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Introducing Dooeys — stylish and supportive house shoes made from sustainable materials. Learn more at dooeys.com.
Milkteas is a brand that shows up on my Instagram explore page a lot and I can't lie, I really like how their stuff looks. However, I can't find anything about their practices online. The clothing is pretty cheap, which for me is always a bad sign.
Does anyone have more info? And if not, are there any sustainable brands with a similar aesthetic you would recommend?
Hey there!!
I´m super new in the reddit game :) So if this is not allowed please forgive me and let me know.
I started my own consultancy after 10 years working in fashion. I do mostly strategic branding for creative/passion-driven businesses but I started producing content around sustainable fashion because many of the content I see I find misleading or incomplete. Since I worked in "the belly of the beast" (a.k.a in product development for high street international retailers) I know how this works and I see many key points being left out of the discussion and information taken out of context or simple being misunderstood.
I have already a few videos on YouTube - would love to hear your thoughts!
I´m leaving the first one here :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz1mlvUpw-Y
Ps : Also very new in the YT game so production still has a lot of room for improvement...however, I just bought a new mic so the upcoming videos will at least have better audio Lol
Hi,
I have helped found MDRNALT and we focus on making sophisiticated sustainable footwear for everyone. Our first sneakers uses 75% less water than competeing sneakers. We are using kickstarter to help launch our first line of shoes. If you are interested, please check out our kickstarter!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mdrnalt/mdrn-canvas-sneakers
Thanks,
Abbas
I am a fashion designer and long-time DIY / remaker now looking to develop my embroidery skills and practice!! has anyone tried the "magic" embroidery pens? I see them in TikTok videos and there are lots of online options to order but I'm looking for unbiased reviews and ideas if you've had luck (or not) mastering embroidery... hoping to avoid buying junk.. thank you!
Do you have three minutes to spare? I'm currently involved in a class project that is researching consumers of sustainable fashion. If you have 3 minutes to spare, I'd love it if you could fill out this survey! It is completely voluntary and all responses are anonymous.
i have one by ognx that is great(but lacking the pockets unfortunately)
Hello, my name is Maurita and I am doing a survey for a design project that asks questions about how you would like to use your buying power to make environmental impact within the shopping industry. I am also doing a $50 raffle giveaway for participating, link is below, and thanks for taking the time to read this!
whoever owns the book, can you please tell on what page does it say that an average american buys 68 items of clothes a year???? please
making the switch to sustainable clothing, is it sustainable to solely buy clothing from the sales rack, since they’re not going to make any more of the style? I want to go sustainable but still but from brands I like (american eagle, urban outfitters, etc.)
Hey guys I’m trying to make an info graphic on the fast fashion industry. I’m having trouble finding reliable sources with accurate numbers, I see different numbers for CO2 emissions on every website. Please let me know if you have any trusted sources or facts on the fast fashion industry. Thank you!
"Using plastic clothing leads to ingestion and inhalation of large amounts of both microplastic particles and hundreds of toxic substances (POPs, eDCs, heavy metals) with known or suspected carcinogenic, developmental, or endocrine-disrupting impacts. Microplastics entering the human body can lead to an array of health impacts, including inflammation, geno-toxicity, oxidative stress, apoptosis, and necrosis, which are linked to an array of negative health outcomes including cancer, cardiovascular diseases, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic inflammation, auto-immune conditions, neurodegenerative diseases, and stroke." Full article here.
"mi apparel was founded on the belief that Fashion is fun, beautiful, radical, a rebel, freedom, free speech. We just add layers of Ethnicity, Sustainability & Transparency."
It looks like they carry about 20+ brands : ArmedAngels, Daughters of the Ganges, Elvis & Kresse, Swedish Stockings, Zola Amour &c.
As usual, caveat emptor.
https://instagram.com/jadedgarms?igshid=vkzs8elc73rx
The Instagram link is above. I mostly make and rework old clothes, sometimes paint on them etc. I also sell on Depop as I can't currently afford to keep up a shopify account so it would be wonderful if you could help it along. Thanks!
Looking for ethical rashguard with UV protection built in? Does anyone know of any ethical brands for that?
For my bachelor's thesis I want to evaluate a tool that retrieves information about a piece of clothing from a blockchain by scanning a QR-Code and then provides this information to the customer. In the face of global ecological disasters and climate change, this research addresses issues of making supply chains in the fashion industry more sustainable and more transparent, connected to the consumer sided adoption of blockchain technology. For your information, you will find a short and easily accessible introduction to this topic inside the survey.
