Friday, June 14, 2019

Recycled Sari clothes "eco-fashion"

If your a fan of recycled fabric because of the huge environmental impact of making new fabric and clothes, and a fan of bargains too, this is my recommendation.

This is where I got my current skirts.  The run a 5 for the price of 2 sale often. That works out to about $28 per skirt. They do follow your instructions for what colors you prefer.  Took about 2 weeks to get them.  20% of the panels are not silk, but poly-rayon blend.  I'd say I got 3 all silk, and two with one silk & one poly-rayon panel.  They wash and wear much the same. You can wear them as tops or sundresses too.
https://www.darngoodyarn.com/products/sari-silk-wrap-skirts

They have a blog that explains the origins of their skirts and more.  They work with a co-op of 600 'suppressed' women to give them livable incomes. This has also saved 1 Million pound of silk sari's from being throw right into the landfills. This saved million of gallons of water that would have been used to make and dye new fabric. Their skirts are packaged by ARC in NY, a place much like Employment Solutions.  They also have scarves, and recycled sari yarn, and much more.  They run newsletter-only sales too.

I found similar options on Amazon.  They too work with a/the woman's co-op. I buy the largest size (58 - 60 inches of skirt, not including ties). There are smaller options too. These links are to the larger size.

One skirt, you get the pictured skirt.  https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B014D9498W/
They do update this page as they sell with new ones. Slow turnover, slow shipping. I bought one this way so I'll let you know how it is when I get it.

A three pack for $36, updated occasionally, $12 a skirt and you get what's pictured: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01M8IT53H/

5 random colored skirts for $45, that's less than $10 a skirt: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00P3AU1JM/

And last but not least, the pants. 5 pants for $33, and they have pockets! Random colors only. One size but it is pretty generous.  I found them to be well made.  I think I got 5 silk and one poly-rayon.
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00P3AS66C/
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