And fair enough. Seeing as the textile industry is one of the most polluting about, we should really be making an effort to do our bit.
The problem is that a lot of cottons that are marked as organic us organic yarns, but then use chemical dyes. SO whilst the substance of the fabric is organic the processes used to make it wearable are anything but.
In the current market where pervieced long trm value is the main concern it is felt that comsumer won't accept a fabric that will loose it's colour over time. The truth of the matter is it is virtually impossible to use a natural dye that will not fade from washing or light exposure.
The only sure fire way I have seen of producing a truely organic cotton is from one Italian supplier who have sourced a super fine, high quality raw product, but different fields of cotton are made up of varying acidities of soil.
The changes in acidity cause the fluff that forms in the seed pod (this is the raw yarn fillaments that is spun to make cotton yarn) to grow in varying shades of biege.
Here's what a bundel of this fluff looks like raw:
It reminds me of a cake made from rotten bacon. But this is the most environmentally friendly thing you can have on your back.
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