The survey will take you less than 10 minutes to complete (including reading the intro) and is anonymously. You can leave your mail address and have the opportunity to participate in a $50 raffle by taking the survey, but only if you like.
Blockchain Technology in Sustainable Fashion
Blockchain Technology in Sustainable Fashion with Raffle
Thank you for your time
Hi Sorry if this has been asked before I’m in UK and looking for an alternative to Depop. Used to absolutely love this app but the last few purchases I’ve had to request refunds for because the sellers simply aren’t shipping my orders. Getting sick of being messed around. Does anyone have any recommendations for alternatives sites to buy secondhand clothing in the UK?
To all my petite sisters-
Hi ladies! I’m excited to share that I’m currently developing an eco-friendly fashion line made exclusively for petite women. But I need your help.
Being petite myself, I’ve gone through similar struggles as you. But I know that my journey in finding petite clothing can be different.
How can you help? Below is a link to my 6 minute survey. I would totally appreciate any insight you may have in your experience with petite clothing. This will allow me to better understand the issues we petite sisters face and help me create sustainable fashion for YOU :)
Fashion Survey: (Eco-Friendly Petite Fashion Research)
I wear a white tee or a white button down about 4 days out of the week. No matter what I do, my whites need to be replaced about every 6 months. I've tried numerous laundry hacks and I can't for the life of me keep a white shirt white for more than about 6mo. It always yellows or discolors, looking permanently 'unclean' and dingy.
This has left me questioning if I should have white in my wardrobe at all. Throwing out shirts every 6 months seems so wasteful.
Thoughts?
A lot of recycled nylon is produced by virgin nylon suppliers using their own nylon scraps. Look for econyl nylon products or products claiming the recycling of post-consumer waste.
http://gearsustainable.com/2020/02/into-the-fiber-recycled-nylon/
What started as an exploration of circular supply chains and self-esteem has resulted in the launch of my brand - Not Same Equal, which lies at the intersection of materials, their localities, and product design in order to create inclusive systems that generate value.
Our products are versatile, biodegradable, and easy in their nature. Their intention is to be there with you as you grow older. Additionally, each item also supports local ecological, economic, and equitable systems, and pledges a portion of its profits to support its material locality.
We currently work with three localities in India and will soon be expanding to the west. We just have to find the right materials that support local eco-and socio systems. We think we might have something with organic T-shirts - so stay tuned.
Everything is available for purchase online on notsameequal.com
Feel free to ask me questions and share feedback anytime
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Hi!
For a university project we are doing a market research about sustainable fashion. We want to see if there is a market for a platform that connects sustainable conscious customers with sustainable fashion brands.
Fashion is the third most polluting industry in the world, and the second largest consumer of water. As the population worldwide buys more clothes, the growing market for fast fashion has generated patterns of overconsumption that are taking a toll on the environment, leading to about 85% of all textiles being landfilled each year. As if that were not enough, the fashion industry is responsible for 10% of the world's carbon emissions and for half a million tonnes of microfibres released into the ocean every year, just by washing synthetic textiles. Being aware of these problems is not enough but making sustainable fashion choices is still somehow difficult, since it is hard to access and discover new, affordable and verified eco-friendly brands all in one place.
Are you interested in sustainable fashion? Would you use a platform with sustainable fashion brands?
You can visit this website with information about our project https://www.shopmodal.com/about-us
Thanks for your help!
I've been reviewing a bunch of fashion brands' sustainability claims. Given that there is no complete definition for sustainable clothing -- sourcing materials, producing garments, selling, and reusing -- I thought I'd put together a concept to test.
Here it is:
https://wearendless.com/brand-maturity
This is based on my decade of experience working in sustainable retailing and ethical sourcing, plus my review of clothing brands' current sustainability efforts.
Feel free to use it, link to it, and give me your feedback. I'm all ears.
After months of hard work, and development with my team we accomplished something unreal, we recycled plastic bags turning them into wristwatches. The cool thing is, we partnered up with a NGO in South America to retrieve plastic bags from rivers and craft the components there in my partner's LAB, so we're helping local communities during the process, and ofc keeping the plastic away from nature :) I would love to have your feedback. Thank you so much for reading!!!
I’m creating a project to make “thrift store” clothing donation drives where people can donate old clothing and shop other clothing all for free to help the environment and promote awareness against fast fashion. We’ll have booths with different ways to revamp the clothes too. Any ideas for names?? something related to sustainability, environmental, thrift, fast fashion...etc ANY IDEAS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED 💗
Over the past few weeks, I have dove headfirst into the sustainable fashion industry. While I would not consider myself to be an expert at this point, there are certain themes that continue to pop up in my extensive research that are worth addressing for discussion, particularly surrounding the word "sustainable."
