Just want a short, vintage inspired (or real 🙏), white dress. Thrift stores in my area are scarce, new to online shopping in general any good websites/tips on how to find good stuff?
I usually buy second hand shirts for environmental/ethical reasons, however I'd like to buy a simple grey t-shirt that is organic long cotton and made by people who aren't forced or tricked into bad working conditions. Does something like this exist or are all new clothes poor quality with companies trying to use the cheapest labor?
Hi everyone I am genuinely struggling to find any classic Chino kind of style shorts for women on the UK I mean trying to find basics is hard enough but honestly every pair of shorts I see are bright,oddly shaped and I just want classic shorts.I have looked in so many shops and online I am in the UK,Next used to be the place I shopped but they literally have nothing this yeaar.Bonus points for higher cotton content but also stretchy and flattering,UK size 12,anyone suggest any brands.
Hi! Im looking for an alternative to real leather and plastic based leathers. When i was eating some oranges I saw that they had a fairly similar texture to leather. I was wondering if their would be anyway to use orange peels in crafts to replace leather. I know that their are methods of turning the peel into pulp and mixing that with plastics to creat a faux leather, but im interested in using the whole peel/ not processing it super heavily. I was thinking if their was some way to make them not rot or go bad while still keeping them flexible enough to see with.
Also let me know if their are any other places i should go to seek more guided advice!
Thank you!!
Exactly as the title says. I’ve slept naked since I was in high school. I run warm. I hate the feeling of fabric getting wrapped around me - like a loose T-shirt that ends up all twisted from rolling over. I hate sleeping in pajama pants. I also hate the tightness of underwear while sleeping and begrudgingly do it while on my period.
But I have a 6 year old who wakes in the night and needs me. Crawls into my bed in the morning. I need to start wearing something to sleep.
So: Pajamas for someone who would rather sleep naked. Super soft. Pretty. Not too loose as they will wrap around me. Not pants. But not underwear / tight as I like things to breaaaathe.
thoughts?
https://youtu.be/CjIwXfw8ffU?si=G6iDybOUhiCq6FvN&t=449
There is a lot more in that video but for the purposes of this discussion the socks his team made is:
33% Polyester
30% Merino Wool
18% Nylon
13% Acrylic
6% Spandex
After prototyping sock design over six years they settled on this composition to maximize durability and other features disclosed in the video.
They're confident enough in their design that they offer a limited lifetime warranty such that you get one free replacement sock at any time whether if you find a manufacture defect early on or it simply crumbles through normal wear and tear for the time elapsed.
It remains to be seen how they quantify normal wear and tear but in the realm of fashion it is novel to me to offer an item that will stay out of a landfill a decade longer than other items with a high amount of synthetic materials.
It's not a new concept in but I only recall darn tough offering anything remotely similar to a lifetime warranty and they offer mostly natural fibers.
Companies that offer heavily synthetic products in fashion usually emphasize on replacing them repeatedly instead of designing them to last and the rare cases that do don't offer a lifetime warranty to backup their claims.
Hi everyone,
I'm part of a small team working with natural and sustainable textiles from India, and I spend most of my time researching fibers, yarns, weaving techniques, and traditional fabrics.
We work with materials such as linen, cotton, hemp, silk, wool, and handcrafted textiles, collaborating with weaving clusters and mills to better understand how fabrics are made—from fiber and yarn all the way to the finished fabric.
I'm here primarily to learn and contribute. If you have questions about natural fibers, fabric construction, yarn counts, GSM, weaving, dyeing, sourcing, sustainability, or traditional Indian textiles, I'd be happy to share what I've learned. I also enjoy learning from the expertise and experiences of others in this community.
Looking forward to some great discussions!
Hi everyone, this is my first time posting on reddit. I hope I found the right place to post it. If not, I would be grateful if you can tell me where on here should I post it.
I am looking for clothing brands based in Europe that sell alternative clothing from natural fibers. I know these items can get very expensive so I am looking for stores that have reasonable pricing - for example no more than 100 € per piece.
At this moment i only buy from Toonzshop - they are amazing and I would looooove to get more similar reccommendations.
Thank you so much!
Hi guys,
I recently started a dedicated, sustainable kidswear brand (minimalist style, no loud graphics, lounge and athleisure and some super classic basic pieces) because I couldn't find similar brands that took kidswear seriously the way adult "clean' brands do — everything for kids seemed to default to baggy oversized fit with graphics and cheap polyester, scratchy tags.
It is actually been so incredibly difficult to make this happen, and here are the reasons why and what I've learn:
1. GOTS Organic Cotton - to be GOTS verified, you have to make sure your entire chain of custody gets registered with GOTS, this means:
The batch of fabrics you are using need a TC (Transaction Certificate) and all the fabric-related portion of the chain (the farm, the mill and the dye house) have SC (Scope Certificate). It is not good enough the supplier you bought your fabrics from have the SC, you still need them to issue you TC for the very particular batch of fabrics you bought. I made this mistake the very first time I purchased GOTS organic cotton, these mills they still market everything as GOTS organic cotton, but in reality it is not without the TC, and to issue the TC, the cost is significantly higher than their marketed "GOTS organic cotton".
And then your garment manufacturers will also need to obtain the SC and issue TC for every single production run you order.
Technically, DTC brand can also obtain SC if you want your own GOTS id on the product, but you are generally exempt from it, and you would just put your manufacturer's id on it instead.
2. OEKO-TEX - slightly easier to obtain, the most important part is that your fabrics, trims and threads are OEKO-TEX certified so then since your all raw materials are already tested, your end products don't need to get tested again.
But then here comes my biggest hurdle when I was sourcing for my organic athleisure line. It was almost IMPOSSIBLE to find fabrics that are mainly organic fiber yet provides the stretchability and durability traditional activewear fabrics provide. I literally broke my legs visiting suppliers after suppliers. Well, you can always custom-make the fabric with the mill, but it has a super high MOQ of 1 ton (well, probably not that high for an established adult's brand, but definitely for a new kidswear brand). Anyway, the fabric I was looking for is extremely niche, and almost no where to be found in the existing fabric market, but fortunately I found one mill that stocked something super closed to what I wanted, so I went with it and made some samples, they turned out AMAZIG! But the problem is they are a very small mill, and honestly they have a pretty bad altitude— they are not currently OEKO-TEX certified, and it doesn't seem like they are willing to get certified for us :( So if you have read my post up to here, could you please comment your thoughts on this— is it ok to focus on the fabric content more than the OEKO-TEX certificates? Or you don't think I should even use it if it is not OEKO-TEX certified?
To sum it up: GOTS Organic Cotton is easy to find in the market, but there are so many little bits and pieces that you need to know to understand if you can actually call your end products GOTS verified, it is very easy to get tricked by ambiguous advertising. OEKO-TEX is easier to maintain but the super niche fabrics you are looking for probably comes from small mills that don't have the certificates and won't get it.
Also noticing that majority of parents don't seem to care about their kids' clothes, they often opt for cheaper, affordable options like Target, Old Navy as they think kids will just grow out of it, but that's so crazy to me. I don't even shop at Target for clothes myself, and I definitely want the best for my little ones. Especially with my own history with eczema, my skins flare up every time sweats get trapped in the synthetic gym clothes I wear, I don't even want to wear those non-breathable synthetic activewear, let along putting them on my kids.
Anyway, not pitching anything here, just thought I'd share the realistic BTS of trying to build a sustainable brand and the things I have to balance as a solo founder with no big funds backing. Happy to answer anything about sourcing, certifications!
