It's been almost a year since I started taking silk seriously.
Whenever I see a piece of clothing, I grab the quality label and immediately fall victim to the habit of looking at it.
Until recently, when I was working for a foreign fashion brand, I would check the quality labels only when necessary, but now, I can't help but check the quality labels of everything I touch and see...
Actions that I would never have thought of doing in the past are now becoming a habit for me.
Before the SDGs became widely known in the fashion industry, the term SDGs was often discussed, so it was familiar to me, but it's only been in the last few years that the term has been commonly used and accepted in society.
Chemical fibers ("synthetic fibers" and "regenerated fibers") are made from materials such as nylon, polyester, and acrylic.
Of course, all of these fibers are plastic.
I hope this doesn't sound religious, but I recommend to our customers that they wear clothes made from natural fibers whenever possible at our pop-up store.
Silk is the finest, most luxurious natural fiber for clothing, but that doesn't mean it has to be silk!
I think animal fibers like wool and cashmere, plant fibers like cotton, and hemp are good.
The majority of clothing in the world today is made of synthetic fibers.
There are so many clothes made entirely from synthetic fibers.
And, there are also mixtures with natural fibers, but mixing them means that they are ultimately classified as plastic, which makes them difficult to return to the soil.
When synthetic fabrics are washed, a lot of microfibers are produced.
A research team from overseas reported that when they washed polyester fleece and blankets, up to 1,900 fibers were released from the fleece in a single wash.
Another study found that a single wash of a fleece jacket can shed up to 2 grams of microplastic fibres.
This is how we pollute the environment without even realizing it.
As a result, we are coming back to ourselves.
It is possible that we are contaminating the blessings we receive from the environment and sometimes even eating them.
It is a little-known fact that the clothes we buy and wear without any bad intentions are actually a source of microplastics and a breeding ground for plastic.
In that case, in addition to making efforts in your daily life such as not accepting plastic bags, not buying plastic bottled drinks, and not using straws, it may also be necessary to not wash clothes made of synthetic fibers, i.e. to avoid synthetic fiber clothes as much as possible and choose clothes made of natural fibers.
So! Among all the natural fibers, if I'm going to wear something, I'll choose silk because it's gentle on the skin, gentle on the earth, and also good for your skin! I chose it!
(I will write about how microplastics are threatening our lives another time.)
Silk is the best! Love Silk
Silk maniac
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