This one goes out to mother nature:
It's hard to imagine that buying new clothes and accessories contributes to the degradation of planet earth. Earth day is my favorite holiday and so I want to bring a bit of awareness to they way your shopping choices affect our home.
Things to consider when shopping:
- Where your clothing was made. Outsourcing/child labor/fair labor
- What chemicals were used to produce the materials you're wearing. Organic clothing eliminates use of chemicals and pesticides used to grow the material.
- Fabric. Cotton over production is depleting water sources and therefore altering ecosystems. To produce enough cotton for a single outfit it takes over 20,000 liters of water. The pesticides used to grow cotton are also polluting water sources around production sites.
-Fair Trade/Free Trade. Fair trade means the farmer selling his or her product receives incentives to farm in an eco-friendly way and has some control over their market. Free Trade means the farmer selling his or her product is independent of a 3rd parties taxes, tariffs, or subsidies.
These are some designers who are environmentally conscious and cute!
We3 has all the basic designs you need produced in a sustainable manner.
Ananda Pascual is a fair trade company who only invests in other environmentally conscious companies and attempts to utilize and manage all their resources to maximize the product. Their chic and funky and have menswear too!
Edun was founded by Bono and his wife, Ali Hewson. They are attempting to bring sustainable and fair business to Africa and they also use almos all organic and sustainable materials.
A lot of high class designers are making conscious efforts to move toward more responsible products. Designers like Stella Mcartney, Diane VonFurstenburg, Versace, and Calvin Klein are all using less fur and more sustainable production methods. Vogue outlines the progress of fashion toward sustainability well in their timeline .