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Eco-friendly clothing is the new-age fashion fad. Many designer houses have jumped onto the idea, and are making a splash at fashion shows showcasing their creations.
What is eco-friendly clothing? Eco-friendly clothing is clothing made from eco-friendly materials. Materials that are not harmful to the environment are eco-friendly. During creation of certain materials used for making clothes, carbon is released into the atmosphere. Such materials are non eco-friendly. But materials that do not produce carbon into the atmosphere, while producing it are eco-friendly.
Some examples of non eco-friendly materials used to make clothes are wool and cotton. Though both materials are used extensively in the textile industry, they indirectly produce harmful effects to the atmosphere. That is because the way they are manufactured.
Cotton needs water and fertilizer to produce it. In manufacture of certain types of cotton, even insecticides are inducted. Insecticides are harmful to the environment.
Many brands have become synonymous with eco-friendly clothing. Levi Strauss, for example uses natural indigo dye – which is eco-friendly. This was not the case before, when Levi Strauss was using synthetic dyes, that were harmful to the environment.
Which means the answer is clear. Eco-friendly clothing is manufacture of clothes using materials which were not made with the involvement of release of pesticides, carbon, or other harmful quantities into the environment.
So which are some eco-friendly materials? Bamboo and hemp are popular eco-friendly materials to manufacture clothes. Now you may be wondering how you can wear a bamboo outfit. Now that’s the beauty of it all. Fine layers of bamboo are used to create clothes. Likewise with hemp.
