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Chatted with a textile engineer at a coffee shop yesterday and now I'm second-guessing my whole fabric sourcing approach
She argued that sustainable fabrics are a scam unless you also dye them right, but I've always thought the material itself was what mattered. Which side do you fall on - is the fiber or the processing the bigger issue in eco-friendly design?
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hernandez.brooke27d ago
Start with the fiber but don't stop there. Even organic cotton dyed with harsh chemicals is still pretty bad for the planet. If you want to be serious about eco-friendly design, you gotta look at both the material and how it's finished.
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piper_flores6927d ago
Right, because nothing says "saving the planet" like dumping chemical soup into a river just to make your t-shirt a slightly nicer shade of beige.
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