1 of 5

Christmas 2024

Bare Kind in John Lewis

Bare Kind has been invited to John Lewis to show off our socks. The biggest department store in the country and we are in it, a pinch myself moment!

Bare Kind in the Guardian with turtle socks

THE GUARDIAN

We are in the Guardian as the Best Christmas Gifts for 2024!

Our turtle socks were featured on the Guardian as The Best Christmas Gifts for 2024. We got to highlight how we make a difference by donating 10% of profits from these turtle bamboo socks to The Turtle Foundation.

The Guardian

Best Foot Forward

We got to talk about our Christmas socks on The Guardian, why bamboo socks make the best Christmas gifts and how we save animals with 10% profits.

MIRROR

Top 25 dream ways to make a living

The Mirror discusses various dream ways to make a living. Lucy Jeffrey exemplifies achieving success by quitting her corporate job to establish an eco-friendly bamboo sock business.

Find out more

Adobe x Enterprise Nation

Oxford Street Pop Up!

In May 2023 we won the Adobe x Enterprise Nation competition, which meant we got the opportunity to debut Bare Kind on Oxford Street!

Over several days, alongside 10 other businesses, we got to meet some of our lovely London retail and wholesale customers. Speaking about our favourite things, animals and socks!

Find out more

FSB Awards

Finalist for Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2023

Lucy took home a FSB’s regional award in 2023 for the Young Entrepreneur of the Year. 

We're delighted to have been among the other sensational winners, which you can view right below!

Other winners

FINANCIAL TIMES

"Pandemic ignites quarter-life crises among young workers"

Lucy explains how her corporate job wasn’t fulfilling her, but this 'quarter-life crisis' resulted in her future, Bare Kind! 

Read the article down below. (must be subscribed, sorry!)

Read the article
  • lucy jeffrey, bare kind, myweekly, news

    MyWeekly x Bare Kind Feature

    Best Foot Forward

    We’re delighted that Bare Kind piqued interest in September 2023 with womens’ magazine, MyWeekly! It’s a pleasure to find that so many women are gifting our bamboo socks. Our socks that save animals are becoming popular across the nation, hooray!

    Shop the socks that are gifts that give back here.

  • Beat the Often Path

    Socks That Save Endangered Animals

    Two years into this business Lucy quit her corporate job to run Bare Kind full-time. That was right at the start of the global pandemic, COVID-19. Who quits their job in a time of such uncertainty? Apparently not many, but the Bare Kind mission was worth it. Listen to the full podcast on Spotify here.

  • Entertainment Now

    Father’s Day Gift Guide

    We were featured in a gift guide by Yasmin Turner for Entertainment Now. Our bamboo socks, specifically our ribbed range landed into the Lifestyle guide! “These Bare Kind ribbed bamboo socks are the softest socks your dad will ever lay his feet into.” Amen to that! Read the guide here.

  • The Complaining Cow

    East London Radio Consumer Show

    Lucy interviewed with the East London Radio. You can view the blog post on The Complaining Cow and listen to the podcast here.

  • eCommerce MasterPlan Podcast

    Getting Your First 400 Wholesale Contacts

    Lucy shares how Bare Kind came to be with it’s remote team, hitting it’s first 6 figures, overcoming financial challenges and scaled wholesale business with marketplaces. Hear the full story on Spotify.

  • Campus Founder Podcast

    hosted by Benjamin Harvey

    Lucy featured in an episode of The Campus Founder Podcast which explores the journeys of exciting student start-ups.

    Listen to it here!   

  • f:Entrepreneur 

    UK’s Top 100 Female Small Business Owners in 2023

    Michelle Ovens featured Lucy in the f:entrepreneur campaign list of the UK's top 100 female small business owners. You can find Lucy's biography here and the full list of amazing British female founders here

  • UEA's Innovation Awards

    Our founder, Lucy Jeffrey graduated from the University of East Anglia, who hold an annual Innovation and Impact Ceremony. Fast forward a few years to 2022 and Lucy was taking home her own UEA’s Innovation and Impact Award for Graduate Enterprise. A proud full circle moment!


    “This is really timely as Bare Kind has just hit its 4th year in business, it’s really cool to be recognised for the impact we’re having,” says Lucy in her acceptance speech, 25 minutes in.


    Watch the ceremony here.

  • More than half of Brits are determined to make their dream businesses a reality

    The Daily Star

    The article by Daily Star discusses the aspirations of Britons to start their own businesses, with a focus on Lucy Jeffrey, the founder of Bare Kind. “Quitting the corporate world to start a sock business was absolutely terrifying, and lots of people thought I was crazy, but it was the best decision I ever made," explains Lucy. Read more about her journey here.


    “Quitting the corporate world to start a sock business was absolutely terrifying, and lots of people thought I was crazy, but it was the best decision I ever made.” 

  • 8 in 10 Brits think communities would benefit from more local businesses

    EXPRESS

    Express's article discusses Brits' interest in starting local businesses, entrepreneurship dreams, and the success story of Lucy Jeffrey's eco-friendly bamboo sock business. Read more here.