Sustainable clothing

[Squaredy]

I am trying to source sustainably produced clothing - polo tops etc.  They must be plain enough to put a logo on, and probably made from bamboo or organic cotton.  I have found Bam of Bristol, but mainly they are highly patterned.  Any of you fellow arbtalkers who are concerned about our planet know of a brand I could try?

 

I am looking for workwear to get embroidered and only need it for two or three staff, but ideally I want to avoid synthetic fabrics and get a more ecologically sound option than cotton.

 

Any ideas?

[josharb87]

Engelbert Strauss do some, the bamboo gloves are better than the normal ones imo

[Woodworks]

Just looking into ethical clothing the other day. Not tried their stuff but came across this firm 

 

Men's Organic Cotton Shirts & Polos | Finisterre

FINISTERRE.COM

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Shop men's shirts & polos online at Finisterre. Designing functional and sustainable product for those who share a love...

 

[Squaredy]

4 minutes ago, Woodworks said:

Just looking into ethical clothing the other day. Not tried their stuff but came across this firm 

 

Men's Organic Cotton Shirts & Polos | Finisterre

FINISTERRE.COM

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Shop men's shirts & polos online at Finisterre. Designing functional and sustainable product for those who share a love...

 

Yeah I found Finisterre, and it looked good.  Bit out of my price range though sadly at £40 each polo shirt.

[Squaredy]

36 minutes ago, josharb87 said:

Engelbert Strauss do some, the bamboo gloves are better than the normal ones imo

Thank you for that.  I am struggling to find bamboo products on their website.  Do they do bamboo polo tops do you know?

[Mark Bolam]

Google ‘Hemp polo shirts UK’

 

You can buy me a sustainable pint when you meet me.

[AHPP]

You know what’s even more environmentally friendly than buying bamboo or hemp polo shirts? Not buying bamboo or hemp polo shirts.

[Pete Mctree]

Bamboo is not a good choice. The chemical processes involved in turning it into a fabric are not in anyway environmentally sound.

 

Is Bamboo Fabric Really Eco-Friendly? - Swedbrand Group

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For years, bamboo has been touted as being one of the most environmentally-friendly fabrics on the market. Bamboo is...

Environmental Impacts of Fabric: Bamboo

WEARNOTHINGNEW.TYPEPAD.COM

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Bamboo is to yuppies as hemp is to hippies. Bamboo is the hot new "eco-friendly" fiber. The bamboo stalk is broken...

 

[Woodworks]

8 hours ago, Squaredy said:

Yeah I found Finisterre, and it looked good.  Bit out of my price range though sadly at £40 each polo shirt.

Being environmentally friendly is rarely a financially cheap option in the short term but then who knows the long term costs of not going down this route.

[Stere]

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You know what’s even more environmentally friendly than buying bamboo or hemp polo shirts? Not buying bamboo or hemp polo shirts.

So going naked?

 

Or are they worse than polyester or cotton etc?.

 

I suppose wearing clothes second hand or the same clothes for ages til they fall apart & darning you socks etc patching holes on trousers,  would be is most enviro, but it would makes you look abit of an oddball.

 

Clothes are  cheap enough that there not worth patching up like in the olden days, and people like new stuff even when theres nothing wrong with the old.

 

Even in poor third world places they have cheap mass produced brand new  clothes were as the poor used to have second hand  rags/make there own clothes.