About KYIO (Know Yourself Inside Out)

KYIO is a slow and conscious Irish lifestyle brand that aims to rethink our relationship to clothing. We strive to raise people’s consciousness by harnessing the power of mind, body and spirit through clothes. We design ethical, sustainable pieces that speak to your soul and align you to a high vibrational energy. We believe if people can get to that place within themselves, that the world will be a much more loving and kinder place.

As such, we are empowering people to get to know themselves and live an ‘inside out life’, where your inner world is so full of love and positive vibration that it creates your external reality.

Our Story

KYIO’s story began when we simply used our favourite pieces of clothing to align with a particular energy or vibration. For example, we wore specific hoodies when we meditated, and we wore particular t-shirts when going to bed. Not only did the feel of these pieces give us comfort but they helped us embody the vibration that we wanted to feel at that particular moment. Our sleep t-shirts sent us off to bed reminding us to think positive thoughts before we marinated in our subconscious minds for eight hours while the meditation hoodie helped us slow down, ground ourselves and listen to our inner voice.

All of this was at a time in our lives when we were searching for more and through personal circumstances learning about ourselves, asking ‘Who am I? Who am I, really?’. So, we set out to create a clothing brand that rethinks our relationship to clothing and consciously influences our subconscious minds, inspiring us to be our authentic selves – KYIO.

Our Designs

Our collection centres around subtle but powerful affirmations that are designed on the clothes to help you embody thoughts that build you up. The little sayings are designed to catch the wearers eye at times throughout the day, giving your soul a little hug when it needs it most. Whether it’s to lift your energy, to heal, to slow down or rejuvenate, KYIO clothing serves as the reminder to check in with yourself, become more present and listen to that inner voice within you.

‘We’re not about big bold statements on jumpers, we’re about seeing a little message on your sleeve, reading it to yourself and feeling like your soul just got a hug when you needed it most.’

Sustainable and Ethical

Our garment production is slow and intentional, so we create less waste. By sacrificing high volume turnover, the result is higher quality pieces that last longer and wear well.  We believe that all things are energy, so we strive to ensure that the energy passed down in the production process of making a piece of clothing is of a high vibration all the way through to the customer.

‘Our pieces are made to be long loved and passed down, not thrown out.’

We adore kindness in people and our planet deserves our utmost kindness, so we have chosen to work sustainably using 100% GOTS certified organic cotton. GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) is the worldwide leading textile processing standard for organic fibres as it is the most respected and rigorous certification. Not only does it protect the environment, but we protect those who work to produce it and we protect those who wear it.

It is a stringent certification that guarantees cotton is organically grown without the use of genetically modified seeds or any harmful chemical products. It ensures traceability of products from the field to the final customer, including transaction certificates at each and every stage of production.

Crucially, it covers not only raw materials and production but also labour rights, the health and wellbeing of everyone in the supply chain, water treatment and chemical use. The people who work on KYIO products are from local communities and industries and are provided with a safe and respectable working environment.

We hope you love our pieces as much as we do.

KYIO

Founders: Laura Walsh & David Foster