This blog was created while working a summer internship for an eco-friendly event planning company. I hope you enjoy!

Monday, July 8, 2013

Fashion With A Conscience- current event #5


Peraelz. (2013). Clothing With A Conscience. Verte, Retrieved from http://issuu.com/vertemag/docs/vertemag    

     Stumbling through pages upon pages of Internet links can be great...or terrible. Today wound up being a great Internet day for me. At first I wanted to find a meaningful article on hemp dresses, but that proved unsuccessful. After moving away from the idea of a hemp dress I ventured to search for articles on sustainable men's wedding attire. After an unimpressive showing from Internet material provided for the men's wedding sector, I decided to nix the wedding subject and stick with sustainable fabrics as a whole. Finally! I came across a wonderful website about the Sustainable Fashion Initiative group. "Stitching for a better tomorrow" happens to be the group's motto. This initiative group blends the Fashion Merchandising major I am a part of at The University of Georgia with an eco-friendly balance I practice in my current internship. As the two of these worlds mesh in a beautiful marriage, I can already see a bright future. With advanced technology in textiles and the advancement of a green conscience, the world is heading towards a solid sustainable practice. Positivity for the future of the textile business is great for the advancement of the eco-friendly wedding company I am currently working for. It will not necessarily bring in business directly, but it is advancement for mankind and the future of our environment. However, coming from a marketing standpoint, I believe the global trend towards sustainable practices in fashion will inadvertently sway more couples to seek eco-friendly wedding practices. When more and more couples want to follow through with a green wedding, Blue Planet Green Events will be there to put it on! 
     When I fell across The Sustainable Fashion initiative's program website I discovered a magazine that the group had created. Verte is the name of the magazine and inside are beautifully designed pages put together to spread awareness of the vast world of sustainable fashion. Within the pages of the magazine I found a striking article that really caught my attention. On page 45 an article by the name of "Fashion With A Conscience," can be found. In the article, interviewer, Isabella Peraerlz paints a picture about a youthful designer that made it her mission to design sustainable clothing to change the world. Tabitha St. Bernard's love for our planet led her to create the zero-waste economically friendly clothing line she has today. She took something that everyone is dependent on and interested in and found a way to make it better. Tabitha is paving the way for followers to not only design but also wear sustainable clothing. This trend can become a staple in every closet across the country if it becomes big enough. Check out the sustainable designer duds by searching Tabii JUST.
     Tabitha managed to take a lifelong interest of hers and turn it into a reality. Just because clothing and textiles are sustainable does not make them unfashionable Tabii JUST pieces are vibrant and elegantly constructed. Many women would love to flaunt one of these eco-friendly pieces. When thinking about the environment it is easy to say, "I'll leave that up to someone else." When an overwhelming number of people leave sustainable choices up to the next guy then we are not getting anywhere. Next time a choice arises choose the right thing. Be conscious of your decisions because no matter how cliché it sounds, every little thing counts. All of those little things will add up to one big thing for the future of our blue planet.








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