Another Tragedy at an Unsafe Sweatshop

The demand for cheap fashion lead to a building collapse in Bangladesh today, killing over 120 people and injuring over 1000...many are still trapped in the rubble. According to the New York Times article, this factory made clothing for Walmart, C & A, Benetton, and Cato Fashions. 

The building's overall construction was substandard, and the top four floors illegally constructed without permits. After the nearby garment factory fire killed 112 people last November, stricter saftey standards were supposed to be upheld. Inspection teams discovered cracks in the wall on Tuesday, but these danger signs were ignored by the factory owners and employees were forced to work.

For $40 a month on average, these employees risk their lives working long, hard hours in dangerous conditions...all so we can buy a cheap pair of jeans.

This unfair and detrimental labor needs to stop. Please consider supporting local and ethical fashion.

Happy Earth Day!

Team Eco Etsy has made a bunch of fresh and green treasury collections of eco-friendly items in honor of Earth Day! Check out the creative, inspiring, and eco-friendly etsy items featured below!

Click here to view full treasury!

Click here to view full treasury!

Click here to view full treasury!

Click here to view full treasury!

New Website!

In the midst of spring cleaning, I decided to amp up my website and change the theme around. I'm loving the new look, especially the new Spring 2013 collection photo gallery. These photos were taken by the lovely and talented Ash LaRose, and modeled by my dear friend Jacs Fishburne. It was a super fun shoot, I love being with those gals!
Here are a few previews:

Future Fashion

From Rations and Proportions on tumblr:

"What spurred me to promote ethical fashion? This little book. It’s called, quite succinctly, Future Fashion and it contains a series of short essays from a host of different designers and business owners involved in green fashion. Everyone from Diane von Furstenberg (writing as the head of the CFDA) to an organic wool farmer to a natural textile dyer contributes to this book, and each small essay adds up to an enormous picture of the huge obstacles the industry faces before we become sustainable and ethical. The book focuses on green movements, but some of the facts I read - such as the huge cancer rates among textile workers - spurred me to endorse fair trade and fair labor issues in the production of fashion as well. It’s a quick and easy read, but it’s well worth the effort if you’re curious as to how the fashion industry has become the 2nd most pollutive industry on earth, behind only oil & energy. "