I just read an article (here) highlighting how H&M is going to be doing a collaboration with Billie Eillish to produce a sustainable line, which sounds great! What is somewhat troubling, however, is how fash fashion brands stretch the meaning of "sustainable" to fit their agenda. I mean, let's be honest here, the world's #1 fast fashion brand isn't likely to pivot 45 degrees and change their business model any time soon.
For many big brands, organic cotton is being used in those sustainable lines and it's not surprising. Not only is it still relatively cheap, it has a similar supply chain to that of their other clothing making it an easy modification. As a result, organic cotton is used in their "sustainable" clothing lines as a way to be more "socially responsible."
By definition sustainable means "able to be maintained at a certain rate or level," which leaves me to question, should organic cotton, one of the most popular "sustainable" resources, and what big brands like H&M & C&A use for their "sustainable" lines, continue to be considered sustainable?
When we look at the water consumption and land required for organic cotton to be harvested, it leaves a big question as to whether organic cotton should be considered sustainable. Compared to more innovative materials like Tencel, organic cotton still uses it uses 5-10x more water (arguably much more even). The number of chemicals needed for the treatment of cotton is also quite extensive, far more than its counterparts, causing near irreparable damage to water systems and soil that it was intended to be better for in the first place.
To take it even further, given the human population growth we currently have today and the amount of land required to grow organic cotton, that high fertile land arguably should be used for growing food and/or livestock. While this may be some time in the future before this becomes a primary concern, that same land will be needed to be used to sustain human life, which takes us back to the definition of sustainability and based on this data, can it be argued that organic cotton consumption cannot be maintained at its current rate?
This can be further elaborated on, specifically on the consideration of sustainable clothing on the three pillars, earth, humans, and animals, but this not a bad place to start!
What are your thoughts?
Edit: Small idea elaboration.
Some data references:
https://textileexchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/TE-Material-Snapshot_Organic-Cotton.pdf
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/organic-cotton
https://sourcingjournal.com/topics/raw-materials/report-truth-organic-cotton-impacts-68512/
Hey everyone, I've been researching some brands' sustainability claims and evaluating them based on my experience (I've worked in sustainable retailing and ethical sourcing for the past decade).
Thought you all would appreciate the first analysis. And tell me if you've seen other data that I didn't find. (I've mostly posted in r/ethicalfashion but thought it was relevant here too.)
I'll post more soon...
Allbirds: Are They Greenwashing or Not? #GreenwashingOrGreenRealing: https://wearendless.com/blogs/greenwashing-or-greenrealing/claims-analysis-allbirds
Hi all, I’m starting a small sustainable lingerie business, but I’m finding it very hard to source bulk lace fabric that is sustainable/recycled/offcuts. I was wondering if anyone knows of any companies sourcing overseas, or locally in Australia? I’m also contemplating getting in contact with a rep from a manufacturer in China, but I’m unsure how to go about this. Any ideas? Googling has not led me anywhere just yet. Any help would be much appreciated. Cheers and have a lovely day, Analise
I believe we(the responsible consumer) and the industry should stop using the word "sustainable" and shift to using the word "responsible". Here are some thoughts on sustainability claims....
Take the thred up quiz to calculate your individual impact and see how it can be decreased.https://www.thredup.com/fashionfootprint/
I am a 4th-year student in the Graphic Design program at Vancouver Island University. In our final semester, the grad class is working on designing websites and mobile applications for those who would benefit from this process. Our professor instructed us to reach out to an entity that stood for something that is important to us. For myself and my group, that is reducing our environmental footprint through sustainable fashion and promoting social good through design.
Were looking for someone to work with that specializes in sustainable fashion whether that be through thrifting, educating or other means. So if you own a business, work for a company or know of anyone that would like a website or app designed for their sustainable fashion brand please let me know!
Although we do not build a final digital product, you will receive fully-functional prototypes that are ready to hand off to a developer to build. You will also receive any digital files we produce to be used in whichever manner you like (Branding, Logo, Illustrations).
This can be a great foundation to work from should you decide to get the prototype built in the future. As we are graduating from the Graphic Design program this year, there may be an opportunity to have a developer independently build out your project after this semester.
If you feel like this could be beneficial to your work, please let me know as soon as possible so we can set up a meeting at your convenience. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me.