What is ethical fashion? Cossac defines it as " a process in which considerations for ethical and environmental impacts are made in order to reduce the potential impact on the planet and other human beings from creating and manufacturing a product." This means that a lot goes into creating the product. The materials used to create the product, the process of creating it, the welfare of the people involved in its creation as well as its effects on the environment. It also referred to as sustainable fashion or eco-friendly fashion. Why is it important? 1.Green fashion The most important part of ethical fashion is that it is good for the environment. Caring for the environment isn't affected only by what we consume...
"It’s all started in summer 2012 - when I flew from New York to visit my family in Russia and met with my high school dear friend in my hometown… At that time I just discovered Burning Man, yoga, spiritual retreats, festivals, outdoors, and big love for comfy free-flow clothing… I remember i was wearing my only pair of thai fisherman pants I bought at one of the summer markets, when I saw a similar style pant on my friend Kristina. I said: “Wow, I love your pants, they are like mine, but so much cooler… I’ve never seen them in this fabric before…” And she said: “Yeah, I made them myself. I can teach you, it’s so simple!” Next...
We know how expensive handmade items can be, especially produced in the U.S., this is why we want to maintain our online prices at or slightly above our wholesale rates. It is our courtesy to provide our customers with high quality handmade items at the reasonable cost. You can always inquire about the cost of production for each of our products here to know exactly what you are paying for!
As you know glorka wear is handmade, ethical and sweat-shop free production. We believe in moving fashion towards sustainability by using eco-friendly materials, decreasing waste and providing living wages to those who's amazing hands create our clothes. We work with 2 seamstresses and and 1 sewer from New York and Los Angeles. We are very proud to work with this great team full of passion for sewing and crafting. To reduce textile waste and make our planet greener we strive to upcylce (use discarded or vintage fabrics that would end up in waste otherwise), and eco-friendly natural fabrics and blends that will decompose with time. We are still in the process of moving towards sustainability and we still cary a number of products made from contemporary synthetic fabrics....
