Unfortunately we hear from our suppliers mainly in China, that silk prices have been steadily increasing, and in fact have already gone up by 38% in the past 2 years. I have been trying to fathom why this is and will get a response soon but usually it is when demand outstrips supply. We also
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Apparantly new studies show fibres from synthetic clothing are the biggest plastic polluter of oceans and not plastic bags. Every time garments made from synthetics are washed, tiny plastic fibres are released into the environment. With water treatment systems unable to filter them out, they end up in the sea, in the fish consumers eat
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When is pure silk not pure silk? Recently I saw some silk pillowslips advertised online. They seemed quite a bit cheaper than the ones I sell though Simply Silk so I wondered what they would be like if I ordered some. Well they did come in a box that stated they were pure silk pillowcases
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Australians are the second largest consumers of new textiles worldwide and, at the same time, fashion is one of Australia’s fastest growing waste problems. RMIT has announced an exhibition around the cost of fast fashion, with 11 workers killed in the latest controversy to hit the sector. Their exhibition Fast Fashion: the dark side of
Continue reading »Recycling Clothing Ecoture brand manager Caitlan Clark claims less than half of clothing collection bins belong to legitimate charity recyclers. Ecoture, an ethical and sustainable fashion platform, has launched a ‘Waste not, Want not’ campaign aimed at tackling textile waste. In discussing the venture, Clark claimed she was “shocked” to discover a dark underbelly in
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Mother’s Day is the perfect time to spoil your mother or yourself with Silk. Either as silk clothing or silk accessories such as silk pillowcases or silk eyemasks. Silk is a fibre, a protein like your skin that when made up into garments is something that makes a person feel very special and less likely
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One great property of silk is its ability to absorb colours from natural clothing dyes. This makes it a wonderful fabric to make scarves and dresses out of. Often though you will find rather expensive silk dresses made of silk fabric (either a fine silk chiffon or georgette silk) that requires a lining as this
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Slow fashion is when you have styles that are timeless and classic. This means it does not respond to the vagaries of fashion dictates and change each season. It is also made of high quality fabrics that are destined to last like silk, linen and cashmere. The movement for slow fashion is apparantly taking off
Continue reading »The Dangers of Wearing Synthetic Clothing Many, many, many years ago I worked as a registered nurse in a South London hospital. I had brought with me from my home country New Zealand, my fine nylon or maybe it was an acetate graduation nurses uniform. One thing was clear it was made from a definite
Continue reading »I recently read in the latest June edition of Ragtrader, a fashion industry magazine, where editor Tracy Porter highlighted the issues consumers have with sizing in the clothing industry. Some manufacturer’s even have different sizing amongst their own labels. It is hoped that the federal government will soon introduce a voluntary national sizing standard and
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