OEcotextiles

Indulgent yet responsible fabrics

Confession time

O Ecotextiles (and Two Sisters Ecotextiles)

Sometimes I wonder if I’m making too much fuss about organic fabrics. I mean, we live surrounded by textiles, and nobody – well, o.k., most people –  don’t have immediate reactions to the fabric. I can use towels and sheets and still wake up in the morning feeling just fine. Organic fabrics don’t look or …

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Endocrine disruptors – in fabric?

O Ecotextiles (and Two Sisters Ecotextiles)

This post was published about two years ago, but it’s time to re-run it, because Greenpeace has published its expose of the endocrine disruptors (APEOs and NPEOs) they found in garments produced by major fashion brands (like Levis, Zara, Calvin Klein and others). Click here to read their report. Many chemicals used in textile processing …

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