Green Is The New Black
Organic cotton and hemp clothing are continuing to be very hip. Use of eco-friendly fabrics and materials has been increasing dramatically over the last several years. And now, this movement is influencing the fashion industry. For them: green is the new black.
“With Seventh Avenue proclaiming that ‘green is the new black,’ we can expect a surge in fashion innovations in response to climate change,” said Jo Paoletti, a professor at the University of Maryland and an expert in design and fashion.
It will mean not only debates about the benefits of cotton versus polyester or other fabrics, but likely future innovations such as smart clothes that monitor and adjust to body temperature to reduce the need for air conditioning and heating, she added.
Not only is compostion important to the ethic, but amount of clothes a person owns, too. Check out the following statistic!
Most Americans have many, many more clothes in their closet than they can wear. And I think they’re aware of that,” Paoletti added.
The average person in the U.S. throws away nearly 70 pounds of clothing and textiles a year, according to the Council for Textile Recycling in the United States.
We’ll continue to hear more stories like this.
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You’ll certainly be hearing more from me! I was pleased to see that your T-shirt is made from environmentally friendly dyes as well as organic cotton. Given the rather nasty nature of many dyes — especially the darker ones — I steer clear of black “organic” clothing if the label is silent about the dyes used!
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Is The New Black, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.