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Parade takes underwear to another level

Parade is a new upcoming New York base brand that produces substainably women underwear from size XS- 3XL. They are also using their platform annd resourse to support a cause that matter to them. For every profit they make they are donating $1 to Planned Parenthood.

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They believe that for too long, underwear companies have ignored their responsibility to the planet, and we’re leading a revolution into a safer future.

In celebration of Earth Month, they made a limited-edition Universal pack featuring exclusive Café Parade Colors called “Clean Air Pack” Each pack includes a $10 carbon offset donation through NativeEnergy—aka 1 ton of carbon (equivalent to the environmental toll of taking a domestic flight)

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Their core fabric, Re:Play, is made of 85% recycled polyamide and all of our materials are Oeko-Tex certified, meaning they’re free from harmful chemicals that pollute your skin and our waters. Our packaging is compostable, and made of 100% corn starch.

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Recycled polyamide is a material that has been recycled from waste. The raw material source for recycle polyamide can be old fishing nets and carpets, and also waste from manufacturing industry.

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Parade is confirmed that they are Okeo-Tex certified. Okeo- Tex certification is about how the fabric is processed, including things like dyes and finishes. Oeko Tex texile and fabric are certifed free of harm chemicals and are very safe for human use.

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Parade packages come in a box which is made from corn starch.

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Parade has gained many attention on soical media because of their love for substainabiliy, causes and diversity.

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Advertised all over the city of New York and LA

by: Tunya Fusapnirun

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Lets Make a ₵HNGE

CHNGE is a gender neutral brand that takes sustainability and recycling clothing to be the change for fashion. The brand was created to reduce the environmental impact. This sustainable brand wants to show the world that a change can happen. Helping the world become a better place environmentally and social equality. Join the journey into becoming the CHNGE this brand wants to CHNGE.

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Invested in green buildings that are overseas. Ethical, environmentally friendly, and social conscious factories. All products are made with 100% organic cotton. Using organic cotton, the brand does not use harmful chemicals or pesticides.

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Saving over 500 gallons of water for every shirt they produce. Using 62% less energy and 70% less acidification potential than conventional cotton shirts. Each product is offset of carbon emissions making it easy for consumers to wash and dry their clothes. The shirts are 100% carbon neutral.

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Chnge philanthropic model is to donate 50% of their net profits charity organizations to make the world a better place and to educate their customers. These links are on their webpage, each customer or human browser can click the links, be more informed on the cause, and donate to the cause.

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Chnge “ Smashing Stereotypes” campaign was created to raise awareness around societal issues from racism to body-shaming. Chnge is really known to do these types of campaigns because they want to be able to show the social inequalities a person goes through.

THE COMMUNITY AT CHNGE

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These are the few of the models that work with CHNGE, the models come from different backgrounds that showcase the diversity CHNGE wants their brand to represent. The models really are a huge part of the brand because consumers can look at pictures of someone who looks just like themselves. Would you like to be part of the CHNGE with CHNGE?

by Elizabeth Marron

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PANGAIA

The meaning behind Pangaia is broken down into two. Pan meaning all inclusive, especially in relation to the whole of a continent, racial group or religion, and gaia meaning mother earth. So, Pangaia is an all-inclusive brand that create essential products with innovative technology and bio-engineered materials on a mission to save the environment with solutions for sustainable clothing.

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Pangaia uses biobased fibers such as FLWRDWN and seaweed fiber. FLWRDWN is made with biodegradable down fill materials sourced from wildflowers that is hypoallergenic and cruelty free and is meant to keep you warm.

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Seaweed fiber are made from a blend of organic cotton yarns and lyocell, embedded with seaweed particles. Seaweed is rich in essential substances like vitamins, antioxidants, amino acids and minerals, which is why it is Pangaia’s future goal to offer 100% seaweed fiber products.

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They also use plant-based fibers such as organic cotton and linen. 95% of the water used to grow cotton is rain fed, which protects non-renewable groundwater and surface water resources. As for linen use, it comes from the inner bark of flax stems and its seeds and oils serve as a source of nutrition for humans and animals, resulting in a zero-waste material that is renewable and recyclable.

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A leather alternative that Pangaia uses is grape leather. Vegea’s grape leather utilizes waste materials and extends the utility of grapes and making winemaking processes more circular. The base material is organic cotton, and it uses the most environmentally responsible form of polyurethane on the market.

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by Juan Figueroa

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Girlfriend Collective: LET’S TALK TRASH!

