leading supplier of blank apparel to the music industry, especially for tour and concert merchandise. In 2005, Phil established Continental in USA, to better serve music artists touring on both sides of the Atlantic. He has led the way in terms of product innovation and setting out business ethics.
Continental Clothing now has offices in London, Berlin, Tokyo, New York and Los Angeles, supplying the music trade with consistently high quality merchandise for all new artists and international stars alike.
Most recently, Phil has been instrumental in mapping out a new direction for the merchandising industry – the newly created EarthPositive standard for textile products adopts a holistic approach to environmental, labour and climate change issues. Phil works closely with the Environmental Justice Foundation, the Soil Association, the Fair Wear Foundation and the Carbon Trust. Continental Clothing is the first textile company to carbon footprint its products, and is the pilot partner in the carbon labelling initiative. The EarthPositive Apparel has achieved a 90% reduction of its GHG footprint. Under Phil’s direction, Continental continues to innovate in low carbon apparel and business ethics.