Fact: It costs less money for clothing manufacturers to throw away the scraps from their cutting room floors than to recycle them.
Fiction: Not a single designer in the world of fashion cares.
Though the Times says 15-20 percent of the fabric used to create clothing ends up in landfills, a “small but impassioned†group of designers including Mark Liu, Julian Roberts and Zandra Rhodes, in addition to students at Parsons, have dedicated themselves to working toward a “zero-waste†policy in fashion – meaning not a single scrap of fabric thrown out.
Eco-friendly AND vegan friendly, the Spring 2010 collection of Linda Loudermilk will make you feel good and look even better! The collection boasts a number of eco-friendly fabrics including pesticide free organic cotton, vegan silk (no silkworms died for her garments), seaweed-based fabric and even human hair…really. Read the full story {treehugger.com}
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