Ethical/organic clothing

Precious flower

Anyone know of good websites/shops (preferably Irish) that sell ethical/sustainable/organic clothing? I was scouring British website but the exchange rate is putting me off.

Thanks

sullivlo

Precious flower wrote: »

Anyone know of good websites/shops (preferably Irish) that sell ethical/sustainable/organic clothing? I was scouring British website but the exchange rate is putting me off.

Thanks

I've moved your thread here - hopefully you'll get a better response

fits

People tree, komodo, toast ( not necessarily ethical but id say most of their stuff is). All British based. There is also a shop in Brighton which sell online. Thefairshop.co.uk

meeeeh

Precious flower wrote: »

Anyone know of good websites/shops (preferably Irish) that sell ethical/sustainable/organic clothing? I was scouring British website but the exchange rate is putting me off.

Thanks

The exchange rate could hardly be more favourable. That kind of clothing you are looking for is more expensive to produce. Edun is another brand but they are expensive.

Otherwise American Apparel are committed to fair pay for workers and keep their production in USA. I have no idea how true that is. Organic cotton as material is used from H&m to Zara and other brands for some clothes (usually t shirts) but I am not sure how much difference that makes.

Precious flower

meeeeh wrote: »

The exchange rate could hardly be more favourable. That kind of clothing you are looking for is more expensive to produce. Edun is another brand but they are expensive.

Otherwise American Apparel are committed to fair pay for workers and keep their production in USA. I have no idea how true that is. Organic cotton as material is used from H&m to Zara and other brands for some clothes (usually t shirts) but I am not sure how much difference that makes.

But the conversion rate from pounds to euro brings the price up quite high, no?

fits

you wont get them cheaper.

meeeeh

Precious flower wrote: »

But the conversion rate from pounds to euro brings the price up quite high, no?

If you mean that the Euro number is higher than sterling then yes it is. But because of brexit the value of sterling in comparison to Euro fell, the sterling prices did not increase yet (it is projected that cost of clothing in sterling will go up next year) so at the moment buying in pounds is good value. You also have to keep in mind that you are looking at ethically produced clothing which has higher manufacturing cost so it can't be cheap. Something that costs 100 pounds in UK retailer will cost 130 Euro (or whatever) wIth Irish retailer.

Btw organic material does not necessary mean ethical production and not all ethically produced clothing is organic.

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https://theloftmarket.com/we-are-islanders/

dee_mc

Fat Face is another one known for ethical practices.
Sea Salt also use organic materials and are fairly vocal about using ethical practices.

Precious flower

meeeeh wrote: »

If you mean that the Euro number is higher than sterling then yes it is. But because of brexit the value of sterling in comparison to Euro fell, the sterling prices did not increase yet (it is projected that cost of clothing in sterling will go up next year) so at the moment buying in pounds is good value. You also have to keep in mind that you are looking at ethically produced clothing which has higher manufacturing cost so it can't be cheap. Something that costs 100 pounds in UK retailer will cost 130 Euro (or whatever) wIth Irish retailer.

Btw organic material does not necessary mean ethical production and not all ethically produced clothing is organic.

I see what you mean, but I'm a little confused If I am buying online for instance and pay by card on a uk site won't it simply convert back to euros when the transaction is processed?

meeeeh

Precious flower wrote: »

I see what you mean, but I'm a little confused If I am buying online for instance and pay by card on a uk site won't it simply convert back to euros when the transaction is processed?

Yes but converting it to euros at a lot more generous conversion rate than few months ago.