eco fashion

xzibit · 10-17-2008, 04:47 AM

what color most evokes the eco fashion scene? don't say natural.

**Dunnymonster** · 10-17-2008, 11:19 AM

I guess any earthy colours come to mind, shades of brown and green

darkside_kiddo · 10-17-2008, 02:20 PM

I'll sum it up with a picture:

**Dunnymonster** · 10-17-2008, 03:52 PM

Yeah thats the sort of colours I was talking about, well except the sword of course LOL

xzibit · 10-18-2008, 06:20 AM

so if an eco garment is created in an atypical color will it lose some of it's eco credentials? i mean is an eco brand built more on image [colors, preceived style, material texture] or more on content [certified materials and production methods]?

**Dunnymonster** · 10-18-2008, 06:53 PM

Well it should be based on content if it is to be truely eco. But certain colours seem to invoke a sence of Eco I guess. Just look at all the Organic food item in the supermarket. The labels and boxes they come in could be any colour really, the food is still made the same, but the manufacturers feel compelled to use Eco colours on the packaging!

CD · 10-18-2008, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by xzibit

so if an eco garment is created in an atypical color will it lose some of it's eco credentials? i mean is an eco brand built more on image [colors, preceived style, material texture] or more on content [certified materials and production methods]?

Surely to maintain it's eco credentials it needs to be coloured in an eco way? Neon pink is probably a hard colour to achieve in an eco way - therefore the consumer would imagine that it has lost some of it's eco-ness.

I think both of the areas you mention above play an equal part in a brands eco image.

Re the colour - it surely must be this tones, greys, stones, browns neutrals etc. Especially in fashion as anything else we imagine would use a vast amount of treatments to acheive the colour. In reality you look at the surrounding environment and you will see every imaginable colour on trees & flowers.

We cooked some beetroot the other day and it left the water an incredible purple colour.
Do any brands use really natural ways of dying their products - such as beetroot?

**Dunnymonster** · 10-18-2008, 09:29 PM

I dought it, modern detergents would just wash the colours out...........well thats if you believe the adverts! Funny how the washing powder companies keep releasing NEW IMPROVED versions of their products, does that mean they lied about the previous incarnations ability to remove stubbon stains?

But yeah back to topic, I would guess that the only colours you could use naturally to dye clothing would have to be from products found in nature, so yeah Bright Barbie Pink might be difficult to achieve.

CD · 10-18-2008, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Dunnymonster

I dought it, modern detergents would just wash the colours out...........well thats if you believe the adverts! Funny how the washing powder companies keep releasing NEW IMPROVED versions of their products, does that mean they lied about the previous incarnations ability to remove stubbon stains?

But yeah back to topic, I would guess that the only colours you could use naturally to dye clothing would have to be from products found in nature, so yeah Bright Barbie Pink might be difficult to achieve.

Didn't really think of that dunny - washing powder would remove the beetroot dye (or stain!)!

Why do record companies say things like 'the greatest rock hits in the world ever!' and then 6months down the line say 'the great rock hits in the world ever - part ii'. We are being conned dunny - they are just LIES!!

Now you mention this - washing powders etc.
Isn't this something which needs to be addressed? What is the point of buying a eco-friendly, fair trade, organic cotton product and then washing it in a washing machine with hot water & a load of chemicals - just to clean it??

What are the eco-friendly ways of decently washing your clothes?

**Dunnymonster** · 10-18-2008, 11:52 PM

There isnt any LOL, you just gotta wear them till they fall off! Now you know why most of the eco warriors you see have matted hair and holes in their clothes.

I guess the only reasonably eco freindly way you can wash your clothes is at low temperatures with the minimum of detergent. Oh and line dry too cos you dont want to use the dryer, gotta keep that carbon footprint down!