How can brands and consumers create a more sustainable fashion industry"
The fashion industry in nowadays world is under the magnifying glass because of its damaging business models and procedures. Ethical fashion is an umbrella term and comes in handy when describing fashion made ethically, which includes all stages of productions: textile, design, manufacturing, retail, purchasing, etc. It covers a variety of problems such as working conditions, exploitation, ethical trade, sustainable production, environment, animal welfare, and more others.
Why is Ethical Fashion important"
Here are a few significant steps that illustrate the lifecycle of an ethically made garment from roots to the dissolution:
Fiber
The usage of environmentally friendly fabrics and elements such as bamboo, hemp, linen, organic cotton. Also, garments made from one fiber only – e.g., 100% organic cotton, can be decomposed into fibers again and again and converted to new things. Using chemicals can be critical for the environment and dangerous to the farmers. Textile Production
Employing renewable energy sources, environmentally friendly farming, saving water consumption, optimizing processes, using natural textile dyers – just a few things that cover ethical textile production. Most textiles today are operated with chemicals; however, these chemicals can be remarkably toxic to the environment and even can be transferred to the skin of the people wearing them, causing cancer and other diseases.
Distribution
Reducing travel for the piece of garment, import, an...
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