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The story behind Unbelts' face masks

Us in March: Make masks? Nope, not us. When COVID-19 started to make headlines in North America, I started to get texts and jokey emails from friends: “You guys should just quit the belt business and start m...

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Business not as usual: How Unbelts went from high-fives to remote work in less than a week

Update: We are relieved and beyond grateful that our feature on The View (!!!) broadcasted live this morning. *Thank you* to everyone who tuned in and/or sent words of support - not to mention all of you wh...

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That Time We Auditioned For Dragons’ Den: Behind The Scenes

Auditions for the new season of Dragons' Den is happening RIGHT NOW. Check the schedule to see when they'll be near you! Read about our TV filming experience here.) Claire here! Last October, Unbelts appeare...

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The Belt That's Got My Back

Hello. I’m CJ, an avid equestrian, digital marketer, and Unbelts enthusiast-turned-Unbassador. You may know me from my days writing with Eventing Nation or Horse Nation, and I even did an Unbelts review ther...

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Eileen Fisher's Renew Program with Cynthia Power

Hi everyone - Claire here. I toured the Renew Centre at the Eileen Fisher headquarters almost two years ago, and it was a game-changer for me. It was the most concrete illustration of sustainability values p...

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Meet The Artist Behind JOJO & GUN

We've partnered with the incredibly talented Courtenay McKay of JOJO & GUN for the Valentine postcards that are sent with our Beltagrams. Hurry - you have until February 14, 2020 to get in on the belt-lo...

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The Great Belt Buyback

One of our values at Unbelts is “doing more with less” - and we’ve grown, very slowly and unglamorously, living that out. In some areas of the business, the “less” has been tough - getting by with less cash....

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Meet the Unbassadors at Equine Groundwork Solutions

Equine Groundworks Solutions is a team of equestrians lead by Mary Elena Moran and her mounted patrol partner, Kim Bryson. Recently Unbassador Program Lead CJ Millar of Unbelts had the chance to catch up wit...

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Buy One, Give One For the Bissell Centre

Thanks to you, this Black Friday weekend we donated 458 belts to community members in need. There’s nothing we love more than a community, collaboration and clothing (yes, belts too). And man, today do we ha...

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What it was really like to film Dragons' Den: all your behind-the-scenes questions answered

Claire here!On Halloween, Unbelts appeared on CBC’s Dragons’ Den (for the Americans in the room, that’s Canada’s Shark Tank). It was surreal, exciting, and not a little terrifying, considering my introverted...

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Back in Jeans for Fall!

Back to school, back to a routine… back to those blue jeans. To get some denim wisdom, we went to the absolute boss of denim in Edmonton, Janna Stewart of Arturo Denim Co.  Not only do Janna, her husband Ja...

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April the Climber

When April Herrera started climbing more than three years ago, she wasn’t exactly feeling as kick-butt about it as she does now. “I was absolutely terrified,” she says. The heights had her freaking out just...

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