Ethical fashion are the latest buzzwords in the undoubted green bandwagon. It’s now hip to show off your green and ethical credentials and the fashion industry is starting to join the party. Ethical and Green thought it would be useful to give you a quick guide as to what ethical fashion is all about.
So what exactly is ethical fashion? Well it is fashion that takes into account where the materials have come from and how the people who make it are treated. This means that Fairtrade cotton is used and the clothes makers are given a decent wage and treated with the respect they deserve. Organic materials should also be made without the use of toxins that can harm the environment. The synthetic materials nylon and polyester also contribute to global warming because the petrochemicals from which they are made pollute the environment.
Treating workers fairly means giving them a competitive wage, working reasonable hours and having a decent standard of working conditions. Basically the workers should not be exploited.
However it’s not just the source of the materials from which clothes are made that makes fashion ethical. There is also eco-fashion which is part of ethical fashion whereby clothes should be recycled rather than thrown away. Oxfam is leading the way by refurbishing it’s stores in London and asking students from the London College of Fashion to customise their stocks.
There has been comment in magazines such as The Sunday Times Style supplement that ethical fashion just isn’t trendy and therefore won’t take off. This site will show you that ethical fashion can be trendy and it times where money is tight second hand clothing could become acceptable.
We’ll show you who the up and coming ethical fashion designers are and how to access their products. This will include clothes, shoes, accessories and anything else we come across so keep stopping by.
