Sustainable fabrics

Find out what types of natural fabrics are used in fashion design and how to choose the right ones for your concept wardrobe.

Fabric Dictionary - Definitions of both common and rare fabrics and textiles

To make fabric, you need thread. And to make thread? You need fibers. But what are sustainable fabrics, exactly, and why are they important? Inside: Distinguishing between natural, eco friendly fibers and their synthetic and semi-synthetic counterparts (including the nitty-gritty behind Viscose, TENCEL and Modal). 4 key takeaways to inform future clothing purchases, too.

Here at Charlie & Paisley, our core values are focused on sustainability and the promotion of slow fashion.

Think of fabrics as the ingredients of your clothes. We all read the ingredients in our foods, but we don’t always check the tags in fashion. And like food, generally the easiest to pronounce ingredients—or fabrics in this case—are usually the best, most sustainable options. Can you guess what fabrics made the list?

Sustainability and zero waste initiatives are super important, so I tried a natural dyeing technique using avocado, onions, red cabbage and blackberry food scraps. This DIY is so easy on natural fabric like linen and cotton, and made dyeing my reuseable sustainable face masks really fun. Try this fun project at home with your kids to teach them about eco-friendly practices and staying safe. Click to find out how to naturally dye your DIY face coverings, and to see how mine turned out!

Banana fabric is a beautiful, animal-free textile that mimics real silk, and acts as a great vegan alternative.

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Textile production has negative impacts on the land, waterways, air, ocean and human health. Efforts to reduce the impacts on the environment and create a fair and equitable system of global production often focus on commercial production. As makers of our own clothing, we might consider ourselves removed from the fast fashion system, but as consumers of cloth our choices are still very much a part of the global textile market. We can make choices that are lighter on the earth. We can make…

We've partnered with eco fashion blogger and consultant to give you some tips on what sustainable vegan textiles to look out for when shopping for clothes.