Guilt-free sun protection.

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Fully traceable.

TOPIKU’s ultimate vision is the creation of a resilient society that can survive and thrive in the long-term – especially focused in developing communities.

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Artisan-made.

Since 2015, we’ve been working with our loyal group of artisans to continuously improve our product quality, reduce our impact on the planet, and ensure fair living wages for those involved. Made with love in Cigondewah, Indonesia.

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Consciously-chosen.

Quality products are made from materials that feel good both on you and the planet. We are committed to using durable materials that won’t add a bigger burden on our environment and help to reduce our carbon footprint.

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 Our Materials

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SWIPE RIGHT → to see what materials go into each of our sustainable hats.
BRIM / VISOR
BRIM / VISOR

Recycled HDPE Plastic

We work together with local trash-pickers to salvage HDPE plastic buckets (among other plastic items) from landfills.

Virgin (new) HDPE is typically made from petroleum, a popular fossil fuel. We use alternative, low-impact methods to recycle HDPE, significantly reducing the carbon footprint of our hats.

After the buckets are collected, they are shredded, washed, melted, and then remolded into brims. It’s that simple.

As it is a stronger plastic, it is easily bendable and flexible, allowing you to customize the curvature of your brim and personalize it to the unique shape of your head.

PANELS
PANELS

Upcycled & Organic Cotton Twill

We’re proud to say that we source some of the best & softest GOTS-certified organic cotton twill fabric for the panels of our hats.

We work together with a curtain manufacturer in Solo, Central Java, to upcycle their deadstock inventory (aka verified leftover, or overstock, or rejects fabrics). Instead of allowing these leftover textiles to waste away in a warehouse, we purchase them in an effort to divert them from ending up in landfills.

No additional energy, water, or chemical inputs necessary – just scavenging for forgotten treasures, buried in warehouses and factories.

BUTTON
BUTTON

Recycled Aluminum

Who said that soda’s only use was as an unhealthy drink? Instead of using new metal for the buttons on the top of our baseball hats, we work with local trash-pickers to collect aluminum soda cans from landfills. They are first cleaned, then cut open into sheets, so that buttons can be punched out of them.

BATIK
BATIK

Upcycled Textile Offcuts

Post-industrial batik scraps and deadstock fabric sourced from internationally-renowned designer brand Danar Hadi.

Each one-of-a-kind pattern is extremely limited so every hat is unique, rare, and the last of its batch.

Sourcing deadstock fabric allows us to reuse and divert these materials from the landfill and give them a second life.

LEATHER
LEATHER

Upcycled Leather Scraps

Leather you can feel good about. If we’re being realistic, the cow and tannery industries are not going away anytime soon. In an effort to reduce the industry’s negative environmental impact, we collect leather scraps and offcuts from various leather makers in the neighboring community of Cibaduyut.

We go around to various producers of shoes, belts, jackets, purses, and all things leather. These weirdly-shaped, but high quality post-industrial scraps are perfect for us to repurpose and to emboss logos on.