Sustainable fashion

Ethical Fashion is a term neologism that refers to a concept ethically and ecologically correct industrial clothing manufacturing. Similar to social fashion, eco fashion or eco-fashion ethical fashion tried a blend of fashion with human production and environmental sustainability.

Principles of social clothing manufacturing

Decisive for the conditions of production of ethical fashion the provisos of the nonprofit association TransFair are (recognizable by the Fairtrade mark ). For producers, this means among other things, guaranteed purchase prices. The further processing of cotton sewing takes place under humane conditions. Meanwhile also put almost all providers on cotton, 100% organic. Child labor and exploitation in the so-called sweatshop is inhibited in the manufacturing process and the use of organic cotton ( so-called organic cotton ) is binding.

Social Fashion

In some countries, some brands strive to produce under socially and ecologically sound conditions. While Germany knows to take a leading role in terms of environmental protection, the spread of the concept of ethical fashion (that is also social fashion, eco fashion, sweatshop-free fashion ) is in its infancy.

Meanwhile, the retail chain Lidl has also to TransFair -certified products. The Otto Group offers under the label " Cotton made in Africa " cotton clothes after an environmental and social criteria. According to TransFair CEO Overath the development in Germany, however, is just beginning. " Peek & Cloppenburg and C & A have to go right."

Lidl was indicted on April 6, 2010 by the Consumer Hamburg at the Heilbronn Regional Court of unfair competition. Lidl advertising with very fair working conditions at its suppliers in Bangladesh. There, however, prevail inadequate social standards, such studies confirm.