Elonomate 🌍 Charte

Offene Kleidung für demokratische Entwicklung

Pre-amble

In deepening inequality of October 2025 - when global Wealth & Power are concentrated in fewer (& fewer) hands, & culture bends to Profit without meaning

We affirm that clothing can be more of a commodity: it can critique and communicate

Elonomate

(& co-brands Mushwear & Dickwit)

trilogy of satire — reflecting justice, dignity & equality.

People of all nations: reclaim fashion as a medium of thought, laughter and liberation!

1. Purpose

Elonomate exists to:

1. Encourage creative, critical and humorous engagement with power through fashion & design.

2. Provide open access to brand names and symbols for all who share values of democracy, cooperation and equality.

3. Inspire locally-rooted, globally-connected enterprises that demonstrate coexistence of freedom & creativity with fairness & solidarity.

2. Principles

1. Openness — Elonomate, Mushwear & Dickwit are offered as shared cultural tools. Anyone may use them in creative +/- commercial work aligned with the spirit of this Charter.

2. Decentralisation — No central authority controls production nor profit. Each participant acts autonomously in a voluntary global network.

3. Equality — Participants oppose exploitation, discrimination & domination — e.g. economic, political, gendered etc.

4. Satire & Free Expression — Participants are free to use humour, irony and critique e.g. for understanding and liberation. This freedom does not include incitement against vulnerable groups or identity-based vilification..

5. Respect Dignity — Mock powerful humans, not powerful cats. Create with compassion, intelligence and courage.

6. Transparency — Open Up about production methods & labour practices.

7. Cooperation over Competition — Collaborate across borders, share ideas and build networks of mutual support.

8. Cultural Autonomy — Adapt, remix and reinterpret through local languages, aesthetics and tradition.

3. Open Use License

Trademarks Elonomate, Mushwear & Dickwit are held in trust by Elonomate Global Commons Foundation, a UK-based non-profit.

• Any person, cooperative or enterprise may freely:

  • Use these brand names on clothing, footwear, headgear, art and associated media.

  • Market and sell such items for personal or collective benefit.

  • Modify or combine names creatively (e.g. “Elonomate Lagos”, “Mushwear Korea”, “Dickwit Trump”).

• You are not required to pay licensing fees or seek permission, provided that:

  • You act with values of freedom & equality.

  • You do not register identical trademarks anew for exclusive use and you may not register or enforce marks so similar that they cause confusion with Elonomate, Mushwear or Dickwit in the same market.

  • You do not pay allegiance to any central authority beyond a shared ethical framework.

4. Governance & Stewardship

Elonomate Global Commons Foundation shall:

• Maintain UK trademark registrations to safeguard open access.

• Host Elonomate Charter and related documents publicly online.

• Curate a voluntary directory of global participants.

• Encourage free expression, collaboration & transparency in open fashion.

• Never act for private profit.

• Operate democratically, guided by contributors and signatories worldwide.

Invitation:

• Designers, tailors, printers, weavers & makers.

• Economists, philosophers, artists & engineers.

• Activists, feminists & free spirits.

To: create, adapt and share under names Elonomate, Mushwear +/- Dickwit, weaving satire & solidarity.

Fashion = politics
Style = philosophy
Laughter = democracy

Issued under auspices of Elonomate Global Commons Foundation
Charter may be copied, translated & adapted freely if spirit of openness and equality is preserved