Who knew
ethical fashion could look this good, honestly I’m all for sustainable fashion
where they actually just don’t plaster “cotton & handcrafted” and sell it
as ethical. Even though I am a pretty seldom user to ethical fashion I have
worked as an industry long to know my fair trade fabrics -procurement/growth
& the final translation into garment. An anti-fit garment doesn’t justify
it being the new indie sustainable brand. With a sudden surge of available brands it often
becomes quite the task to know your ethnical fabric and eventually garments. Surveys
repeatedly show that there has been-and indeed continues to be tremendous
confusion over the sustainability impacts of cultivating and extracting textile
materials. Synthetic fibre is seen as “bad” and natural fibres as “good”. This preconception
is influenced by a complex set of factors influenced by a complex set of
factors including raw material renewability, biodegradability and stereotyped
associations made with chemicals, factories and pollution.
Certainly
there is no dispute to the fact that producing synthetic fabrics impacts on
people & environment, natural fibre cultivation can also cause a
substantial amount of negative impact.
Let’s clear the air with my understanding and
in simpler words - When I say
"sustainable" and "ethical", I am referring to fabrics that
were produced in a manner that was respectful of people and planet as
verified by internationally recognized certification, such as the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS). 1* So it’s quite important that we
understand that essentially that when brands say they use only cottons they
aren’t being ethical or conscious. We need to understand the source of it- we
often think of cotton when talking "sustainable" and "ethical" fabrics, but
other examples are bamboo (although, it turns out bamboo fabric is sadly
not so sustainable after all) and hemp, as these come from plants that
require little water or pesticides and regenerate easily.
A revolution is underway in
today’s organizations, labels and even designer labels. Today I’m introducing a
quaint homegrown talent for their label Sikhat.
I don’t think modest fashion comes to me very easily now. Growing
up I always have had flabs but I was never refused or asked to stick to one
kind of clothing- which basically incase of us fatties( as known forever) is
Kurta and uglier reformations of tunics.
I’ m done away with modesty having said that I’mreally comfortable wearing everything
and anything as long as it fits in my vision and also through the fact as too
how many ways I could possibly style it?
So when I was approached by
@labelsikhat I honestly was a little too apprehensive. Now don’t get me wrong I
love people who can really have the sense of style which I want to channel but
fail to.
Probably also because I’ve grown extremely comfortable in my skin.
As people talk about influencer and I had quite intriguing revelations
yesterday on my live session I really do wonder what kind of influence am
I?
More than
letting you know what to wear and what not to I really just want you to know it’s
your body and your opinion so please whatever you like. I do not by any means
want to promote the fact that one needs to wear makeup, don wigs or wear
extremely skimpy clothes all the time. I try and strive to wear and try
everything-there is no do’s and don’ts I would want you to follow. It really is
my fashion diary that I like to share with you guys. Coming back to #labelsikhat
it’s not some brand that approached and we got to barter n just do the shoot going.
It’s really the team that put heart into hearing me out and making me that
perfect dress. The underlying boho lineage and the comfort just tops everything
besides the price point.
I picked up two outfits from the label-a dress and a tunic. I
styled them in quite different ways visibly. The length of the tunic was comfortable
to be worn over a pair of distressed shorts and cinched in with my conch shell
belt and pair of beaded flats. So my inspiration was taking boho-an eclectic intergalactic
boho really and added such accessories and makeup to complete the look. I have
used flash tattoos or my eye makeup too and really played around with summer
colours for my look.
For my second look I really like it more toned down since the
outfit in itself speaks so much – the tulip sleev details and the ruffles on
the dress. What I really loved about the dress is that it looks like a cord
set. But just one garment that you can take from desk to dinner.
The label is run by two lovely sisters who really put their heart
and head into making ethical garment and we can only do so much as help them
out by support them. What’s even makes it a sweeter deal is that they have a
zero waste policy –they recycle every bit .They even send me a sweet little
fanny pack that I shall be using for my travel super soon.
Another adventure coming real soon ,hope you like the post and let
me know what do you think honestly?
See you soon my peaches
XoXo
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