How to keep up to date with sustainable fabrics

Sustainable fabrics are a really hot topic and there are lots of new developments in the field. There are lots of elements to consider in creating your collections with sustainable fabrics, ensuring they meet the standards expected by your customers. The word sustainable can cover many different concepts including organic; deadstock; created using no dangerous chemicals or pesticides; produced ethically with workers getting fair wages; created from new resources such as banana, pineapple or lab-grown textiles.

Every brand will need to really consider its purpose in order to determine what fabrics they need to use to meet their overall mission. Therefore as a business owner, it is essential that you keep up-to-date with developments and continue to educate yourself on the new textiles. You can do this through sites such as:

• offsetwarehouse.com;

• thesustainableangle.org;

• sustainablejngle.com;

• eco-age.com;

• ellenmacarthurfoundation.org to name a few.