What are eco-friendly clothes?
Eco-friendly clothes are made from environmentally sensitive fabrics and responsible production techniques. The nonprofit Sustainable Technology Education Project (STEP) defines eco-fashions as clothes “that take into account the environment, the health of consumers and the working conditions of people in the fashion industry.”” Clothes and accessories that meet such criteria are usually made using organic raw materials, such as cotton grown without pesticides, hemp, bamboo or re-used materials such as recycled plastic or re-purposed fabrics (like using vintage silk scarves and sewing them together to make a skirt). Eco-friendly clothes don’t involve the use of harmful chemicals and bleaches to color fabrics – and are made by people earning fair wages in healthy working conditions. Clothing bought from vintage (second-hand) clothing stores are also considered eco-friendly.
