SUSTAINABLE FABRIC TYPES

Sustainability and naturalness now have an undeniable place in the fashion industry as well. One of the most important factors that create sustainable fashion is undoubtedly ecological, nature-friendly fabrics. Sustainable fashion, which particularly aims to minimize the harm the clothing industry causes to the environment, adopts as its basic principle using fewer chemicals harmful to both the environment and human health, reducing water consumption, and producing quality clothes that can be used for many years. So, how can we decide that the pieces we reach for while shopping to support sustainable fashion are nature-friendly? The way to do this is through knowing ecological fabrics.

So, let's start:

1) Cotton

It's one of the most nature-friendly fabric raw materials because it's produced without using chemical pesticides and synthetic additives in cotton production. Compared to manufactured cotton, it consumes approximately 90% less water and offers honest production to consumers through machine-free harvesting and transparent production processes. The fact that sustainable fabric production has ethical approaches such as treating workers fairly and looking after their rights and safety also puts their environmental principles on more solid ground. This fabric type, which is very healthy for people prone to respiratory problems and allergic reactions, also facilitates your skin's breathing, preventing dermatological problems.

2) Hemp

Hemp stands out among ecological fabrics by consuming even less water than organic cotton during the production phase and by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere thanks to hemp's carbon-negative property. Thanks to its antibacterial properties, its high resistance to molds and microbes, and its protective effect against the sun's harmful rays, its benefits to our skin are also dazzling. Especially in very hot seasons, it facilitates skin breathing by maintaining the skin's sweating balance.

3) Lyocell - TENCEL

Lyocell, whose name we're starting to hear frequently in the fashion industry, is a semi-synthetic fabric produced from eucalyptus tree cellulose. While its not needing chemical pesticides and water during the production process like other organic fabrics is appealing, it can only be produced from eucalyptus trees grown under sustainable production policies. Since Tencel fabrics have a sustainability rate of around 99.5%, they are among the essentials in terms of recycling.

4) Bamboo Linen

Bamboo is a plant that doesn't struggle with self-renewal because it's harvested without being completely destroyed. For this reason, bamboo fabrics are among the products that cause the least harm to nature during production. Since bamboo fabrics have very high moisture retention and air permeability properties and low heat retention properties, they can be preferred in summer. Choosing bamboo linen instead of viscose fabric, which uses chemical pesticides and additives in addition to bamboo during production, would be both more environmentally friendly and healthier.