Eco-fashion: Green is the new black
Lately, I’ve been dwelling on the greener side of things in this blog. Today, I realized that I should pink this up a little more with a dip of fashion and an ounce of nature-lovin’ rolled into one.Have you heard of eco-fashion? It’s the kind of fashion that has an environmental sensitivity. Don’t be misled, though, that eco-fashion is all green and leafy. Of course not! Eco-fashion is still stylistic and chic.
According to a nonprofit group called Sustainable Technology Education Project (STEP), these are clothes “that take into account the environment, the health of consumers and the working conditions of people in the fashion industry.” What exactly am I talking about? Then, check these out:
1. Refashioned from vintage men’s clothing by designer Angela Johnson. It is a button-down party dress made from men’s thrifted shirts.
2. Wedding dress of Judith Selby Lang. All are recycled materials. She shares in her online journal: “from white shopping bags for the dress; translucent dry cleaner bags for the shawl, pieces of white beach plastic on the trim of the skirt, tiny swirls of pink plastic bags for roses on the tiara.” Interesting. Why didn’t I think of that?
3. Multi-strand necklace and bracelet by British designer Rebecca Crawford. Round plastic discs cut from shampoo bottles, handmade.
4. Coconut triangles and seeds belt by Ecofashiobrazil.com.
5. This may look pretty normal to you but the fabric used here is 100% organic cotton from Loomstate. This is called Chino (cotton, relaxed fit, low rise, wider leg).
To know more about the difference of organic and conventional cotton, click this link.
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Have a sustainable style!