Organic Fair Trade Clothing

Organic fair trade clothing and buds of organic cotton.

Fair trade clothing Looking for organic fair trade clothing? We at Sustainable Clothing will only recommend and partners with suppliers who lead the world in sustainable fashion production. We think it is extremely important that the fashion industry plays fair across the whole supply chain for everyone’s sake. One of our favourite manufacturers is Fair …

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Organic Cotton: What it is and Why it is Better

An organic cotton bud on a piece of organic cotton

Benefits Of Organic Cotton Organic Cotton: Why Bother? Say “cotton” out loud and images of pure, fresh, fluffy shirts and blankets come to mind. Unfortunately, that highly desirable picture has a sinister side to it. Most of the cotton being used by manufacturers and bought by consumers is the more harmful conventional cotton and not …

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Fashion Blender

An illustration of bogging - relevant to the Fashion Blender Blog

The Fashion Blender blog was created by sustainability and eco-friendly entrepreneur, Kiri Yanchenko, and posts intriguing musings on fashion, design, art, photography and lifestyle. Kiri’s latest company, Amperna, produces probiotic skincare for sensitive skin and it is generating great word-of-mouth momentum and positive press with its environmentally-friendly purpose and the efficacy of its products. Amperna …

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The problem with conventional cotton

It is no secret that conventional cotton farming is harmful for the planet. According to the Pesticide Action Network (PAN), it covers 2.4% of the world’s cultivated land yet uses 6% of the world’s pesticides and 16% of insecticides. But what about the human impacts of this dirty crop? These impacts form an equally strong case against …

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