Girlfriend collective is a US activewear brand that not only offers clothes that best fit your body shape / size but they are also eco-friendly and SA8000 certified.

Consider Girlfriend Collective the next time you need bike shorts, sports bras, crop tops, or any other form of fitness clothing. They are a fantastic brand to endorse because of their ethical and sustainable production, high-quality materials, social responsibility, and amazing branding!

Girlfriend Collective is as eco-friendly as fashion gets, from its products to its packaging. Take a look at their products below: they're all made from recycled materials that would otherwise end up in landfills or the ocean.

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supports diveristy.

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What is SA8000? Why is it important? It’s a social accountability standard and certificate developed by Social Accountability International (SAI). Girlfriend collective developed this credential to assist and protect employees all over the world by offering a structured checklist to ensure the fairness of workers working conditions and wages.

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Girlfriend Collective are experts at turning old plastic bottles, fishing nets and other waste into bras, leggings and shorts you’ll never want to throw away.

LITE Leggings: LITE fabric is made up of 83 percent recycled nylon and 17 percent spandex and is made from recycled fishing nets and other waste using ECONYL yarn. By using LITE leggings with ECONYL, a fiber made from recycled fishing nets and other waste that would otherwise be discarded into oceans and landfills. By using recycled materials, we are eliminated the need for raw materials like crude oil, which are used in manufacture of nylon, recycle waste and help clean our oceans.

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close up and personal on these amazing soft and comfy leggings.

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great for workouts or even casual wear.

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Cupro: tees and tanks are made entirely of cupro, a delicate fiber derived from waste from the cotton industry. Their yarn is manufactured in a zero-waste, zero-emission plant in Japan before being assembled in our SA8000-certified factory in Hanoi.

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The water and chemicals used in Cupro processing are continuously reused until they are fully depleted. Ethical, beautiful, and tough. Cupro is a tough material that doesn't crease easily. If it is placed in nature, however, it is 100 percent biodegradable and will dissolve within a few months.

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You will help divert waste from landfills and promote an ethical working climate for the people who make your clothes by choosing Girlfriend.

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What Girlfriend Collective had achieved in 2021.

by Tunya Fusapnirun

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The Story of Big Bud Press

Big Bud Press is a sustainable brand that has a wide range variety of clothing sizes. The store is located in Echo Park and Highland Park, California and have an online website for non Californians to browse. The brand wants their customers to feel comfortable and happy in their clothes. The growth of the brand has been skyrocketing and become a home for plus size consumers. Now come on this journey with me and learn more about this colorful brand.

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The brand is very heavily influenced by the 60s and 70s but all still feels fresh and new. The brand has a great variety of colors, patterns, and sizes. The brand in heavenly popular for their jumpsuits and trousers.

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Big Bud Press practices ethical and local manufacturing. They are a sweatshop free and independent audit of all their manufacturing partners. More than 98% of their fabric is grown domestically and all being 100% cotton fabrics. Any other non cotton products they use recycled yarns.

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There is a low usage of impact and non-toxic dyes in their dye processes. Any of their screen printing ink is water based.

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The owner has recently talked about in an interview that she use to be someone who was plus size and it was hard for her to find clothes. Now with her brand Big Bud Press she was able to give plus size women and men now the opportunity to become comfortable with her brand. Big Bud Press has sizes that go up to 5XL and hopes to go even more in the near future.

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The brand is unisex and promotes their clothing brands with women and men wearing the same products. Big Bud Press wants to be able to showcase diversity with race and sizes in their promotional photos. The brand wants to connect with their consumers in the most comfortable way possible.

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Big Bud Press is still a growing brand and hopes to be able to switch it something that is even more sustainable in the future. The brand is doing trial and errors in finding new options that works best for their safety, storage, and transportation of the garments. I hope you are able to ride along their side and see what the are able to provide!

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Stella McCartney makes luxury sustainable

Stella McCartney is a well-known designer known for her sustainability choices in her collections. She continuously finds new ways to reduce environmental impacts when it comes down to the process of bringing her creations to life.

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She reduced the environmental impact related to cashmere by 92% by not using virgin cashmere, instead she uses re-engineered cashmere, which offers the same soft and qualities as cashmere for her knitwear collections.

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Since 2001, Stella McCartney has committed to not using real fur ever again. She argues that “fur is the most unnecessary thing in the world.” (McCartney, 2016, Broadly) Instead, her and her team have created a product that looks and feels like real fur, which they label “Fur-Free-Fur”, to prove that animals do not need to be harmed when it comes down to fashion.

