And you’re wondering, how do you do sustainable fashion?
By creating your own clothes you are the one that produces them, you do not depend on external factories where you do not have control over production. Now we are more aware than before about the impact we have on our environment and more specifically on the environment.
We try not to contaminate, use biodegradable products or that are less harmful to help the planet. Well, fashion is not far behind, you can create clothes that are made in an ethical and ecological way from your own home.
The processes of production of factories are much more aggressive because they use industrial machinery that spends a lot of energy, fuels and also in some factories, labor is used that does not have the conditions that they should have of human rights.
You can help
Sewing your own clothes you know the production processes that take place because you are the one that makes them. Your sewing machine spends half as much as an industrial sewing machine could cost.
The way to cut the fabric also influences, even the thread you waste at the time of sewing. Yes, it is true that you do not have control over how these fabrics have been dyed or how the printing has been done, but there are many online shops or factories where their processes are quite ecological or that use biodegradable or slightly noxious dyes.
If for you it is a problem also when buying colorful or patterned cloth you can always make them with natural dyes for example with flowers or tea even with vegetables such as beets.
The digital patterns, A solution
Buying digital patterns also contributes to sustainable fashion, because even if you print it on paper you only have to print the size you need at that moment. The instructions do not have to print them, you can always check them from your computer or on your mobile phone and you will have saved the transport and the company that sent you that pattern has spent paper that you do not know if it is recycled, the plastic to put that pattern and instructions and that do not spoil, the fuel that will spend that transport from the country to its destination …
You can save all that from your home, in addition, printing machines also spend a lot of ink which is quite harmful to the environment.
I shared this article on my facebook fanpage and I think we should all read it. This issue is becoming very serious and it created that we should all become aware of this issue.
I want to know your opinion and discuss this topic. And if you have some tricks to create garments in a more sustainable and ecological, comment and share.