OEcotextiles

Indulgent yet responsible fabrics

Defining luxury

O Ecotextiles (and Two Sisters Ecotextiles)

The most recent issue of Ecotextile News had an article about “sustainable luxury”[1] and it got me thinking.  The article asked the question whether “luxury” and “sustainability” were opposing concepts.   One would think so. Although luxury and sustainability both focus on rarity and beauty,  both have durability at the heart of the concept.  Just look …

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True Cost of Fast Fashion

O Ecotextiles (and Two Sisters Ecotextiles)

Summer has been beautiful in Seattle this year – and I’ve been taking advantage of it.  My month turned into almost two months – I just couldn’t bring myself back to the computer.  But now I’m refreshed and ready to go again. We’ve often had people question why organic sofas cost “so much” – and …

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I went to the stores this week, looking for presents (as it’s the season), and was bombarded with slogan after slogan of companies trying to make their product stand out from the crowd.   It made me think  about  the journey I’ve personally taken since founding O Ecotextiles – going from somebody who was totally clueless, to …

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