Comments on: Slow fashion: designers tackle sustainable wearables http://neitherbignortall.com/2009/02/21/slow-fashion-designers-tackle-sustainable-wearables/ Easy does it. Do it yourself. Keep it simple. Keep it weird. Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:59:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: andregallant http://neitherbignortall.com/2009/02/21/slow-fashion-designers-tackle-sustainable-wearables/#comment-793 andregallant Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:59:03 +0000 http://neitherbignortall.com/?p=333#comment-793 Great point, Jess. Without opening up a pandora's box on the subject of the government's organic specifications, the production chain of clothing, much like food, needs to be considered when making sustainable fashion purchases. Perhaps it's best to start thinking like some food activists who put local first, organic second, in order to track the footprint of our wearables. Andre Great point, Jess. Without opening up a pandora’s box on the subject of the government’s organic specifications, the production chain of clothing, much like food, needs to be considered when making sustainable fashion purchases. Perhaps it’s best to start thinking like some food activists who put local first, organic second, in order to track the footprint of our wearables.

Andre

]]> By: Jess http://neitherbignortall.com/2009/02/21/slow-fashion-designers-tackle-sustainable-wearables/#comment-792 Jess Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:40:21 +0000 http://neitherbignortall.com/?p=333#comment-792 Careful of what some people call 'organic clothing'. The food industry has specifications for using these words that the clothing industry does not. Some cotton may be grown organically, but is it dyed organically? Is the weaving process harming the environment? How did it travel throughout the development of the product? Under what conditions is it being manufactured and by who? How is it packaged and shipped to the store? Most companies are using this term inauthentically. Careful of what some people call ‘organic clothing’. The food industry has specifications for using these words that the clothing industry does not. Some cotton may be grown organically, but is it dyed organically? Is the weaving process harming the environment? How did it travel throughout the development of the product? Under what conditions is it being manufactured and by who? How is it packaged and shipped to the store? Most companies are using this term inauthentically.

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