People's clothes express their unique personality, style and values. Therefore, choose the brands that best represent you and help create a better world. By choosing which brands to support and wear, you are directly making a statement and showing what matters to you.
You have certainly heard the term " fair fashion / sustainable fashion " or " fair clothing ". It is about wearing clothes made by certified companies or factories that produce fair trade products , which help to ensure sustainable livelihoods in the form of fair wages for workers and farmers, as well as promote safer working conditions, which are not always respected in the conventional fashion industry.
It has been observed that the industry emits around ten percent of global carbon emissions and is one of the main polluters when it comes to waste released into nature. Whether it is clothes or shoes, their manufacturing process emits a lot of carbon and when these products run out, it becomes difficult to dispose of them in an environmentally safe way, because leather, for example, cannot be recycled and is not biodegradable, and even when burned, it releases harmful heavy metals into the air. Therefore, online vegan shops are gaining popularity as people start to be more environmentally conscious and want to buy fair trade vegan products from the comfort of their own homes. A vegan shop not only offers sustainable fashion like sustainable sneakers , but now offers a much wider range of products made in a fair way and even carbon negative products.
Vegan fashion is one of the fastest growing industries as people shy away from products that harm the environment and animals. Even famous celebrities are promoting the vegan lifestyle. If you want to be part of it too, avoid products made with any of the five materials below:
- The leather :
It is evident that leather was once the skin of a living and sensitive animal and most of the fashion industries use this material extensively to create boots, belts, bags and clothing. As it is a material in high demand, animals are killed only for their skin in order to meet the demand of the fashion industry. Leather is often mistakenly believed to be a by-product of the meat industry. On the contrary, leather, just like fur, is a product that inflicts unnecessary suffering on animals, because it is useless and can easily be replaced by other products. Vegan leather, on the other hand, does not harm the environment or animals. What's more, The upper covering of the vegan shoes is made of breathable vegan leather which can be made from different materials, like cactus, apple or pineapple for example. The Fair trade vegan leather products are also often produced under fair working conditions.
- Fur :
Fur has thankfully fallen into disuse in recent years, with people realizing how cruel and unnecessary it is. With the rise of good quality faux furs, real animal fur is becoming obsolete and more and more countries are banning the fur trade altogether. As the fur industry generated a lot of money, people became ruthless in acquiring it. Instead of buying fur, you can go for faux fur, which is a great alternative to real fur and offers the same look and feel without the suffering involved.
- Oldest boy :
Most people think of sheep as the source of wool, but wool is also obtained from animals like cashmere (goats), mohair (goats) and angora (rabbits), which inflicts actually a lot of suffering to these animals. Animals like sheep are selectively bred to produce much more wool than they normally would and the shearing process is needlessly cruel as the animals are scared, do not stand still and injure themselves in the process. Shearers are usually paid by the number of sheep they treat and not by the hour, which encourages them to be as fast as possible, meaning that the welfare of the animal is completely not taken into account. account.
Polyester and organic cotton are good alternatives to conventional wool, as they keep you warm just as well, without an animal having to suffer or die for you.
- The silk :
Silk is the fabric obtained from the butterflies and caterpillars of silk. But it's the process that's problematic: The cocoons are thrown into boiling water, and the animal inside is essentially cooked alive. So you can choose nylon and rayon, which are great alternatives to natural silk. They are cheaper to produce, involve no animal suffering, and are also much more resilient.
- Down:
Most people don't know that the stuffing used in their favorite pillows and quilts actually comes from ducks or geese. These poor birds are almost always plucked alive for their soft down feathers, which is a painful process in itself. Instead, choose synthetic and hypoallergenic down as an alternative. Not only is this material not cruel at all, it is also hypoallergenic. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)