For more than a decade, the team behind Isla & Earth has worked behind the scenes in the garment industry, producing and decorating clothing for businesses and brands in Malta and across Europe.Established in 2014, Tree64 built its experience around garment decoration and production, working hands-on with embroidery, screen printing and other decoration techniques. Alongside its established production business, the team decided to use that experience to develop something of its own.That became Isla & Earth.“We’ve spent years working with clothing every single day, seeing what works, what lasts and what doesn’t,” says founder Miguel Scicluna. “With Isla & Earth, we wanted to take everything we’ve learned and create something that represents us.”The result is a contemporary clothing label centred around clean, wearable designs and a more considered approach to how clothing is produced. Rather than making broad sustainability claims, Isla & Earth focuses on practical choices: responsibly sourced materials, fair working conditions, reduced impact and garments designed to be worn and enjoyed for longer.The personality of Isla & Earth is deliberately relaxed, drawing inspiration from island life, the coast and the outdoors. Its uncomplicated pieces are designed to move naturally between everyday life, travel and time by the sea, without constantly chasing the next trend.“Isla & Earth was never about changing what we do,” explains Miguel. “Tree64 continues to grow alongside it. Isla & Earth simply gave us the opportunity to take years of experience working with clothing and use it to create something that is completely our own.”And perhaps that is the simplest way to describe Isla & Earth.“We spent a long time helping other people put their identity onto clothing. Isla & Earth gave us the opportunity to finally put some of our own into it.”As Isla & Earth continues to grow alongside Tree64, the brand remains rooted in the experience, creativity and island lifestyle that inspired it from the start, clothing shaped by years of know-how, and made to be lived in.Send this to someone who is living the best island life•