Me neither. I was doing some research and came across it. Little did I know, there are some brands that supports being eco-friendly.
What does eco-friendly fashion means?
There is no one definition. It could mean about preserving the environment, using organic materials or even recycling the materials.
However, there are many companies out there who uses such term for marketing; without changing much of the production process. Also, such term doesn't define the whole process. Example, It may be labelled as fair trade, but it may not be environmental friendly. And likewise; the other way.
The product may be environmental friendly, but the other process for the consumer to receive their environmental friendly clothes may differ. For example, the fuel used to transport the goods over via a plane or a ship is being used.
So what is a better alternative than buying eco-friendly clothes?
Second-hand clothes of course! Well, the Earth require all the help it can get.
Alright, so what are some materials that the eco-friendly clothes use?
To list some:
Organic cotton, linen, recycled materials, organic wools
If you think that since it is eco-friendly, it would cost cheaper, well, you thought wrong. The price ranges from US$60 to US$4000. With prices like this, I would just stick to the normal clothes I get or buy second-hand clothes; in a way to do my part to help the Earth.
So what do you think? Would you pay such prices for such clothes?
But you got to admit, some of the clothes are quite nice!
http://fashionista.com/2012/04/10-eco-friendly-fashion-brands-we-can-get-behind
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