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Sustainable fashion

Did you know that the fashion industry produces more CO2 emissions than the air and transport sectors combined? Wow! Reason enough to opt for sustainable and fair fashion. But what should you pay attention to and which (online) addresses and fashion brands should you visit to buy clothes that benefit everyone?

Sashiko mending: repair large hole in garment with piece of fabric

  • 16 April 2025

A big hole or an ugly tear often does mean the end of a garment. A repair usually doesn't turn out very nice. Unless... Unless you...

Fashion hack: adjusting trousers that are too wide without a sewing machine

  • 11 April 2025

You can very easily make trousers that are too big smaller without the intervention of a sewing machine. In fact, you don't even need a needle and thread....

Textile dyes: how do our clothes get those beautiful colours?

  • 9 April 2025

Very cosy all those bright colours and prints in your wardrobe, but where do those bright colours actually come from? That story is often a little less...

Help greenwashing! Are you being misled by green claims?

  • 26 March 2025

Arrgh! Thought you'd made a more sustainable purchase, turns out you've fallen victim to greenwashing! No! You have been vulgarly misled by clever marketing tricks....

Synthetic clothing and microplastics: what to do with them?

  • 21 March 2025

With our garments made of synthetic materials - and there are quite a few of them - we spread microplastics. Here's the thing: if you buy clothes made of...

The list of the coolest sustainable swimwear brands

  • 20 March 2025

It won't surprise you, but you can also choose your swimwear in a more eco-friendly way. Opt for better, certified or recycled materials and fairly produced swimwear and...

Microplastics from your shoe soles?

  • 24 February 2025

Oh dear, you've just bought a pair of fine, perhaps second-hand footwear, turns out there's a new problem: the shoe soles! The soles of many shoes pose a...

Dutch wool: hello, extra points for sustainability

  • 13 February 2025

That wool is a fine, warm, natural product is something we've already written about. Then again, if you choose Dutch wool, you can...

Natural dyeing: dyeing clothes with natural textile dyes from plants

  • 4 February 2025

Say you have an item of clothing that is not quite your cup of tea. Maybe the colour is not ‘your colour’ or it has a stain on it. It's...

The cutest, sustainable wool brands in a row

  • 27 January 2025

Nice, a jumper, cardigan or scarf made of wool. Wool is warm in winter, cool in summer and hardly ever needs to be...

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