Sustainability and fashion haven’t always gone hand in hand, especially at the lower end of the high-street. In the past, retailers have almost justified using dodgy production practices by the lower price points as an excuse, I mean that £8 Primark dress could never be produced in a nice clean environment with workers working fair hours for a decent pay right?! It’s a vicious circle of consumers demanding more reasonably priced fashion and retailers resorting to increasingly unethical manufacturing practises to produce clothing as cheaply as possible. I’m not going to pretend that I’ve never shopped in Primark and that I only buy from ethical sources. But I am becoming more and more aware of where and how my clothing is bought, like most of you. Slowly, brands have began to wise up to that and grow a conscience. For example, Topshop have been using fairtrade and organic cotton for years now and brands like People Tree solely producing ethical clothing.
Until now though, the lower end of the high-street has really struggled to keep up, especially maintaining their low price points whilst the price of raw cotton continues to rise. H&M’s new Conscious Collection is set to raise the bar for other retailers to re-evaluate their social conscience and show that you can create a green, environmentally friendly AND affordable range. The range caters for men, woman and kids with organic cotton, Tencel and recycled polyester in a white hot minimalist yet romantic collection featuring lace, broderie anglaise and draping.
These are stunning!! Happy Tuesday hun! xx
Hurray for sustainability. But I do hope retailers don't see this as an excuse to hike up prices beyond measure. I'm liking the whites in this collection. Love the maxi skirt and scalloped dress.
Really nice ones !
Great to see more and more people talking about ethical fashion, and organic cotton too. We built a website for muddandwater earlier this year, think they're doing some really good stuff – might want to take a look? – http://www.muddandwater.com