WHY SHOULD YOU SWITCH TO NATURAL FIBRES CLOTHING?

Natural fiber clothing tends to have a smaller environmental footprint than synthetically-made garments. They take less energy to produce and can be more easily recycled. Natural fabrics also feel better against the skin, breathe more easily, and are less likely to cause allergic reactions.

Additionally, a lot of consumers choose natural fabrics because the alternative is just too damaging. Not only is synthetic clothing largely created from petroleum, making it more extractive in the first place, but once it’s created, it continues to contribute to plastic pollution.

With each wash, microplastics (small bits of plastic less than 5 mm in length) are released from synthetic fabrics into our waterways and eventually, into our oceans. This negatively impacts marine life, which eventually negatively impacts humans.

Natural fiber clothing, comparatively, does not shed any microplastics and even decomposes faster—leading to less environmental damage in the long run.