Ethical Fashion
WHAT IS ETHICAL FASHION?
Ethical fashion is the latest buzzword on 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.
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.
Initially there was comment in magazines such as The Sunday Times Style supplement that ethical fashion just isn’t trendy and therefore won’t take off. However in a few short weeks the tide has turned and ethicla fashion is being to be the ‘in’ thing. This site will show you that ethical fashion can be trendy and it times where money is tight second hand clothing could become acceptable. However, the credit crunch is affecting ethical labels so now is the time to show our support.
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.
For now take a look at some of these posts and keep stopping by for reviews of the best ethical fashion labels.
