Green Options » ramie http://greenoptions.com/tag/ramie Posts tagged 'ramie' Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:42:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Sustainable Designer Fabric Innovation http://feelgoodstyle.com/2008/07/03/sustainable-designer-fabric-innovation/ http://feelgoodstyle.com/2008/07/03/sustainable-designer-fabric-innovation/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:42:52 +0000 Delia Montgomery http://feelgoodstyle.com/2008/07/03/sustainable-designer-fabric-innovation/ Getting the basics for natural and organic living includes earth-friendly fabrics and yarns. Goods from suppliers are expanding almost as fast as organic foods, yet nay sayers ask, “why bother?”

There are many reasons to overcome fashion’s destructive downside. Dye and mordant toxins, polluted waste water, and cheap sweatshop labor for production are a few examples. Fortunately, positive and innovative changes make 2009 fabric choices exciting.

This time of year the rag biz is normally showing retailers winter collections. For obvious reasons, fabric mills are more time-advanced. So while you feel the summer heat now, vision cool sustainable fabrics for next year. You can simultaneously be ahead of the game, and be an educated fashion critic!

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