Comments on: Eco Fashion: Are We Making A Difference?

By: Vanessadelmartriste

Vanessadelmartriste — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:40:20 +0000

Thanks so much for your green work efforts and commitment to making a change. Your blog is an invaluable source of information for green fashion makers and consumers and, a great contribution to the environmental movement. I have followed the site for the last 3 years and cited your blog in some of my own environmental endeavors and public writings. I’m a marine biologist, artist and designer.

I urge you to look into the brand Nuvula and to perhaps consider some of their products for the sales you do on your site. It is an avant-garde line with sustainable fabrics at the heart of its soul. Modal, micro-modal, bamboo, vegan leathers and low impact dyes are the main fabrics and products used as their aim was, from their founding beginnings, to make “perfectly sustainable high fashion.” They merge art, poetry, theater, narrative, rebellion and original illustration with fashion while trying to effect positive social and environmental change through the illustrations, writings and poetry printed on their garments.

Thanks again for this great blog and your impeccable green ethics.

Sincerely,
Vanessa

By: Vanessa Victoria

Vanessa Victoria — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:44:18 +0000

Dear Greenloop author Jenn Breckenridge : this a great and important blog for the green fashion consumer, for the environment and to inform the general public at large. I want to thank you for your efforts and commitment to the environment and to this very important industry: green fashion. I have been a fan of greenloop for the last 3 years and have cited your blog in some of my personal environmental endeavors and public writings (I’m a marine biologist, an artist and designer)

Please consider Nuvula in the future on your writings and sales of green brands and garments. This is an avant-garde design company committed to sustainability, art and positive change from its founding beginnings, with sustainable fabrics such as modal, micro-modal, bamboo and vegan leathers at the heart of its soul.

You can find more information on the brand at the following urls http://www.nuvula.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nuvula/43985632210?ref=ts

Thanks again for your efforts and beautiful work.

By: Tyler Mowbray

Tyler Mowbray — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:36:17 +0000

Appreciating the commitment you put into your site and detailed information you offer. It’s nice to come across a blog every once in a while that isn’t the same outdated rehashed information. Fantastic read! I’ve bookmarked your site and I’m adding your RSS feeds to my Google account.

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By: Austin

Austin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:57:54 +0000

Hi, Yes, this post is nice and informative. Thanks for the information shared here. As it is said, wearing the eco clothing is a fashion and supports the earth a lot.

By: Tracy Penwell

Tracy Penwell — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:45:52 +0000

We have to start somewhere. I create award-winning “artwear” handbags from existing leather bags and other recycled components. Any consumption that isn’t of newly produced “stuff” helps. REcycling shouldn’t e “dissed” as being 2 shades short of “really green”!
Tracy Penwell
Dressed Up Cat Fashion Re-Fashioned Handbags
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By: Richard Baron

Richard Baron — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:55:26 +0000

These days everybody seems to be trying to do something good for the environment and my family is no exception. We started recycling, using reusable grocery bags, and buying more organic fruits and vegetables. So I shouldn’t have been surprised when my wife started talking about green fashion. While I care about the environment as much as the next guy, that seemed a bit extreme. In my mind, words green fashion conjured up images of potato sack like clothes made of hemp or some such material. But more I learn about green fashion the more I realize that I was wrong. It is possible for women to look beautiful, modern, and chic and care about the world around them at the same time. For example, my wife recently found a site that sells clothes made of organic cotton, http://www.www.luxgreenliving.com. The clothes they sell are beautiful, fashionable, modern looking and best of all very reasonably priced. She just loves it. So I really do hope that we are making a difference by little changes we make in our lives.

By: Lydia Krupinski

Lydia Krupinski — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:49:51 +0000

Sustainable fashion is such a catch 22. On one side you have perceived obsolescence which is at the heart of our capitalist and consumerist society. Trends and new fads pressure us to buy more and more, and thus harm the environment.

But then you have the need for innovation, for change, for personal evolution, which is what eco-conscious fashion companies are striving to provide their customers. Using sustainable materials and responsible practices, many companies are doing what they can.

And then there’s price point. Will consumers pay more for the truly ethical and sustainable products? Or just the seemingly eco-friendly ones that are being mass-produced by the big boxes? Companies are trying to bring down the costs of items, but can the large ones do that without sacrificing other ethics? Like the use of cheap labor, mass production, and international commerce?

I love fashion. I love design. And I love the planet and its inhabitants. But until fashion designers and companies can genuinely change their practices, we’re going to become victims of clever marketing and greenwashing.

By: BeautyAdvice

BeautyAdvice — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:22:42 +0000

Yes, eco clothes, eco food and so on are becoming more and more popular lately. Too bad not anyone can afford them.

By: gearupandplay

gearupandplay — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:24:03 +0000

Great work, of course were making a difference. If we the consumer insist on organic cottons then eventually more and more clothing designers will step up to fill the demand. I think the big challenge now is to find a more modern line of clothing. Patagonia is great apparel but it seems most times I am just not all that excited about the styles. Check out this post for a interesting read.
http://www.gearupandplay.com/2009/07/eco-friendly-sustainable-fashion/