Nettle's Tale

The operating entity, Nettle's Tale Swimwear Inc., is an active corporation on the BC registry, registered there in January 2015 with a federal home jurisdiction, and press profiles name Vancouver founder and designer Julia Church as the owner, with early funding from crowdfunding and a Women's Enterprise Centre loan rather than outside investors. No parent company, acquisition, or private equity stake surfaced. The Corporations Canada search and its individuals with significant control register could not be reached without a browser, so the registry confirms the entity while the owner identity rests on press and vendor statements.

• OrgBook BC search API results for "NETTLE'S TALE SWIMWEAR" registry “NETTLE'S TALE SWIMWEAR INC.”
• Terms of service – Nettle's Tale vendor_statement “This website is operated by Nettle's Tale.”
• Julia Church, Nettle's Tale Swimwear, Vancouver press “launched Nettle's Tale Swimwear with a crowd funding campaign in spring of 2014”
• VAN Tastemaker: Julia Church, Founder Of Nettle's Tale Swimwear press “I plunged into design, with a focus on catering to the unique, vastly different body types.”

The vendor's manufacturing page says all swimwear and the majority of apparel are sewn at a women-owned facility in Vancouver ten minutes from its office, and that over 90 percent of its products are made in Canada. A few styles (Crofton Button Up, Harbour Pants) are made by a family-owned partner in Taipei and a few others (Port Tank, Eden Dress, Georgia Pants) by a family-owned shop in Los Angeles; product pages for swimsuits and tees repeat Made in Vancouver, BC. The even split of the remaining share between Taiwan and Los Angeles is an estimate.

• Our Manufacturing vendor_statement “Over 90% of our products are still made in Canada”
• One Piece Swimwear | Ladies Bathing Suits | Womens Swimsuits – Nettle's Tale vendor_statement “Made in Vancouver, BC”
• Feature: The Crofton Button Up – Nettle's Tale vendor_statement “As of 2022 the Crofton button up is made by our new manufacturing partner in Taiwan.”

The careers page says the company is based in Vancouver, BC, where it has its flagship storefront and office, with a second storefront in Edmonton, AB, and the shipping page says orders leave from that office. No staff or office outside Canada is mentioned anywhere on the site.

• Careers | Nettle's Tale Swimwear & Apparel | Vancouver & Edmonton vendor_statement “We are based out of Vancouver, BC where we have our flagship storefront and office”
• Shipping & Returns | Nettle's Tale Plus Size Swimwear & Apparel vendor_statement “All orders are shipped from our office within 2-3 business days (Mon-Fri).”

Swimwear is cut from a 92 percent recycled polyester and 8 percent spandex OEKO-TEX fabric and tees from a cotton and spandex knit, but the vendor does not say where these fabrics are milled; the only mill it names is its Taiwanese partner, which custom-mills its lounge fabric, and its Los Angeles partner works from locally sourced deadstock. With no Canadian mill named, the mix assumes most fabric comes from Asia, a small share from the US, a little linen from Europe, and Canadian trims, packaging, and the Shopify storefront. This split is an estimate, not a published figure.

• MAGIC BOTTOMS [Mid Rise] vendor_statement “Made from 92% recycled polyester, 8% spandex, and is OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified”
• Strait Tee – Nettle's Tale vendor_statement “Made of 95% Cotton and 5% Spandex, certified OEKO-TEX100 standard”
• Our Manufacturing vendor_statement “deadstock fabrics”