Accessorize Your Wardrobe with Green

Forward thinking designers around the world are merging fashion with eco awareness. Hence the term, “eco-fashion.” It refers to stylized clothing that uses environmentally sensitive fabrics and responsible production techniques.

As a green living consultant introducing sustainability concepts to living a green/ sustainable lifestyle, it makes sense to look for different ways to integrate eco awareness into your life. The most impactful areas of our lives are those that we do by habit. We dress daily, so why not add eco awareness to our fashion?

With eco awareness on the rise, more and more sustainable options are becoming available. Even traditional brands like Levi's, American apparel, and Nike are offering eco friendly apparel. Also, noted in the post, Green is the New Black, "A new crop of natural fabrics are hitting the fashion scene. Some materials are new to the fashion world, such as soy, bamboo and hemp. Others have been around for years, but you may not have known they were natural, like ramie, rayon and modal."

Integrating eco fashion into your wardrobe can be a fun process. It's not an all or nothing approach but as suggested in our eco friendly consulting, it's an opportunity to express your personal style with eco awareness. Check out two resources to help you do just that:

Eco Fashion your Passion to employ sustainability concepts of reduce, reuse, and recycle
Green is the New Black for a snap shot of these natural fabrics the green (and not so green) aspects.
Your One-Stop-Shop for the Top 20 Eco-Fashion Sites

For those on the path of living a sustainable lifestyle, there’s power in leveraging purchases to support credible and sustainable businesses. With business sustainability permeating the apparel industry launching the Eco Index there are more and more options available to look and feel great while wearing fashionable eco wear.