Tag: Sustainable Fashion
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Sustainable fashion: 5 questions to ask yourself before buying new clothes
The fashion industry is one of the worst for its negative impact on the environment. It takes roughly 1800 gallons of water to produce a new pair of jeans, and synthetic materials such as polyester can take up to 200 years to decompose in landfill. If you are looking to reduce how many new items…
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20 Sustainable Fashion Tips for an Ethical Wardrobe
One of the best ways to live a more sustainable lifestyle is by changing your relationship with fashion. In 2013, an eight-storey factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh collapsed. The infamous Rana Plaza building housed five garment factories where clothes were made for companies such as Benetton, Mango, Matalan, and Primark. Workers’ concerns over cracks appearing in…
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Introducing Sustainable Fashion Brand: Organic Basics
If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll have seen I’ve recently been wearing some of Organic Basics stuff. Sustainable fashion has been in the spotlight recently – and for good reason. People are starting to uncover the true facts of the fast fashion industry, and are realising just how detrimental it is to the environment.…