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She has also committed to not using leather skin as well. Since 2013, they have been using alter-nappa for shoes and bags. Alter-nappa is made from polyester, water-borne and solvent-free polyurethane, a recycled polyester backing and the coating for alter-nappa is made with over 50% vegetable oil.

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Stella McCartney continuously proves that there are ways that the fashion industry can improve its conditions to help the earth. She gave luxury a new name, sustainability.

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Brands like House of Sunny are acting against fast fashion.

In the past decade there was a massive change in the fashion industry. Clothes have become cheaper, trends are occurring overnight, and shopping has become a weekly hobby for many of us. House of Sunny is a UK brand that produces small sustainable runs of collection, acting against fast fashion.House of sunny produces two seasonal collections a year. This sets the design team at a slow pace which allows them to research the sustainable fabric and manufacturing garments.

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This eco-friendly brand avoids using airfreights and uses e-flow technology instead (sustainable textile solution to reduce water consumption by up to 95 percent) The e-Flow technology will achieve a large number of high quality finishing results, a minimum amount of water and zero discharge.

Labels are made from selections of recycled polyester, organic cotton or recycled cotton. Product bags are 100% biodegradable. The brand also works with anti wastage prints which can decrease fabric waste by 40%.

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They have a multi-function multi-wear items which mean you can easily convert, adapt and transform a favorite from one season to another to work for you. This helps customers to buy less and wear more than they have. Detachable sleeves, faux fur cuffs and collars are part of these components.

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E flow technology is the sustainable textile solution to transfer chemicals onto garment made by any fabric. It can also accomplish an amazing finishing effects with the high quality. House of Sunny dropped an e-flow denim collection by using e-flow technology to reduce the water consumption required to produce denim.

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The HoS brand is also absolutely vegan.

They do not use fur, down, feathers, exotic fur, mohair, mules, wool or angora, as their Animal Protection Policy states.

While they consider animal welfare as significant, they also recognize animal agriculture as having an effect on worldwide greenhouse gas emissions and have chosen to reduce its impact through the removal of animal products.

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New collection (many instagram influences and celebrities are supporting House of Sunny because of the what the brand stands for)

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By Tunya Fusapnirun

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Reformation: Sustainable Practices

This sustainable brand ‘Reformation’ based in Los Angeles is taking sustainability to the next level. The brand invests in green buildings to minimize their waste, water, and energy footprints. This women fashion brand is one of the many sustainable brands that are helping save the environment.

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Every year Reformation does their Sustainability Report that shows the companies statistics on carbon dioxide, water, and waster savings.

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Each and every garment at Reformation has a story. These are the stories Arianna and Riley Dress. Comparing the amount to a fast fashion garment and seeing the results on how much more sustainability is saving.

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The creation of Reformation happens in green buildings by a group 247 factory workers. The workers work in a safe environment and use sustainable practices.

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Reformation and ThredUP collaborated together to help recycle clothes. Donate your old clothes to ThredUp and get shopping credit to shop on Reformation. In the year 2020 they were able to recycle over 417,811 garments.

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Reformation is not one to shy away from telling their customers the sustainability practices they use. Their ‘Carbon is canceled’ ad was one way to showcase their practices. The ad was another way to encourage others to fight along their side with climate change.

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Learning about Reformation and their sustainable practices did this make you want to buy from sustainable brands? Helping the environment in a better way seems pretty cool! Don’t you think?

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Elizabeth Marron

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Levi’s® WellThread™

Denim is one of the most water-consumptive items in the world, it takes about 1,800 gallons to make a single pair of jeans. Recently, Levi’s has released its most sustainable collection yet known as Levi’s® WellThread™.

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This collection uses up to 96% less water by using cottonized hemp, recycled denim and recycled polyester inspired by their water<less project.

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Hemp is a natural fiber that requires less water, and because of its less water usage, hemp promotes cleaner soils.

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Recycled denim helps curb landfill waste, decrease our water and chemical usage, and reduce our CO2 footprint.

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Recycled polyester is made by recycled plastics and waste, which require less energy to make than virgin polyester and it reduces our dependency on fossil fuels.

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Overall, the end goal for Levi’s was for the collection to be 100% recyclable, to be able to be worn for many years and after to be used again by making a new pair of jeans.

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by Juan Figueroa

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