Trying to live my best sustainable life.
An extremely sad, normally beautiful, always tragic love affair. With fast fashion. As hard as we try to be good individuals and shop less and buck the latest trends, there’s always something waiting to catch us out. When I first started my slow fashion journey with sustainable brands, I was finding it so easy to get sucked back into the trap. But here's how not to...
Leather- the skin of an animal, usually cattle, though skin from any animal can be turned into leather. For some reason, leather does not carry the same negative connotations that fur does. Perhaps this is because fur is killing an animal just to be used for fur and not for food but depending on what your leather is made of that could be the same case. Or do people cry at fluffy mink and chinchilla being killed but not a cow? But we don’t see leather being banned at fashion shows and removed from sale at many stores.
Documentaries are my favourite way of learning about the threats to our planet. There is something so real about being able to see the destruction taking place that we can never unsee and ignore again
Organic cotton is a term that you have probably heard thrown around a lot more recently. Whether it’s being used by a sustainable brand or being abused by a non-sustainable brand. But what is organic cotton and how is it different?
These are just some things I look for when finding new sustainable and ethical brands! And super helpful to check back on if you think a brand might be greenwashing!
I have created a list of my favourite sustainable and ethical fashion brands so you don't have to. Finding a brand I like can take me hours and would require a small loan. I've gone for brands that are some-what affordable and in my style.
Chicken nuggets...but the chicken is still alive? What a concept. Labs across the globe are starting to dive into the world of lab-grown meat. The chicken lives maybe just one feather down. Would you eat this 'meat'?
Greenwashing. A hot topic at the moment since the H&M pink dress 'sustainable' dress is set to steal the summer. But we are not to be fooled by these brands claims that don't speak for the whole of their collections. Learn how to spot greenwashing and avoid it.
Due to coronavirus, fast fashion brands have cancelled and rejected orders that they have already commissioned from factories. This means that thousands of factories have had to close and millions of workers left out of pocket and jobless. Let's name and shame.
We should always be trying to be more sustainable than we were yesterday. It all comes down to knowing your stuff. Hopefully, by reading this, you can take these tips forward to help you make more sustainable purchases. We need to come together to protect our planet.
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