How to Select Eco Friendly Clothing
Eco friendly fashions have been around for a long time, but it was never "fashionable" and was sometimes even hard to find. Today "going green" is the "hot" new thing to do, and eco friendly clothing has greatly changed from that made some twent to thirty years ago. Eco friendly clothing is now "hot" and made so, thanks to the many celebrities who have started wearing these types of garments. This is probably why finding eco friendly clothing is no longer difficult and is found in some of the poshest boutiques around the world.
It used to be that eco friendly fashion meant you had to wear hemp dresses and terrible rope sandals, but now eco-friendly textiles are made from such things as, bamboo, cotton grown without pesticides, and fabrics that are died naturally. Most of this type of clothing is partially hand made by artisans in developing nations, so purchasing this type of fashion not only helps the environment, but also helps the economy of developping countries.
If any of this information has made you interested in looking at the new "greener" fashion trends, and maybe adding a few pieces to your closet then, the best way to start making your closet look greener is to start buying clothes that are made from natural fabrics, and which are made from natural fibers and seeds bought from farmers who participate in the fair trade agreement, and are commited to growing crops without pesticides. Any designer who uses green methods or materials will mention these environmental fabrication methods, and make it a selling point for the garment, so be sure to start looking at your clothing lables. You can start by looking for garments that are made of linen, hemp, jute, wool and cotton. These are natural fabrics that come form animal coats, plant seeds, stems, silworms, or leaves. You can also start looking for clothes that are colored with natural dyes, which come from plants, minerals, and insects. These natural dyes lower the pollutions, prevent you from getting skin allergies, and require less energy, or petro-chemicals to produce.
Another great way to select eco friendly clothes, although the garments are not necessarily made with natural elements, is by recycling clothing. When you wear recycled garments, you prevent manufacturers form creating new fabric. So, you can buy clothing from a thrift shop, or vintage clothing store, and you are recycling these clothes.
You see the objective of eco friendly clothing is to reduce the energy that is used to manufacture clothing. Eco friendly clothing costs less in several ways. When it is new, it may seem that the price, is substantially higher, but the quality of the garment offsets the initial cost. This type of garment lasts for many years without fading or tearing, so it gives you many years of use. When you use recycled clothing, you purchase this type of garment at a fraction of the cost of a regular new garment, so you save both money, and are performing environmentally friendly actions.
There are actually many ways to do your part for the environment, you can purchase energy efficient appliances, use solar power, recycle plastics, and paper, start a compost, but you can also be environmentally friendly when choosing what you want to wear. Making all of these lifestyle changes will bring new meaning to your life, and to your children´s lives and to humanity as a whole.
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