The Coolest Sustainable Denim Brands to Add to Your Wardrobe
Source: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/coolest-sustainable-denim-brands-add-071526681.html
Author: Navi Ahluwalia
Milan-based brand Candiani Denim has created its own 100% biodegradable and compostable denim fabric, dubbed COREVA, which dramatically reduces the brand's impact on the environment. Alongside Candiani, there are brands like ISKO, which uses 65% recycled materials in its products, and E.L.V., which source all of its fabric locally. Denim is one of those staples that thankfully never goes out of fashion, which makes it one of the most important pieces in our wardrobes. However, staple pieces cost money and with the ever-increasing rise of cheap, fast-fashion alternatives, even the most sustainable item in your wardrobe can be part of the problem. As a result, it can be hard to find the right pieces to invest in or be able to tell how much of an impact it still has on our environment. Though denim pieces tend to be washed and replaced less, the construction of the garments and their materials can still be pretty unsustainable. That said, there are a number of climate-conscious brands taking it upon themselves to MDSA (that's, Make Denim Sustainable Again), through utilizing deadstock materials, re-working existing denim and most excitingly: researching and developing more responsible means of production.