Fashion Costs Us More Than What's On The Price Tag

CLEAN UP YOUR FASHION- Today, in my textile class at school (at 7:30 in the still dark morning-mind you), we got on the topic of fashion pollution. I was curious as to why I've been constantly hearing of fashion companies going green, come to find out that fashion is one of the top pollutants today. The chemicals they use in textile mills are causing a great effect on water and air pollution, 200 TONS OF WATER IS POLLUTED PER TON OF FABRIC. That's not even the half of it though, I also came to find that 1/4 of all pesticides got towards the growing of cotton, and we all know what cotton is here for, CLOTHES. Here's a fun fact: China, (know for it's overwhelming amount of pollution) found that 2 of it's top polluting factories were their textile mills! Crazzzzy.

More about China though... There 3 billion tons of burnt fabric each year from fabrics that have been tossed out because they were dyed the wrong color. Whatever color China's water is that dyed that season, is known to be the color in fashion. I guess the Chinese can always know what the color trend is that season at least? To finish off my anger towards China, the water which they are polluting, becomes the air that us Californians are breathing, China needs to get on the GO GREEN BOAT, AND GET OUT OF OUR WATER!






GO GREEN- Wear recycled clothes, support clothes made from bamboo fabric (newly fabulous), support soy based fabric, look for clothes that are not chemically altered, organic clothing is a must of course, buy from environmentally sane companies, look for organic cottons, and rrecycle your own clothes. Not only will these things help the environment, but it will help keep the prices on apparel down as well!


ECO BEFRIENDERS- Bahar Shahaar, Lara Miller, Tara St James, American Apparel, Del Forte, Vaute Couture, Popomomo, Marchuska, Richie Rich, Linda Loudermilk, Stella McCartney, Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs, Narcisco Rodriguez,






"GREEN SHOWS"- New York fashion week, September 16, 2010 hosted a serious of Green Shows. Consisting of Samantha Pleet, Deux FM, Popomomo, Joann Burman, Willian, Vaute Couture, Ekovaruhuset, Sonja Den Elzen, and Grey Harvey. The Green Shows brought eco-friendly fashion out of hiding, and into the spotlight. New York Fashion week is the prime of trend setting, and eco-friendly was the definitely the trend that was set.