14-08-2011 | |
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You should be able to find someone locally who's good and reasonable. You could also look at taking a class and learning to make some things yourself ...
Eileen Fisher makes plus size, and uses lots of organic and green fibers. Here's a link to what Nordstrom has, for example: http://shop.nordstrom.com/sr?keyword...edictiveSearch
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15-08-2011 | |
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The sustainability section of the Eileen Fisher website: http://www.eileenfisher.com/EileenFi...ainability.jsp
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21-08-2011 | |
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I was wondering what people think about sustainable clothing being made by highstreet brands. You know, by H&M and the like. Because on one hand I think it's quite cool to see them acknowledge that sustainable clothing is important but at the same time I feel like it's an oxymoron. Sustainable/ethical clothing and mass produced clothing don't really seem to go well together. I really want them to but seeing as H&M and several other companies have been cited for unethical treatment of workers and throwing out clothing that hasn't been bought it makes me think they need to fix those problems before they can try to make ethical/sustainable clothing. Or else it wont really be created for the reason's it should be. Only then will sustainable clothing created by highstreet brands be reflective on the ethical/sustainable values they are meant to project.
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22-08-2011 | |
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^What do you mean by greenwashing, sorry but I've never herd of the term before.
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26-08-2011 | |
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^Ah okay, that makes sense now. In that case I do understand what you mean- it's horrible how companies deceive the customer into thinking they are a green company but in reality they aren't. People often blindly follow adverts and companies without ever doing any research into how ethical a brand is. That's part of the problem I think, I mean often times the information is out there, people just don't bother to look. Or if they do see it they choose to ignore it. Which only continues the cycle of whitewashing.
Also, isn't the point of every business to make money? It wouldn't be a business if that wasn't the point, it would be a nonprofit. And just because they are capitalistic doesn't automatically make a business corrupt. I think that several examples exist of how to create a business correctly and still be ethically/morally sound. Not every business is that way, but I do think that more and more businesses are recognizing the importance of not just creating a product but giving something back too.
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